Associate Director – Project Management

Overview

As Associate Director in Project Management Infrastructure, you lead delivery and governance across Midlands projects, ensuring safety, quality, and financial control while shaping client outcomes. You will drive cross-functional teamwork, interface with clients and consultants, and contribute to regional growth. This role offers scope to develop a team of Project Managers and win new work, supporting Turner & Townsend’s mission to deliver impactful infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define overall project success criteria (time, cost, technical and performance)
• Ensure awareness of quality, safety, health and environment issues by the line manager
• Establish governance, processes and systems for the project
• Produce detailed project plan
• Advise on resource procurement
• Lead and facilitate the cross-functional project team
• Apply performance management techniques
• Manage the change control process
• Monitor and advise on project finances
• Manage information flow with client through regular meetings and written communications
• Prepare formal project progress and other reports
• Interface with client and other consultants at all project stages
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report to line manager
• Assist in production of bid documentation
• Knowledge management: capture and input learnings into internal database
• Financial management: ensure prompt invoicing and monitor financial status via FMS
• Process improvement: propose internal process enhancements to line manager

Key requirements

• Experience on major infrastructure projects (Rail, Highways, Utilities, Aviation and Power)
• NEC accreditation preferred
• Degree in Civil Engineering/Construction

• leadership and team management
• strong communication and stakeholder engagement
• problem-solving and analytical thinking
• project planning and scheduling
• governance and risk management
• cost monitoring and financial management

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