Senior Construction Manager - Media Construction

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Manager to oversee large-scale commercial real estate construction projects, specifically a $1B media studio development in Monmouth County, NJ. The role involves managing stakeholders, project execution, budget compliance, site visits, risk mitigation, and team leadership. This full-time position requires on-site presence and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in construction management.

Must Have

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chain to deliver compliant projects
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of construction projects, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, budgets, and schedules
• Lead and coordinate project teams, including architects, engineers, subcontractors, and vendors, to achieve project goals
• Supervise development and maintenance of detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation
• Monitor project progress and performance, implementing corrective actions as necessary to address deviations from the plan
• Conduct regular site visits to ensure quality control, safety compliance, and adherence to project specifications
• Manage stakeholder relationships, providing regular updates and addressing concerns promptly
• Prepare and review project documentation, including contracts, budgets, change orders, and reports
• Identify and mitigate project risks, resolving issues proactively to minimize impact on project timelines and outcomes
• Mentor and develop junior project managers and team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
• Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications
• Forecast and update key project milestones
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers
• Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities
• Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives
• Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable

Good to Have

• Prior experience supporting on-site large-scale commercial real estate construction projects
• Design and ground up commercial real estate experience
• Media construction and ground up experience
• A mix of consulting and general contracting experience

Perks & Benefits

• Healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance
• Opportunity and voice to affect change

Company Description

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. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Senior Construction Manager to join our team. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting on-site large-scale commercial real estate construction projects. Design and ground up commercial real estate experience is preferred.

This Senior Construction Manager role is focused on a $1B media studio development in Monmouth County, NJ, transforming a former military base into a large-scale production campus. Phase 1 includes soundstages and office space, with full buildout planned through 2028.

\*This position requires on-site presence Monday through Friday in Monmouth Beach, NJ. Requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

Responsibilities:

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chain to deliver compliant projects.
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of construction projects, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, budgets, and schedules
• Lead and coordinate project teams, including architects, engineers, subcontractors, and vendors, to achieve project goals
• Supervise development and maintenance of detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation
• Monitor project progress and performance, implementing corrective actions as necessary to address deviations from the plan
• Conduct regular site visits to ensure quality control, safety compliance, and adherence to project specifications
• Manage stakeholder relationships, providing regular updates and addressing concerns promptly
• Prepare and review project documentation, including contracts, budgets, change orders, and reports
• Identify and mitigate project risks, resolving issues proactively to minimize impact on project timelines and outcomes
• Mentor and develop junior project managers and team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
• Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones.
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
• Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured.
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree and or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant and recent commercial construction management experience is required. A mix of consulting and general contracting experience is preferred.
• Media construction and ground up experience is preferred.
• Strong organizational and management skills – ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, Blubeam and construction project management tools.
• Excellent communication skills.

Additional Information

The salary range for this full-time role is $150K-$180K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

\*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs\*

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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.

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