Turner & Townsend
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NEC Project Manager Defence All Levels
Manage NEC‑based defence infrastructure projects, ensuring delivery on time, cost and quality.
Job Highlights
About the Role
Project Managers at Turner & Townsend handle commissions ranging from £1 m to £10 m, with larger sizes when supporting major projects. The main purpose is to lead or support Project Management commissions, ensuring client objectives are met, delivering on time, cost and quality, and assisting clients in transitioning to Net Zero. • Lead end‑to‑end delivery of construction infrastructure projects, ensuring time, cost and quality targets are met. • Support major Project Management commissions, handling specific aspects of service delivery. • Assist clients in transitioning to Net Zero and improving sustainability. • Manage contracts under NEC, JCT or FIDIC frameworks. • Communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders and present project information. • Apply CDM and site health & safety knowledge within NEC contracts. • Maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC) as a sole UK national.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸project delivery
- ▸contract management
- ▸net zero
- ▸stakeholder communication
- ▸health safety
- ▸security clearance
What You Bring
We are seeking Project Managers for our expanding Bristol Defence Infrastructure business to support construction infrastructure projects and programmes across the South/South West and nationally. The role suits candidates with Defence, Rail, Water/Utilities or Highways experience and preferably NEC accreditation. Candidates must be a sole UK national able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC) due to the sensitive nature of the projects. Minimum five years’ experience with NEC contracts is required, along with expertise in NEC/JCT/FIDIC contract administration, strong communication skills, self‑motivation and strategic problem‑solving, and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders within NEC frameworks. Knowledge of CDM/site health and safety as it relates to NEC contracts is essential. A degree in an infrastructure or construction‑related subject is required, with chartered membership (ICE, APM, RICS) preferred. • Minimum five years’ experience in Defence, Rail, Water/Utilities or Highways project management. • Hold a degree in infrastructure or construction; chartered membership (ICE, APM, RICS) preferred.
Requirements
- ▸5+ years
- ▸nec contracts
- ▸chartered
- ▸security clearance
- ▸cdm safety
- ▸project management
Benefits
Our dynamic, innovative, client‑focused team benefits from an inclusive and fun culture, recognised for proactive approaches, deep expertise, integrity and high‑quality delivery, allowing our people to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world. Clients value our depth of expertise and quality. The role involves hybrid working, with an expected 60 % of time on client sites or Turner & Townsend offices, adjusted as business needs dictate, supporting work‑life balance. Turner & Townsend offers a supportive, flexible environment that promotes health, productivity and work‑life balance, and is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. • Work hybrid model with approximately 60 % on‑site/client office attendance.
Work Environment
Hybrid