Jobs at Turner & Townsend

Job Description

• The primary responsibility of the position is to consult with the clients’ design leads of various projects and work with internal teams to create strategies, project plans to address the business needs. The candidate should be able to providing multi-disciplinary advise on all aspects of infrastructure and related technology components on Data Centre and Industrial projects.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to driving the various design and costing teams to identify and evaluate alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability.
• Support a program or project by assisting the client to prepare technical plans and application of design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards.
• Takes responsibility for understanding the client requirements, analysis of the design and proactively assist in problem resolution.
• Assists the client as additional technical oversight of the detail design drawings and specifications for the Data Centre components, ratings and interfaces including the review of the design components presented by the technical design teams. Ensures the design team is using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.
• Assist the client’s appointed PM and QS team as technical advisor.
• Contribute to commercial assessment of projects from pre-feasibility through to construction.
• Assist the project team in the contract management of the contractors and various discipline specific subcontractors.
• Assist with the procurement process of the Owner Furnished Capital Equipment.
• Attend technical design reviews.
• Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies. Do site visits as required to assist the site team to ensure success of all projects. This includes partial presence on site during critical stages of a project.
• Additional oversight review of contractor documentation during the lifetime of the project.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to develop and leverage their knowledge of reference architectures.
• Ability to maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains.
• Project or Program Management experience would be preferred.
• Data Centre experience and training would be beneficial.
• Proven client engagement and consulting experience coupled with solid experience in client needs assessment and change management.
• Experience working in an agile development environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in Design Management, minimum 10 years overall 
• University Degree in Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Engineering or equivalent.
• Demonstratable experience in design of mission critical and/or similar hi-tech content M&E led industries (e.g., Sugar or Paper industry, Pharmaceutical, Food and Drink manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Energy, etc.).
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary design teams, preferably in a leading role.
• Experience in design consultant/client engineer/site engineer/contractor engineer roles.
• International experience and outlook both in type of company (multi-national Consultant/ Contractor/Operator) and project experience (have worked on projects outside home country, ideally have lived outside home country for a period).

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Job Description

• Our people are the key to our success and are our most important asset. As Senior Project Manager you will join our Johannesburg Project Management team to provide services that help our clients devise strategies to deliver successful business solutions prior to sanction, achieve confidence around project delivery, ensure projects are effectively managed & controlled and facilitate the capture and transfer of knowledge.

Expectations

• In undertaking the role of Project Manager, Turner & Townsend have specific expectations to be met.  The expectations will form part of your continuous development and performance measurement.  These are set out as follows:

Service Delivery

• Total service delivery to all clients within Africa.  Your reporting structure with other Directors/MSL will ensure that you are best placed to direct resources to maximise return.  Your focus will be continuous improvement at a service level and coordinating with other Directors/MSL to maximise opportunities available with our Key Accounts.  You will also be expected to implement and or update requisite tools and systems to ensure staff are able to deliver a professional and efficient service.

Main Purpose Of Role

• To lead Project Management Commissions and multi-site programmes, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery.
• To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.
• Leading technical knowledge is built environment projects and programmes, from C-Suite stakeholder engagement and managements, through to design and engineering managements, and construction oversite.

Duties of a Senior Project Manager

• As the Senior Project Manager you will have responsibility, amongst others, for the service stream in terms of Project Resourcing, Best Practice and Knowledge Management, Tool & Systems, Key Account Management, Service Opportunity identification and Service Development. You will continue to promote the interests of Turner & Townsend giving the full benefit of your knowledge, expertise, and skills to all your business undertakings.

Project management, to include:

• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan
• Advising upon the procurement of resources
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance
• Managing the change control process
• Managing the procurement of provisional sums.
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Taking a leading role in the interface between design and engineering professionals and client and contractors alike.
• Taking a leading role in interfacing between the principal contractor and the consultants during the construction stages.
• Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages

Marketing and business development, to include:

• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities
• Working with Associate Directors and Directors to construct bids for new work
• Attending formal client pitches with Assistant Directors and Directors
• Ensuring that project case study, photograph and project CV files are kept up to date
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve project management products and services

Qualifications

• Degree in Construction Project Management or equivalent qualification
• 10+ years’ experience in Construction Management / Project Management.
• Must be registered with a SACPCMP as Professional Construction Project Manager.
• PMP® would be an advantage
• South African Industry knowledge and exposure.
• Working expert knowledge in forms of construction contracts
• Experience in multi-site, geographically disbursed roll-out programme, both from a green field, brown field, refurbishment and fit out perspective.
• Large Project experience in projects in excess of R300M
• Experience delivering projects within Sub-Saharan Africa is beneficial, on addition to South Africa

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Job Description

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from NPA, subs, quantities from A/Es,
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.

You will also be responsible for:

Pre-Contract

• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

Post-Contract

• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
• Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.

Qualifications
Essential

• Qualified to professional standard in Quantity Surveying with membership of an appropriate professional body and/or educated to degree level.
• Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a mining environment to high profile or complex major projects or programmes.
• Knowledge of project management, planning, risk, and investment processes.                        
• A strong technical cost management or estimating competency is essential
• Must have knowledge in the use and benefits of cost management systems.
• Strong knowledge of construction contracts, JBCC, NEC3/4 and FIDIC

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience in managing and leading large teams and successful setting and implementation of business strategy
• Preferred degree in quantity surveying or associated construction field.

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Job Description
Having a solid track record in managing projects, over the entire lifecycle, the main purpose of this role will be to:

• Lead complex projects and programmes with responsibility for ensuring that the programme relevant governance arrangements and programme management processes / procedures are implemented and complied with by all parties.
• Promote and encourage best practice, fit for purpose and innovative contributions to the delivery of a high quality programme management service
• Ensure that Turner & Townsend’s governance, risk and financial management procedures are complied with at all times.

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant field (NQF 7 or above) or equivalent qualification
• 8+ years’ experience in the programme / project management space
• Must preferably be registered with a professional body as Professional Project / Programme Manager
• Industry knowledge and exposure

Additional Information
Expectations

• As the Programme Manager you will have responsibility, amongst others, for the service stream in terms of Project Resourcing, Best Practice and Knowledge Management, Tool & Systems, Key Account Management, Service Opportunity identification and Service Development. You will continue to promote the interests of Turner & Townsend giving the full benefit of your knowledge, expertise and skills to all your business undertakings.
• In undertaking the role of Programme Manager, Turner & Townsend have specific expectations to be met.  The expectations will form part of your continuous development and performance measurement. 

SCOPE

• Programme Managers handle commissions of varying scale and value; tending towards more complex and high value clusters of projects, including advising on specific Portfolio / Programme / Project Management functions.

Programme management responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic advice at the programme identification / definition stages, including advising on development of the Programme Brief in relation to the Sub-programme / Workstream for which he / she is responsible and the different approaches that might be adopted in order to realise the desired benefits / outcomes and / or achieve the Client’s strategic objectives.
• Advising at a strategic level at the programme / project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives.
• Integrate the phasing, sequencing, risk and interdependency management between projects and sub-programmes, managing logistical arrangements to successfully deliver the overall programme benefits.
• Determine the procurement strategy for the programme, and identify and confirm the availability of all resources needed to deliver the sub-programme in accordance with the Clients requirements.
• Lead and direct the project managers responsible for delivery of the programme / projects included within the sub-programme, liaising as appropriate with the programme office, specialists and where applicable, Clients staff.
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project.
• Programme / Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan.
• Advising upon the procurement of resources
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional programme / project team.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPIs to improve programme / project performance.
• Managing the change control process.
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances.
• Managing the flow of programme / project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports.
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Marketing and business development, to include:

• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities
• Working with Associate Directors and Directors to construct bids for new work, including the attendance of formal client pitches
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve programme / project management products and services
   

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Job Description

Purpose of the job

• Site based role to manage and deliver Contract Administration services to meet client and business objectives.

Expectations

In undertaking the role of Senior Contracts Administrator, Turner & Townsend have specific expectations to be met.  The expectations will form part of your continuous development and performance measurement.  These are set out as follows:

Behaviour

• You are expected to always maintain a professional and focused conduct when engaging with clients, competitors and colleagues.  At all times during your employment with Turner & Townsend, you should act as an ambassador of the global organisation. 
• As a Senior Contracts Administrator, you are responsible for supporting a positive and confident atmosphere within the Turner & Townsend offices.  Your business approach will influence your colleagues and team members and it is therefore important that you reflect the Turner & Townsend standards in your leadership, verbal, and non-verbal communication, in your general conduct, your attire and your attitude.
•  Confidentiality
• You shall not (except so far as is necessary and proper in the ordinary course of your employment) make public or disclose to any person any information on Turner & Townsend business dealings or affairs.
• As a Senior Contracts Administrator, you will treat all client information that is not public knowledge as confidential.  You will not give any unauthorized people access to this information.  When working with clients you may be required to sign their specific Confidentiality Agreements.
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Qualifications
Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare commercial information for contract and purchase approval documents.
• Assist in the payment process of contracts and purchase orders.
• Assist with the preparation of tender documentation and adjudication of tenders.
• Create and maintain commercial registers.
• Prepare and compile contracts (NEC, FIDIC, Employer Bespoke)
• Ensure that tender and contract documentation is prepared in a way that minimises risks.
• Administer the contract according to NEC3 requirements during execution.
• Work closely with the Project Manager and Engineers by providing contract assurance and manage changes in accordance with NEC3.
• Establish and manage required Performance and Retention Bonds.
• Identify events which could influence changes in scope, cost or schedule and initiate the NEC3 change management process.
• Close out contract through completion of final account statement and return of applicable bonds.

Key Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Degree in Quantity Surveyor / BSc Construction Management
• Minimum of 10 years contract management experience working in the mining, engineering or oil and gas sectors
• Good understanding and knowledge of modern contracting strategies for major engineering projects including forms of contract, payment terms, incentive/penalty arrangements and innovative commercial models
• Strong experience and skills in handling large contractors, consultant progress claims, variation claims and other issues that arise during execution phase
• Highly self-motivated, disciplined and have the ability to work efficiently and proactively
• Proven communication and presentation skills

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Job Description

• We are looking for an Estimator who will be responsible to produce estimates by developing, reviewing, and agreeing the scope, basis and methodology of any estimate to be undertaken. Review estimates in accordance with methodology used and agree quality and accuracy of the estimate as well as appropriate contingency levels including preparation and maintenance of project historical data and trends.

Role and responsibilities

• The role requires a breadth of experience and in-depth knowledge of standard concepts within cost control & cost estimating with a keen focus on data analysis & benchmarking, preferably in the mining environment.  The ideal candidate is an analytical, data-driven problem solver with the ability to build consultative & collaborative partnerships necessary to help define & implement project controls procedures related to mining projects.
• Drive establishment of new projects at the earliest design phases (pre-conceptual or earlier) to ensure compliance with the program controls.
• Liaise with project teams to ensure each project’s change management & schedule management is aligned with the standardized WBS & estimating processes.
• Review detailed construction estimates from contractors at various stages of the design maturity & provide recommendations.
• Assist in the development of high-level conceptual ROM estimates (prior to contractor engagement) to support early property development planning efforts.
• Assist in developing & maintaining a library of templates, best practice standards & procedures for all estimating activities for the project teams.  Maintain the program benchmarking database & all project coding structures.
• Support business unit leadership with ad-hoc cost performance studies, labour rates assessments, market analysis, and other Estimating/ Project Controls related functions as directed by the Business Unit Leadership.
• Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming, and detailed level.
• Provide input into value engineering and options analysis.

Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience

• 7-10 years of experience working as a cost estimator in the mining, process and infrastructure industries.
• Bachelor’s and /post graduate degree in engineering, construction, or quantitative field.
• Understanding of mining production and cost metrics.
• Knowledge of mining processes and operations
• Demonstrated estimating experience in large-scale and complex projects, including but not limited to Civil, Structural and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Piping).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly, Microsoft Excel). 
• Experience working in a variety of cost estimating tools.
• Working knowledge of CCS is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially regarding reports & presentations.
• Team player with demonstrated professional & interpersonal skills, interfacing with all levels of the organization, clients & vendors.
• Detail and action-oriented with excellent organization skills & demonstrated ability to multitask.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and quickly pivot in response to evolving priorities.
• Professional registration will be an added advantage.

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Job Description

• Who are you?
• Are you a Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor with a minimum of 5 - 10 years post-graduate experience working on large-scale, mission critical construction projects. Have experience within the Mining, Real Estate, Retail, Commercial, Oil & Gas, and Energy sectors.

Candidate will perform the following duties and not limited.

• Estimating and negotiating change orders throughout the construction lifecycle.
• Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Review and participate with the design services team and general contractor, in the development of the cost estimates.
• Reconcile changes and assist the general contractor to ensure that their data is accurate.
• Communicate or meet with general contractor and owner project manager to gather status information to prepare a cost estimate update.
• Prepare written comments to the general contractor’s submissions, including the executive summary.
• Coordinate all sources of cost information for cost discussions and suppliers direct from subs and contractors
• Inform and drive engineering priorities based on cost impact.
• Work proactively with minimal supervision to resolve scheduling issues.
• Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects. Complete timely, accurate cost checking and valuation processes.
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.
• Manage Cost impact / contingency management and commitment tracking logs.
• Prepare funding data presentations and coordinate VE sessions with stakeholders.

You will also be responsible for:

Pre-Contract

• Developing cost plans and estimates through the design phase, delivering updated cost plans at appropriate design milestones.
• Providing commercial input to design optioneering and input into value engineering exercises.
• Reviewing contractor and subcontractor pricing and leading negotiations on behalf of the client to drive fair contract prices.

Post-Contract

• Performing quantity surveying, cost controls and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle including processing monthly payment certificates.
• Attending project meetings with Contractors and recording of minutes.
• Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively.
• Ensuring that cost auditing and valuation work is managed effectively and that a robust process for cost validation is in place.
• Carrying out the production of monthly cost reports for presentation to the client.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed in a timely manner.
• Compiling as built cost estimate records for benchmarking purposes.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE:

• A minimum of 5 - 10 years post-graduate experience working in a construction cost management related role.
• College and/or post-graduate degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• RICS accredited or working towards.
• Experience of leading cost management on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Must be able to work as part of an integrated project team.