Assistant Project Manager – Retail

Turner & Townsend is looking to hire an experienced Assistant Project Manager to join the London Property team. The ideal candidate will have experience in a construction environment working on retail roll-out projects or related retail fit out programmes. Site experience would be an advantage.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

To support Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for effectively delivering a range of tasks to high quality standards.

SCOPE

Assistant Project Managers assist on a wide range of projects of all sizes and dimensions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Assisting the Project Manager on a range of tasks, to include:

• Conducting background research, data collection and benchmarking
• Establishing effective processes and systems to be utilised throughout the project
• Producing project plans
• Monitoring and documenting project progress and other performance indicators
• Tracking and documenting changes
• Preparing written project communication materials
• Preparing formal project progress and other reports
• Liaising with the client, contractors and designers
• Attending meetings and drafting minutes, etc

Other responsibilities, to include:

• Preparing presentation materials for client pitches, etc
• Inputting key information into the Turner & Townsend internal database

REPORTING

Depending upon context, an Assistant Project Manager is likely to report to a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager.

ESSENTIAL/DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

BSc (Hons) in a construction related subject (Essential)

Retail project experience (Desirable)

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

An Assistant Project Manager will in part be assessed by the extent to which:

• Tasks are completed to the right accuracy and quality standards
• Tasks are completed efficiently and on time
• Client needs are dealt with in a helpful and attentive way
• The cross-functional team is supported in a helpful and positive manner
• An effective contribution is made towards the overall project
• Key information and data is effectively communicated and appropriately retained

TURNER & TOWNSEND:

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services provider that supports organisations that invest in, own and operate assets.

Working from over 80 offices in over 33 countries, we are making the difference to projects across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors worldwide. We help organisations succeed by managing risk while maximising value and performance during the construction and operation of their assets.

As well as helping organisations deliver and integrate new assets as quickly and efficiently as possible, we help set the asset strategies that support their corporate objectives. We also work with our clients to create safe and comfortable environments which are inexpensive to maintain, sustainable and practical to conduct business from.

We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.