PMO Senior Program Manager (Capital Planning)
About The Position
Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to help oversee a construction program for its clients. The role involves maintaining client relationships and managing stakeholders, financial reporting, procurement and contracting, and successful program delivery. The manager influences execution teams’ use of defined processes, procedures, and agreed information management systems throughout each program phase. The position also covers design requirements and standardization, funding, contract and procurement strategy, scheduling, document and data management, risk and opportunity management, change control, operational readiness and transition, project closeout, and continuous improvement. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs. SOX control responsibilities may be part of the role where applicable.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a field related to construction.
- 5–7 years of relevant experience.
- Thorough knowledge of program management methods and best practices.
- Thorough knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, planning, design, schedule, and scope management.
- Ability to read, understand, and communicate contract requirements, including construction drawings and specifications, and interpret construction methods.
- Ability to understand and follow site HSSE policies.
- Technology competence with MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, and MS PowerPoint.
- Competence using data management software and systems for data management, analytics, quality assurance, and project/program management.
- Excellent communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Influence execution teams to use defined processes and procedures throughout each phase of the program.
- Influence execution teams to use the agreed information management system throughout each phase of the program.
- Gather client, end-user, and stakeholder design requirements and document them in a program-specific brief during initial definition.
- Validate the use of corporate design standards to achieve efficiency and best value.
- Identify delivery and execution stakeholders, maintain communication, influence stakeholder involvement, and obtain input as required.
- Manage day-to-day stakeholder interfaces and help ensure projects meet time, cost, and quality targets.
- Obtain required project funding before capital works begin, in alignment with the governance structure.
- Define contracting strategies that address requirements, motivate performance, and support delivery of required outcomes.
- Define an objectively managed, data-informed procurement approach for pre-qualification, tendering, evaluation, and contract award, and oversee delivery of required outcomes.
- Develop the master schedule using historical data and ensure execution teams progress and maintain project schedules.
- Monitor execution teams’ collection, storage, and dissemination of project information.
- Monitor connected project risks and opportunities, assess cost and schedule impacts, and align mitigation plans for critical risks and opportunities.
- Monitor execution teams’ implementation of a robust change-control process that assesses scope, time, cost, and quality before approval decisions.
- Monitor effective, integrated handover of projects to operational teams.
- Monitor efficient project closeout, including analysis of outturn cost and schedule and lessons learned to inform future projects.
- Manage the identification and implementation of strategic and program improvement initiatives, lessons learned, and best practices.
Benefits
- Flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
- Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
