Senior Project Manager - Life Sciences Construction

Turner & Townsend • San Francisco, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join their team in support of their life sciences team. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting large-scale construction projects. The role involves managing stakeholders, analyzing and tracking critical milestone activities, ensuring effective project governance, and producing formal project status reports. The Senior Project Manager will monitor construction project progress, manage supplier interfaces, facilitate project information flow, forecast milestones, and manage local design teams. Additionally, the role provides technical support to owners, architects, general contractors, and regional stakeholders, with rapid response to RFIs. Expertise in cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance is required, along with independent review of project documentation. Client management and strategic thinking to achieve client and business objectives are key. Knowledge management and process improvement are also important aspects of the role. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree and or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and management skills – the 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.
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience supporting large-scale construction projects.

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.
• 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 is captured.
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.

Benefits

• Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

What This Job Offers

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