Director - Project Controls

2 months ago


Melbourne, Australia Turner & Townsend Full time

Company Description

Our Melbourne Infrastructure team has a unique opportunity for a Director to lead our Project Controls services. This is a unique opportunity to inspire a diverse team of planners, project control specialists and cost controllers, across a wide variety of different infrastructure projects. 

At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance through our comprehensive flexible working policy, working from home arrangements, team events and much more. A cornerstone of our company purpose is to help build a more inclusive world – within our business and outside in community. 

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our clients deliver projects in over 118 offices and 47 countries worldwide. 

Job Description

Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.

We are looking for someone who is looking to make a difference and who has inclusive and collaborative mindset. We are looking for someone with knowledge and experience of established project delivery frameworks, and who has the vision and desire to challenge these established ways of working in order to bring about better outcomes for our clients and our teams.

As an effective Director of Project Controls, you will have an understanding in:

Deliver Project Controls services, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery. Help grow the brand through business development and client relationships.  Inspire the project controls team across a variety of Infrastructure projects, covering rail, roads, power & utilities, aviation, and renewables Be a key person our clients can liaise with.  Creating new client and consultant relationships and opportunities in the marketplace. Growing and developing exceptional people for their team. Displaying excellence in service delivery leadership.

Qualifications

17+ years of relevant industry experience. Full working rights and currently living in Australia. A recognised Degree qualification in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or similar. Infrastructure experience is a prerequisite, especially in the power, utilities, renewables, rail, aviation, or road sectors. Have a passion for mentoring the team and the future generation.  Track record of engaging and influencing clients at a senior level. Clear understanding to implement strategies for growth, with clear relevance to the local market context. Ability to produce resource-based estimates, top down cost plans or parametric cost models.

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.

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.

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. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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. 

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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. 



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