Overview In this role you will lead end-to-end project management commissions within Turner & Townsend’s Real Estate team in Newcastle. You’ll act as the primary client interface, ensuring projects meet time, cost and quality targets while managing governance, risk and cross-functional collaboration. You will handle varied commissions, including advisory work such as urban regeneration funding, and shape project objectives, plans and reporting. This is a chance to influence high-impact real estate projects through structured delivery and stakeholder leadership.
Responsibilities - Lead project management commissions from conception to delivery
- Serve as day-to-day client interface to ensure objectives, time, cost, and quality targets are met
- Handle commissions of varying scale and value, including advisory work
- Advise on strategic approaches to achieve client objectives
- Establish overall success criteria (time, cost, technical and performance)
- Plan and manage quality, safety, health and environment aspects
- Set up project governance, processes, and systems
- Produce detailed project plans and manage procurements
- Lead and facilitate cross-functional project teams
- Apply KPI-based performance management and change control
- Monitor project finances and reporting; maintain client communications and progress reports
- Interface with client and consultants at all stages
- Support Project governance and reporting through formal channels
Key requirements - Degree qualified in relevant discipline (desirable)
- Proven experience managing construction/refurbishment projects, ideally in a consultancy environment (essential)
- Client liaison and relationship management
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Leadership and team facilitation
- Project planning and scheduling
- Governance and risk management
- Performance measurement (KPIs)
