Project Manager (Security Operations) - EV Construction

Turner & Townsend•San Francisco, CA

4d•$130,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced Security Project Manager to support our rapidly growing EV Client's Physical Security Operations & Security Systems. This role involves acting as the Physical Security Point of Contact for EV-charging projects from initial concept to final delivery, establishing and maintaining detailed project schedules, and ensuring all security deliverables and installations align with construction or project delivery timelines with an emphasis on cost controls. The Project Manager will work closely with Security stakeholders to secure necessary approvals for designs, risk level identification, security guard planning, and hardware deviations, ensuring all security installations strictly adhere to global physical security standards. The role requires managing project delivery across diverse sites within the US and EMEA regions, proactively identifying and escalating potential blockers with proposed solutions, and managing stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chain to deliver compliant projects. The position also involves analyzing and managing critical milestone activities, verifying effective project governance, applying best practices, producing formal project status reports, monitoring multiple construction projects, managing the interface between suppliers, managing project information flow, forecasting key project milestones, and conducting independent reviews of submittals and costs. Client management, strategic thinking, knowledge management, and process improvement are also key aspects of this role. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or field related to construction.
Minimum 5 plus years of relevant experience
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

Act as the Physical Security Point of Contact for EV-charging projects from initial project concept to final delivery.
Establish and maintain detailed project schedules. Ensure all security deliverables and installations align with the construction or project delivery timeline, emphasizing cost controls where possible.
Work closely with Security stakeholders to secure necessary approvals for designs, risk level identification, security guard planning, and hardware deviations.
Ensure all security installations strictly adhere to global physical security standards (e.g., access control, surveillance, perimeter security, and monitoring).
Manage project delivery across diverse sites within the US and EMEA regions.
Proactively identify potential blockers and escalate issues to leadership with proposed solutions.
Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chain to deliver compliant projects.
Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
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 being 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
Independent review of status reports, drawing submittments, 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 - provide 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 is 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.