Project Lead - Project Management (New Build/ Residential/ Mixed Use)

# Project Lead - Project Management (New Build/ Residential/ Mixed Use)

**Full-time**
**Department:** Real estate

## Company Description

**Who is Turner & Townsend?**

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.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

## Job Description

### Role overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Lead to provide independent, Client-side project management services for new-build residential and mixed-use developments in Hong Kong. The role will lead projects across the full lifecycle, from feasibility, brief development and consultant appointments through design, statutory approvals, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, handover and close-out. The Project Lead will integrate the work of the Client, Authorized Person, design team, cost consultant, contractors, operators and other stakeholders.

### The project environment

- New-build residential and mixed-use developments in Hong Kong, potentially incorporating retail, commercial, clubhouse, public realm, car parking and other supporting uses.
- Complex stakeholder and interface environments involving land and planning conditions, statutory authorities, utility providers, operators, purchasers or tenants, adjacent developments and community stakeholders.
- Construction delivered through one or more trade, enabling, foundation, superstructure, building services and fit-out packages.
- Client-side project leadership focused on governance, integration, performance management, independent challenge and timely decision-making.

### Key responsibilities

**Client leadership and stakeholder management**
- Act as the accountable Project Lead and the Client's principal project-delivery adviser.
- Establish trusted relationships with the Client, senior stakeholders, development partners and project participants, providing clear, independent and decision-ready advice.
- Confirm project objectives, success criteria, governance, delegated authorities, reporting requirements and escalation routes.
- Lead project, steering and performance meetings and maintain effective coordination across the Client, consultants, contractors, statutory stakeholders and third parties.
- Identify emerging issues early, present viable options and recommendations, and drive agreed actions to closure.

**Project strategy, brief and governance**
- Lead project set-up, including the project execution plan, responsibility matrix, communication protocols, controls, assurance activities and management plans.
- Develop, validate and maintain the Client brief, scope, functional requirements and development objectives, including change control and approval of material departures.
- Coordinate feasibility studies, due diligence, site constraints, development options, phasing and delivery strategies, drawing on appointed technical and commercial advisers.
- Establish and maintain integrated management of risks, issues, decisions, changes, interfaces, assumptions and dependencies.
- Apply proportionate, risk-based controls that support timely delivery without duplicating the duties of appointed designers, the Authorized Person, Contract Administrator, cost consultant or contractors.

**Design and statutory approvals**
- Coordinate the design programme and multidisciplinary design process from concept through detailed design, tender and construction information.
- Monitor design maturity, deliverables, interfaces, compliance with the approved brief and resolution of design risks, while technical responsibility remains with the appointed designers.
- Work with the Authorized Person and consultant team to maintain a coordinated statutory approvals strategy and schedule, including planning, Buildings Department, Fire Services Department, utility and other relevant submissions and inspections.
- Facilitate Client reviews, value management, constructability, maintainability, sustainability and operational-readiness inputs at the appropriate stages.
- Ensure design decisions and changes are supported by clear programme, cost, quality, risk and operational impact assessments.

**Programme, cost, risk and reporting**
- Establish and maintain an integrated Client master programme covering design, approvals, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, occupation, handover and close-out.
- Challenge baseline programmes, sequencing, critical paths, long-lead items, interfaces and recovery proposals, supported by specialist planning input where appropriate.
- Coordinate with the cost consultant to monitor budgets, forecasts, commitments, variations, cash flow and cost risks, and translate information into clear Client recommendations.
- Lead project risk, issue and change-control processes, ensuring defined ownership, time-bound mitigation and appropriate approval.
- Produce concise, accurate and decision-focused reports covering progress, milestones, cost, risk, change, procurement, design, statutory approvals, safety, quality and required Client actions.

**Procurement and appointments**
- Develop and maintain the procurement strategy and package plan with the Client, cost consultant, design team and legal advisers.
- Coordinate consultant and contractor procurement, including scopes, requests for proposal or tender, clarifications, evaluations, interviews, recommendations and appointment readiness.
- Confirm that procurement activities consider design maturity, statutory status, market capacity, programme, mobilisation, interfaces, risk allocation and Client governance requirements.
- Monitor appointments, bonds, insurances, warranties, collateral requirements and other project-specific deliverables through the responsible professional advisers.
- Promote transparent, auditable and value-focused procurement decisions.

**Construction delivery and contract interfaces**
- Provide Client-side leadership during mobilisation and construction, chairing governance and performance forums and coordinating timely Client decisions.
- Monitor progress, quality, safety, environmental performance, logistics, interfaces and statutory obligations through information and assurance provided by appointed parties and regular site observations.
- Hold consultants and contractors accountable for their appointments, programmes, deliverables and corrective actions.
- Coordinate resolution of design, access, utilities, neighbour, package, operator and Client-direct interfaces and escalate material risks through agreed contractual channels.
- Support the Client and Contract Administrator with management information and recommendations without issuing contractual instructions or assuming responsibility for contractor means, methods, safety or quality control.

**Testing, handover and close-out**
- Establish the Client-side testing, commissioning, completion, occupation, handover and operational-readiness strategy.
- Coordinate integrated commissioning, statutory inspections, defect management, training, asset information, operation and maintenance manuals, warranties and handover documentation.
- Monitor readiness for occupation and phased handover, including the actions of the Client, operator, property management team, consultants and contractors.
- Coordinate post-completion reviews, outstanding works, defects closure, final documentation, lessons learned and project close-out.
- Ensure completion recommendations are supported by appropriate certification and evidence from the responsible professional parties.

**Team leadership and business responsibilities**
- Lead, mentor and develop the assigned project management team, setting clear objectives, responsibilities and performance expectations.
- Plan resources and specialist support to suit the project stage, complexity, risk profile and Client requirements.
- Maintain service quality, project commercial performance, Client billing and internal financial controls through D-365 in accordance with Turner & Townsend requirements.
- Contribute to proposals, Client presentations, market engagement and follow-on opportunities.
- Capture lessons learned, benchmarking and good practice to support continuous improvement across the Hong Kong business.

## Qualifications

**Essential experience**
- Minimum 10 years' relevant experience in project management, development management, construction or a related discipline, including substantial Client-facing leadership responsibility.
- Proven delivery of new-build residential or mixed-use developments in Hong Kong across multiple project stages, ideally from inception through completion and handover.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary consultants and contractors and coordinating complex design, statutory, procurement, construction and stakeholder interfaces.
- Practical knowledge of Hong Kong development and construction processes, consultant appointments, procurement and architect-administered building contracts.
- Working knowledge of the Hong Kong statutory approvals environment and the roles of the Authorized Person, Registered Structural Engineer, Registered Geotechnical Engineer, prescribed professionals and contractors.
- Demonstrated ability to lead senior Client meetings, manage competing priorities and convert complex information into clear recommendations and actions.
- Strong understanding of programme, cost, risk, change, procurement, design management, construction performance, commissioning and handover.

**Qualifications and capabilities**
- Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying or a related discipline.
- Recognised professional qualification such as MRICS, MHKIS, HKIA, MHKIE, MCIOB, PMP or equivalent is preferred.
- Strong leadership, negotiation, conflict-resolution, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to challenge information constructively while maintaining effective professional relationships.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, manage ambiguity and make sound recommendations using incomplete or evolving information.
- Business-level English and proficiency in Cantonese and/or Mandarin appropriate to Hong Kong project delivery.
- Competence with Microsoft 365 and project reporting tools; familiarity with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Power BI and common data environments is advantageous.

## 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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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