Principal Consultant

Company Description
At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

We are an independent professional services company specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 120 offices and 50 countries 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.

Job Description
We are looking for a Principal Consultant to join our Real Estate Advisory Melbourne team who has previous experience as a management consultant and is passionate about continuously helping clients improve how they deliver projects and programs in every aspect of their business. This role would suit someone looking for their next step in their career development. You may have been part of a larger project or consulting team in perhaps a 'big 4' consultancy and want the opportunity to take more ownership of a sector or proposition.

As a Principal Consultant, You Will

• Actively participate in project management, process re-engineering, organisational change, stakeholder management implementation and beyond.
• Develop and present client-focused solutions for both projects and business development.
• Support our VIC real estate advisory team, providing technical project delivery knowledge and contribute to our multi-disciplinary team.
• Act as day-to-day management consultant, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.
• Produce clear, concise, and persuasive client-facing reports or deliverables in various formats that deliver to client expectations and demonstrate value.
• Provide complementary services to Turner & Townsend's propositions such as project management, cost management, contract services and program management.
• Have proven ability to lead complex organisational transformations, leveraging strategic vision, change management and stakeholder engagements to drive successful outcomes.
• Be able to develop key client data into insights which can be used to drive enhanced performance and management.
• Develop project/program/portfolio management approaches used to improve delivery of capital assets and assure our clients investments are effectively and efficiently controlled.
• Support the growth of advisory through bid writing and proposition development.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8+ years consulting and advisory experience.
• A university degree in Program Management, Project Management, Engineering, Business or Economics.
• Experience in delivering capital projects, programs and/or portfolios.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary consultancy team environment and individually.
• Experience of working across real estate sectors or infrastructure or natural resources and both private and public sectors.
• Previous experience working for a consultancy organisation.
• Professional accreditation desirable i.e. PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Additional Information
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.

At Turner & Townsend we firmly believe that our people are at the heart of our success and we continually strive to create a great place to work.

We promote integrity in everything that we do and apply our expertise to shape a better environment for future generations and, ultimately, generate value for our communities.

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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from all sectors of the community.