Total 11 Director/C-Level project manager job vacancies in Australia

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 are looking for someone who is driven to make a difference and who has the integrity to do so in an inclusive and collaborative way. We are looking for someone with knowledge and experience of established project delivery frameworks, and who has the vision and desire to challenge these established ways of working in order to bring about better outcomes for our clients and our teams.

As an effective Project Director, you will have demonstrable experience in:

• Drive local business vision, strategy, focus and goals.
• Leading and managing large scale construction projects and programs as the key client interface. Establish and maintain a client-focused environment.
• Leads business development activities and provides communication and focus.
• Taking responsibility for stage gate governance throughout the projects lifecycle
• Developing and leveraging industry relationships and preparing strategies from a business generation and project delivery perspective.
• Delivers an exciting team vision, which inspires others to perform beyond their initial aspirations.
• Supports client organisations to develop and deliver major projects and programs efficiently and effectively.
• Manage the development of cost estimates from drawings and specifications.
• Lead the team across a variety of Infrastructure projects in the utilities and transport sectors. 
• Grow and develop exceptional people for your team.
• Displaying excellence in service delivery leadership.

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 Water and Utilities 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 Project Control Director is to optimise project success by delivering against agreed program objectives. Some of the key specifications we attribute to the purpose include:

• Coordinate and lead a team of project control professionals.
• Planning, monitoring, and controlling of project performance.
• Develop and manage project control systems, including scheduling, risk and cost control (knowledge of Primavera P6 and cost control systems).
• Carry out risk management strategies to mitigate potential project issues.
• Provide accurate information to support data driven decision-making.
• Ensure consistent collection, analysis, and reporting of project data with knowledge of tools like Power BI.
• Track project progress and identify potential delays or cost overruns.
• Implement best practices and standards for project controls.
• Report complex project data effectively to stakeholders.
• Relationships – Stakeholder management.

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 are looking for someone who is looking to make a difference and who has inclusive and collaborative mindset. We are looking for someone with knowledge and experience of established project delivery frameworks, and who has the vision and desire to challenge these established ways of working in order to bring about better outcomes for our clients and our teams.

As an effective Director of Project Controls, you will have an understanding in:

• Deliver Project Controls services, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery.
• Help grow the brand through business development and client relationships. 
• Inspire the project controls team across a variety of Infrastructure projects, covering rail, roads, power & utilities, aviation, and renewables
• Be a key person our clients can liaise with. 
• Creating new client and consultant relationships and opportunities in the marketplace.
• Growing and developing exceptional people for their team.
• Displaying excellence in service delivery leadership.

The role is responsible to manage and run the Commercial team to deliver cost management services across multiple projects in the Commercial and Industrial sectors.

• Pre contract cost planning services during design stages of projects
• Post contract progress claim and variation assessments
• Business Development
• Manage the Brisbane Commercial team
• Commission Management
• Sector Leadership for Industrial and Hi-tech for Brisbane Cost Management team
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables

As a Project Director with Turner & Townsend you must be capable to lead projects, manage a team, have a commercial focus and balance working across major projects. The successful applicant will be working closely with and supported by the Director for Project Management QLD.

• Lead and manage large scale health projects as the key client interface
• Developing working relationships, problem solving and driving projects to successful completion
• Managing the design process to achieve the client's requirements and manage expectations
• Reviewing project plans and specifications, scheduling, costs saving measures, discrepancies, potential construction problems, etc.
• Managing project safety and environmental requirements
• Managing project timelines, risks and reporting
• Managing project budgets and advising on options to keep budget on track
• Direct line management team responsibilities

As a Project Director with Turner & Townsend you must be capable to lead projects, manage a team, have a commercial focus and balance working across major projects. The successful applicant will be working closely with and supported by the Director for Project Management QLD.

• Lead and manage large scale health projects as the key client interface
• Developing working relationships, problem solving and driving projects to successful completion
• Managing the design process to achieve the client's requirements and manage expectations
• Reviewing project plans and specifications, scheduling, costs saving measures, discrepancies, potential construction problems, etc.
• Managing project safety and environmental requirements
• Managing project timelines, risks and reporting
• Managing project budgets and advising on options to keep budget on track
• Direct line management team responsibilitie

• Lead and manage large scale commercial occupier projects as the key client interface
• Participate in local and national commercial sector groups.
• Developing and leveraging industry relationships and preparing strategies from a business generation and project delivery perspective
• Lead the pre-delivery phase of projects (strategy, site search and AFL/Lease negotiations)
• Lead the delivery phase of projects through to successful completion.
• Managing all aspects of project administration, budgets, timelines, risks and reporting and quality.

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Cost Manager / Associate Director - Mechanical & Electrical, to join our team in our Caberra office. Supporting our clients to deliver projects and programs for Defence projects.
• The position will be to lead on the Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) specific deliverables within a larger project or leading direct M&E commissions, such as asset upgrade works.
• The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, tendering and procurement and post contract duties.
• The role will also include management of other Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the M&E.
• A good knowledge of M&E systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work collaboratively.

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Cost Manager / Associate Director - Mechanical & Electrical, to join our team in our Caberra office. Supporting our clients to deliver projects and programs for Defence projects.
• The position will be to lead on the Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) specific deliverables within a larger project or leading direct M&E commissions, such as asset upgrade works.
• The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, tendering and procurement and post contract duties.
• The role will also include management of other Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the M&E.
• A good knowledge of M&E systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work collaboratively.

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 are looking for someone who is driven to make a difference and who has the integrity to do so in an inclusive and collaborative way. We are looking for someone with knowledge and experience of established project delivery frameworks, and who has the vision and desire to challenge these established ways of working in order to bring about better outcomes for our clients and our teams.

As an effective Project Director, you will have demonstrable experience in:

• Leading and managing large scale construction projects and programs as the key client interface
• Leading the development phase of projects (schematic design, detailed design up to funding approval)
• Leading the delivery phase of projects from procurement through to successful completion.
• Managing all aspects of project administration, budgets, timelines, risks and reporting and quality.
• Taking responsibility for stage gate governance throughout the projects lifecycle
• Developing and leveraging industry relationships and preparing strategies from a business generation and project delivery perspective

• To perform the role of the Senior Cost Manager or Associate Director, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery in the healthcare sector (public and private).
• To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre-contract to handover.
• Take responsibility for end-to-end service delivery on new and exciting, major healthcare projects and state significant programmes.
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting cost plans.
• Using our bespoke tools and apps, powered by The Hive, you will optimise cost performance at every stage of projects.
• Work collaboratively with leading design teams, sector specialists and tier one main contractors to manage the design to budget.
• Use our Benchmarking app to analyse and test budgets using a reliable pool of national data.
• Use CostX and our cost planning app to improve collaboration with designers and highlight changes between design stages.
• Inform our clients of future cost trends by harnessing the analytical capabilities of our Market Rates App which captures, analyses and stores live national data at a component level.
• Advise clients on procurement and contract strategies.
• Deliver the procurement strategy producing a tender analysis and prepare a final tender recommendation report.
• Experience of taking an effective lead on Two-Stage Tender agreements with strong negotiation and organisational skills
• Deal effectively with post contract cost variances, the change control process and valuations utilising our Cost Control App.
• Present monthly post contract cost control reports to the client.
• Inputting into value engineering.
• Negotiation and agreeing final accounts.
• Where appropriate, leading junior members of the cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on their project accountabilities.