Turner and Townsend Hiring For Project Director at New Orleans, LA Full Time

From the inception of a project through to completion and beyond, Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational programs covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery and post-project operations.

With offices located globally, you’re never far away from our services. Working from 118 offices in 50 countries, we make the difference to projects across the real estate, infrstructure, and natural resources sectors worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

The Project Director is responsible for accomplishing the strategic plan and capital project objectives and leading the project delivery teams to achieves these. The director will be responsible for the success of the project from design until handover to the facilities, on behalf of our client.

The key responsibilities include creating clear and attainable project objectives, building the scope requirements, and managing established constrains including cost, time, scope, and quality, while placing safety first.

The director will be reporting to the T&T cost center lead

Core Responsibilities

• Provide quality assurance on the project teams deliverables (various reports) due to the client per our service agreement.
• Support the team, with mentoring and teaching
• Provide leadership and direction to the team and a day-to-day basis.
• Support the leadership with business development and account management of this commission
• Review the projects need, goals, and requirements with the Client. Analyze the project and prepare an outline project approach, setting forth recommendation, which will include management strategies, real estate requirements, determining the budget and schedule constraints, operational needs, and assignment of responsibility. And document this information in the project execution plan.
• Carry out a project kickoff meeting, with the core team to communicate the project plan. By reviewing the Project Approach with architect, engineer, and consultants, including program, design standards, budget, schedule, procedures, guidelines, individual roles and responsibilities.
• Assist the architect/engineering team (A&E) to coordinates and facilitates the user group requirements to define the project scope
• Assist the A&E team with design reviews at key design milestones and support value engineering of the design were needed
• Assist the A&E team with any permitting requirements of other regulatory requirements as need.
• Review the design drawings and specifications prior to distribution with bid packages. The review will be a check for conformance with the project and will focus on completeness, clarity and coordination.
• Support the cleint with procurement of the construction scope of work and other venders with pre-qualification, bid solicitation, bid analysis and recommendations
• Schedule & facilitate Field Kick-Off meeting with the project team to review the project plan with the project team to confirm understanding of all systems and procedures including flow charts delineating standard procedures for handling changes to the contract documents, monthly billings, drawing submissions, field changes, punch listing, substitutions, etc.
• Manage Cost / Change Control, including change order review, negotiation, & recommendations, delay analysis
• Lead the weekly Owner Architectural & Contractor (OAC) meeting to drive progress on the project
• Reporting – communication is key, provide regular update on the project progress to the cleint including reporting on cost and schedule tracking
• Contract administration, coordinate with the project team to drive best practice in project documentation with regards to submittals, RFI’s, change orders, invoices and payments, lien releases, etc.
• Manage safety by reviewing and monitoring the contractor’s compliance with HSSE training and competency requirements.
• Asset the cleint with close out of the projects and handover to operations including warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, punch list, substantial completion etc.
• Documentation and communication of lessons learned throughout the project

The candidate should have 10 years of relevant project management experience in the oil & gas industry

The candidate should at a minimum bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Construction Engineering, Architecture, Civil Engineering, or a related construction degree; or equivalent years of transferable field experience

The candidate should have the following technical skills

• A thorough knowledge of Project Management methods and best practices.
• A general understanding of forecasting, budgeting, planning, design, schedule and scope management
• Proven track record in delivering projects within the budget and schedule constraints safety Have the technical skills to read, understand, and communicate contract requirements including construction drawings and specifications and interpret construction methods
• Be able to understand and follow site HSSE Policies
• Technology competent in using the following Software: MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS PowerPoint
• OSHA 30 certification 

The candidate should have the following soft skills

• Ability to provide strategic input and direction to the team in the delivery of our scope of services
• Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable working with a diverse range of personalities across clients and partner organizations
• Ability to engage and manage multiple stakeholders
• Able to deliver projects within a technically complex environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety and environmental responsibility
• Strong analytical and numerical skills and flexibility to rapidly understand complex problems and shape these into workable solutions for delivery
• Ability to develop and deliver high quality output against stated business and technical project objectives and meet tight deadlines safely
• High level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions, and ability to work under pressure and motivate others with the same objective
• Strong planning and organizing skills including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously
• Ability to develop concise and effective written presentations and participate effectively in meetings with senior client representatives
• Be able to effectively work collaboratively with all parties to solve project challenges associated with the management of scope, costs and schedules, while representing the client best interest 

Valued but not required

The ideal candidate has:

• A professional qualification i.e., PMP or similar certification
• Technical competent in using P6 schedule tools and electronic Project Management tools
• safety – STSC certification or above

*on-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client’s needs*

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/

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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