Project Manager, Real Estate Construction Projects, Bogotá

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.

Job Description

- Assisting the client Project Manager (PM) as required – including oversight of the overall construction effort.

- Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives.

- Advising upon the procurement of resources.

- Contract and Budget ownership for direct contracts as assigned.

- Creating and coordinating the detailed Project Execution Plan detailed plans, and coordinating completion of GC PEP activities.

- Proactively managing the risks relating to construction project execution and HES, working with the client PM – coordinating GC actions on risk as necessary and managing the risk register.

- Support the design process, review drawings against project requirements, assess constructability and provide other construction input during early project phases as needed.

- Assist client PM as required in reviewing and reporting on the overall construction effort and progress. Creating and coordinating with the Construction Field Representative, the Monthly, Daily and Event Reporting for the construction team.

- Coordinating and supporting the RFI and Submittal process, in concert with the cost controller for alignment with cost budgets.

- Creating, coordinating, and issuing effective meeting minutes and other documentation for site progress meetings, Owner/Architect/Contractor meetings and other meetings as required.

- Assisting the client PM in overall coordination of the construction effort in support of the effective safety, Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC), and labor relations programs which meet IIF and OE objectives.

- Help to establish the success criteria of the project, including time, cost, technical, and quality performance parameters. Key focus is on the tactical, technical and process delivery of the project.

- Identify and support that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health, and environmental issues.

- In concert with client, support development of contractor and overall purchasing strategy. Responsible for execution of defined strategy.

- Act as project schedule owner (or in support of project scheduler, if relevant), and maintain schedule at the level required to track critical actions and milestones.

- Conduct kicks offs and regular meetings with key project stakeholders (architects, engineers, suppliers, contractors), to track and report on progress.

- Working with the other project function teams, reviewing as-built documents and other closeout items.

Qualifications

- 6 years of experience as a Project Manager in construction.

- Engineering or Architecture degree.

- Proven track record as a Lead Project Manager, a specialist in performance measurement and analysis and delivering successful solutions for clients.

- PMI certification is a plus.

- Commercial project experience, ideally with warehouse building, retail store, shopping center.

- Consultant experience preferred.

- Fluent in English and Spanish, to conduct meetings, create reports, and do presentations.

Additional Information

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 or that have not followed due process. 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.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

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