Associate Director - FM Operational Readiness

Turner & Townsend
Manchester
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving"]

-led FM Operational Readiness, mobilisation, and transition programmes for major clients; responsible for shaping and growing the Operational Readiness offering, leading complex engagements, and developing high-performing teams across technology, financial services, government and healthcare.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
3 months ago

Associate Director - FM Operational Readiness

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Job Summary

-led FM Operational Readiness, mobilisation, and transition programmes for major clients; responsible for shaping and growing the Operational Readiness offering, leading complex engagements, and developing high-performing teams across technology, financial services, government and healthcare.
Location: Manchester
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead end-to-end operational readiness and Government Soft Landings programmes, ensuring assets are safe, compliant, and fully operational at handover.
  • •Provide strategic oversight across multiple projects, ensuring consistent application of best practice in readiness, transition, and mobilisation.
  • •Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, including developers, operators, and end users.
  • •Lead design reviews, asset reviews, and readiness assurance activities, ensuring operational risks are identified and mitigated early.
  • •Develop and implement a comprehensive Operational Readiness Plan aligned to project milestones and operational objectives, including governance, KPIs, milestones, risk management, and readiness criteria.

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive experience delivering FM Operational Readiness / mobilisation programmes.
  • •Strong understanding of asset handover, commissioning, and transition into operations.
  • •Expertise in CAFM / IWMS systems and asset data management.
  • •Deep knowledge of FM operations, compliance, and maintenance strategies (e.g., SFG20).
  • •Proven ability to lead design reviews, readiness assurance, and GSL activities.
Experience:FM advisoryFacility managementOperational readiness
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementProblem-solving
Certifications:IWFMRICSCIBSE
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CAFMIWMSMicrosoft OfficeExcelWordPowerPointProjectVisio

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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