Job Description
Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world
Who are you?
This role is focused on the management and delivery of multiple projects concurrently for a key client account; as such you are an enthusiastic Project Manager with 5+ years of post-graduate experience in leading tenant improvements looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment. You are someone who values continual improvement, enjoys challenging yourself, is proactive, and has a strong sense of integrity and work ethic. This role will require occasional after-hours work (evenings, weekends, early mornings) and occasional travel within BC and very rarely the to the Prairies.
Job Description
As Project Manager, you will be involved in:
Project Management & Execution
- Lead assigned tasks across design, procurement, construction, furniture installation, and IT coordination.
- Lead development of initial project budgets and schedules to form a project baseline and support client’s business case and funding processes
- Construct and maintain schedules and budgets as “live documents” and identifying risks and mitigation strategies.
- Accurately administer contracts, MSAs, change orders, and vendor documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage project closeout, including documentation, lessons‑learned workshops, and final reporting.
- Attend and lead project meetings (design reviews, contractor/consultant coordination, client meetings, onsite reviews) and ensure follow‑through on action items.
- Execute bidding and procurement processes, including solicitation of quotations, vendor recommendations, and consultant/contractor appointments.
- Liaise with consultants and vendors to process payments, track commitments, and maintain accurate financial records.
- Apply judgement to determine project risks and priorities in a proactive and professional manner that minimizes the impact to the client, project outcomes, and relationships with project team members.
Project Controls, Reporting & Systems Management
- Accurately maintain project status, schedules, budgets, and milestones in owner’s system and ensure compliance with Turner & Townsend’s KPIs.
- Reconcile cash flow against monthly cost‑tracking reports.
- Initiate and track vendor POs, change orders, and related approvals.
- Manage contract and change‑order progress from submission through final approval.
Documentation, Compliance & Administrative Support
- Maintain accurate and timely records, databases, spreadsheets, and project documentation in alignment with both Owner and T&T Governance requirements.
- Lead RFPs, procurement strategies, project execution plans, case studies, and other project materials.
- Prepare and distribute reports, summaries, and communications using a variety of tools.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, workflows, and documentation practices.
Communication & Stakeholder Coordination
- Maintain effective, timely, and accurate record‑keeping and communication of project outputs to all stakeholders.
- Take and issue meeting minutes that include construction and technical information, track action items, and drive follow‑up to closure.
- Collaborate regularly with internal teams, consultants, contractors, and client stakeholders.
Team Support & Cross‑Functional Collaboration
- Work collaboratively with internal colleagues and client teams to support project delivery. This includes supporting other project managers at peak times, demonstrating depth of bench, resiliency and providing your colleagues with a trusted source of support within the team.
- Manage and carry out both generalist and technical tasks as they arise across the project or multiple projects
- Participate in peer reviews of key documents to ensure accuracy, professionalism, and consistency throughout the account.
- Support the growth of your team through the delivering positive change, devising new approaches and contributing to innovation.
- You demonstrate advanced analytical and problem-solving skills in the service of T&T and our clients.
- Demonstrate good judgement in knowing when to act independently and when to seek support.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of experience leading multiple tenant improvement and/or construction projects simultaneously, with demonstrated progression in complexity and number is required.
- Demonstrated success in managing projects from initiation through all phases including day 1 support.
- Experience in tenant improvements and/or the financial industry and in retail banking is highly desirable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong proficiency in spoken and written English is required.
- Confident and comfortable in client‑facing roles and communicating at all levels of an organization is required.
- Solid understanding of project management methodologies and best practices.
- Solid understanding of construction terminology and FF&E (Furniture, Fixture, and Equipment) terminology, and procurement and contractual language.
- Experience executing and managing vendors relationships under standard construction documents and contracts (RAIC6, CCDCs)
- Proven ability to identify, address, and communicate project issues proactively and clearly to all stakeholders including the client.
- Proven experience conducting field reviews and managing the quality of work in partnership with project consultants to proactively address any deviations from the project baseline is highly desirable.
- PMP certification is highly desirable.
- Proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint is required. Experience with Bluebeam is desirable.
- Strong aptitude for numbers, technology, and web‑based data platforms.
- Experience with document management workflows, activity tracking systems, and visual reporting tools.
- A bachelor’s degree in project management, construction management, design, architecture, or a related engineering, or business is preferred.
Additional Information
What’s in it for you…
100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program
RRSP option with company matching
Annual learning and development budget
Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role
We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days
A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives
Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging
The base salary range for this full-time role is $80,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.
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.
We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request. 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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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
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.
