Project Manager - Retail Construction

Turner & Townsend • Houston, TX

7d • $130,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced Project Manager to support large-scale construction projects. The ideal project manager will be driven to provide our clients with excellent service. This role involves leading end-to-end HVAC project delivery for retail and corporate environments, including planning, scheduling, scoping, and coordinating field activities. It also requires managing the installation, upgrades, commissioning, and optimization of HVAC systems to meet stringent performance, comfort, and energy-efficiency requirements. The Project Manager will oversee mechanical contractors, engineers, and service partners, collaborate with various internal teams, maintain detailed project schedules, ensure compliance with codes and standards, and conduct site visits for quality assurance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or field related to construction.
• Strong organizational and management skills – ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify that effective project governance, processes, and systems are utilized.
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required.
• Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones and budget.
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field.
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittmits, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
• Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project are captured.
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
• Lead end-to-end HVAC project delivery for retail and corporate environments, including planning, scheduling, scoping, and coordinating field activities.
• Manage installation, upgrades, commissioning, and optimization of HVAC systems to meet stringent performance, comfort, and energy-efficiency requirements.
• Oversee mechanical contractors, engineers, and service partners. Review proposals, negotiate scopes, validate work quality, and ensure adherence to project specifications.
• Collaborate with facilities, real estate, construction, retail operations, and environmental health & safety teams to ensure HVAC solutions meet operational needs.
• Maintain detailed project schedules and milestones, ensuring all deliverables are met on time while proactively identifying and resolving delays.
• Ensure all HVAC work complies with local building codes, safety regulations, sustainability standards, and internal design guidelines.
• Conduct site visits to verify installation quality, system performance, and adherence to engineering specifications.

Benefits

• A great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• Promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level