Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.
We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development of international airports to site based construction of individual buildings, or the largest rail infrastructure projects in the country. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use.
The main purpose of the Assistant Project Manager is to optimise project success by delivering against agreed project objectives. Our project managers see the value in agreeing from the outset ‘what good looks like’ and take pride in ensuring alignment to this as the project progresses. Some of the key specifications we attribute to the purpose include:
- Project reporting – Forward planning for the project governance reporting cycle, interface management with client’s project leads, collation of information, presentation in report format, seek approval.
- Progress meetings – Arrange, attend, chair in some case, and minute meetings with client’s project leads and support team to assist progression of the project scope of works.
- Stakeholder coordination – Identification of stakeholders, liaison with all parties to capture all relevant issues, inputs and restrictions that may affect project outcomes.
- Procurement Coordination - Including contract drafting, tender preparations and management, bid analysis and contract awards for consultants and contractors
- Approvals & Planning – Working with the wider project team to obtain the necessary building approvals
- Contract Management - Ensuring compliance with contract terms in delivery of the works for consultants and contractors, processing of payments, managing change.
- Risk and issues management – Ensuring early identification of project risks and applying carefully considered mitigations to minimise occurrence of issues
- Quality management – Through coordination of all parties to ensure adherence to expected quality for both the design and construction of the project
- Capital forecasting – Planning & forecasting project spending
