Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We work with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources to deliver outcomes that improve people’s lives. By transforming challenges into opportunities and complexity into success, we deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset, and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero, and digital solutions. As a majority-owned subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, we leverage our partnership to provide clients with premier programme, project, and cost management services globally.
Join us and be part of a team that is committed to excellence and innovation. Visit our website: https://www.turnerandtownsend.com.
Job Description

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Assistant Project Manager to support the delivery of complex infrastructure projects across multiple sectors. You will play a key role in ensuring successful project outcomes while maintaining strong client relationships and contributing to the wider Turner & Townsend team.

• Sector Experience: Exposure to one or more of the following—Aviation, Water, Transport, Energy (Transmission & Renewable), Defence (Baseline or NV1 clearance), Civil Infrastructure.
• Project Development: Assist in defining scope, developing business cases, and securing funding aligned with client needs.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Engage with diverse stakeholders to capture inputs, constraints, and ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Procurement Coordination: Support contract drafting, tender management, bid evaluation, and award processes for consultants and contractors.
• Approvals & Planning: Collaborate with project teams to secure necessary planning and regulatory approvals.
• Contract & Construction Management: Oversee compliance, manage payments and changes, and ensure safe, high-quality delivery on-site.
• Risk, Quality & Cost Control: Identify risks early, implement mitigations, and manage project timelines and budgets effectively.

Qualifications

We’re looking for a motivated individual with a strong foundation in project delivery and a collaborative mindset.

• Experience: Minimum 3 years in project management, ideally within building construction or infrastructure.
• Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with Australian building standards and codes.
• Project Oversight: Proven ability to manage multiple projects from design to close-out.
• Leadership & Financial Acumen: Experience leading teams and managing project finances.
• Client-Facing Skills: Strong communication and relationship-building across departments.
• Sector Versatility: Experience in one or more of Aviation, Water, Transport, Energy, Defence, or Civil Infrastructure.
• Operational Delivery: Demonstrated success in delivering projects within live operational environments.

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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• Sector Experience: Exposure to one or more of the following—Aviation, Water, Transport, Energy (Transmission & Renewable), Defence (Baseline or NV1 clearance), Civil Infrastructure.
• Project Development: Assist in defining scope, developing business cases, and securing funding aligned with client needs.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Engage with diverse stakeholders to capture inputs, constraints, and ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Procurement Coordination: Support contract drafting, tender management, bid evaluation, and award processes for consultants and contractors.
• Approvals & Planning: Collaborate with project teams to secure necessary planning and regulatory approvals.
• Contract & Construction Management: Oversee compliance, manage payments and changes, and ensure safe, high-quality delivery on-site.
• Risk, Quality & Cost Control: Identify risks early, implement mitigations, and manage project timelines and budgets effectively