Senior Program Manager

Turner & Townsend • Indianapolis, IN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to join our team to help oversee a construction program for our clients. The ideal individual will be experienced in maintaining client relationships, stakeholder management, financial reporting, procurement and contracting, and successful program delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a field related to construction.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience.
• A thorough knowledge of Program Management methods and best practices.
• A thorough knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, planning, design, schedule, and scope management.
• Technical skills 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 competent in using MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS PowerPoint.
• Competent user of data management software and systems for data management, analytics, quality assurance, and project/program management.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Influencing the use of defined processes and procedures by execution teams at each phase of the program.
• Influencing the use of agreed information management systems by execution teams at each phase of the program.
• Gathering design requirements from clients, end-users, and stakeholders and documenting them in a program-specific brief.
• Validating corporate standardization with respect to design to achieve efficiency and best value.
• Identifying delivery and execution stakeholders, maintaining communication, influencing stakeholder involvement, and obtaining input as required.
• Serving as the day-to-day stakeholder interface, assuring projects are delivered to time, cost, and quality targets.
• Obtaining all necessary project funding prior to the initiation of capital works, aligned with the governance structure.
• Defining the contracting strategy considering all requirements, motivating performance, and assuring the delivery of required outcomes.
• Defining the procurement approach that is objectively managed, leverages data for pre-qualification, tender, evaluation, and contract award, and assures the delivery of required outcomes.
• Developing the master schedule based on historical data and assuring execution teams are progressing and mounting project schedules.
• Monitoring the collection, storage, and dissemination of project information by execution teams.
• Monitoring connected project risks and opportunities, assessing their cost and schedule impact, and implementing mitigation plans for critical risks and opportunities.
• Monitoring the implementation of a robust change control process, assessing scope, time, cost, and quality prior to change approval decisions.
• Monitoring the process for handing projects over to operational teams in an effective integrated manner.
• Monitoring the management of efficient project closeout, including analysis of outturn cost, schedule, and lessons learned.
• Managing, identifying, and implementing strategic and program improvement initiatives, lessons learned, and best practices.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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