Project Director - Planning & Scheduling

Turner & Townsend
United Kingdom
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving","Mentoring"]

Seasoned Project Director leading Planning & Scheduling within Turner & Townsend’s Infrastructure group. Oversees high-value commissions, drives planning and scheduling improvements, builds interdisciplinary client relationships, and leads large teams across complex projects and programmes in the UK, with national mobility and some regional travel. Provides subject matter expertise, coaching, and strategic input to grow the Planning & Scheduling capability and deliver superior client outcomes.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
7 months ago

Project Director - Planning & Scheduling

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Job Summary

Seasoned Project Director leading Planning & Scheduling within Turner & Townsend’s Infrastructure group. Oversees high-value commissions, drives planning and scheduling improvements, builds interdisciplinary client relationships, and leads large teams across complex projects and programmes in the UK, with national mobility and some regional travel. Provides subject matter expertise, coaching, and strategic input to grow the Planning & Scheduling capability and deliver superior client outcomes.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Managing commissions in a client facing role, managing high value and complex projects, developing our talented teams and engage in our local markets.
  • •Improving Planning and Scheduling (and interfacing project controls) processes to create efficiency and increasing benefits to our clients.
  • •Developing interdisciplinary relationships that operate for the benefit of our clients.
  • •The continued success and growth of the Planning and Scheduling team in relation to business generation, resource planning, and business strategy / opportunities.
  • •Project scope, capability delivery and maintaining high levels of client satisfaction.
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •Subject matter expertise of Planning and Scheduling tools and techniques is mandatory.
  • •Experience interfacing with other Project Controls disciplines is mandatory.
  • •Experience in directing Planning and Scheduling on complex projects/programmes is essential.
  • •Experience in leading large teams is essential.
  • •The ability to work in both delivery and transformation projects is essential.
Experience:ConstructionInfrastructureDefence
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationStakeholder managementProblem-solvingMentoring
Languages:English

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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