Project Quality Assurance Lead (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations)

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.

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Project & Client Representation

• Act as the client-side Project Manager for a Build‑to‑Lease procurement model, overseeing the full development lifecycle.
• Provide overall leadership and governance across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Serve as the primary interface between client stakeholders, developers, consultants, contractors, and authorities.

Pre‑Contract & Commercial Management

• Lead and manage pre‑contract activities, including feasibility support, scope definition, programme development, cost planning, and risk management.
• Support procurement strategies, tender evaluations, and contract award processes.
• Ensure alignment to client technical, operational, and MRO requirements.

Post‑Contract & Construction Delivery

• Oversee post‑contract administration, including contractor performance, change control, payment certification, claims management, and schedule control.
• Ensure construction works comply with approved design, MRO standards, and safety regulations.
• Maintain strong on‑site presence during construction to manage delivery risks and stakeholder coordination.

Technical Oversight

• Provide technical oversight with a strong focus on MEP systems, particularly those relevant to aviation and turbine MRO facilities.
• Ensure MRO‑critical systems (utilities, workshops, hangar services, testing facilities, etc.) meet operational and regulatory expectations.
• Support commissioning, testing, and readiness for operations.

Reporting & Governance

• Provide regular progress reporting on cost, schedule, risk, and quality to client and leadership.
• Proactively identify issues and implement mitigation strategies.

• At least 10 years of working experience in project management and experience in managing complex industrial, aviation, or technically intensive facilities.
• Proven background in MRO projects, preferably similar in nature to large‑scale OEM or turbine MRO facilities.
• Strong experience across both pre‑contract and post‑contract project management phases.
• Client‑side or client‑representative experience overseeing developers and third‑party contractors.
• Solid understanding of MEP systems in mission‑critical or industrial environments.

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.

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