Senior Consultant-Major Projects & Programmes, Asset and Facilities Management

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is currently recruiting for Security Cleared (or able to become Security Cleared) Senior Consultants to join our Assets & Facilities Management Team. 

Our Assets & Facilities Management team help clients to manage their real estate assets in the most effective and efficient way. We turn complex and critical real estate issues into opportunities for transformation, growth, and long-term resilience. We leverage data, analytics, and subject matter expertise to help clients make evidence-based decisions to better manage, control and improve the performance of their real estate assets to support the delivery of corporate goals. 

We are seeking individuals with a keen interest, experience, and knowledge in Corporate Real Estate and/ or Facilities Management supported by strong programme, project, and stakeholder management expertise to join a client facing, professional and ambitious team who serve defence sector clients. 

Responsibilities & Behaviours 

• Previous experience in consultancy and delivery within defence sector is essential.
• A cooperative team member supporting senior team members in the successful delivery of projects.
• Capable of independently completing tasks and projects and taking responsibility for your own time management and ability to work towards overall project timescales and potentially tight deadlines.
• Expected to support senior team members in business generation activities where required, such as bid writing and developing marketing material.
• Capable of building strong, professional client relationships and identifying and resolving client’s issues
• Able to analyse information quickly and efficiently, choose or recommend from a range of options and make decisions where the parameters are unclear, and judgement needs to be exercised.
• Capable of preparing concise reports with compelling and engaging narratives.
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters
• Establishing effective project governance, processes, and systems to be utilised throughout project.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Commercially astute and have the ability to manage a project to maximise profit.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years’ experience in a consultancy and delivery role.
• Minimum undergraduate qualification (e.g., real estate, facilities management, engineering, economics, business).
• Full time (with flexible working opportunities and home working).
• Willingness to travel / stay overnight stay.
• Security Cleared or able to become Security Cleared (UK Security Cleared).
• PRINCE2 qualifications or experience is desirable.
• Location – M4 Corridor, South West, North West and Glasgow.

Person Specification 

Essential 

• Experience in project and programme management such as Prince2 or similar
• Client relationship management (including internal clients)
• Experience in a consultancy and delivery role
• Consultancy and delivery experience
• Report writing and evidence-based decision making

Desirable 

• Leadership and Management training
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a consultancy and delivery role
• Consultancy and delivery experience within a defence/security setting.
• Corporate real estate and or facilities management experience

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: 

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

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