Commercial Director

**Company Description** Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the Infrastructure sector, we are looking to recruit an Commercial Director level, to undertake a lead role on one of our prestigious real estate / infrastructure / natural resources - based projects. At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. We have grown to become a world-leading professional services company. With 112 offices across 46 countries, we draw on extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximizing value and performance during the construction and operation of our clients’ assets. Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world. Our Infrastructure and Real Estate team is growing, and we are seeking a strong leader to lead our dynamic and diverse Cost Management Team. Key requirements of the role include, but are not limited to: - Act as principal point of contact for cost management matters and lead the Turner & Townsend team. - Leads and motivates others to participate and contribute, provides necessary direction and inspires high performance. - Take on key account role(s), project execution assurance and maintain client relationships as required. - Deliver assurance services to projects - peer review, gateway review, maturity assessments, readiness reviews, progress and performance audits. - Periodically take on major program delivery roles and lead the Turner & Townsend team on the commission - achieve a successful "steady state" delivery and then manage transition and backfill. - Provide oversight and assurance to the Turner & Townsend major program in the region. - Identify organizational needs, build recruitment plans and develop role specifications. - Extensive experience in delivering CM programs, projects and segment knowledge. - Play a key role in the Infrastructure / Real Estate CM business development activities for the cost center. - Assist in the development and implementation of marketing and business development strategies. - Provide solutions to clients and work together with business development team member(s) on sales proposals, qualification packages and presentation materials. - Coordinate with project team leaders on project negotiations and execution. - Collaborate with the other business divisions and teams. - Provide oversight and assurance to the Turner & Townsend major programs in the region. - Delivers high quality of service products by utilizing Turner & Townsend systems, policy and procedure, managing time, planning and organizing to ensure excellence. - Demonstrates understanding of commercial business drivers and ensures that work and projects are carried out in alignment. Contributes to the development of business opportunities. - Demonstrable appetite for challenge, innovation and continued improvement in CM discipline. - Take responsibility for BU performance and project P/L - Identify and understand the areas of opportunity and development. - Enable continued growth trajectory within the market. - Be a developer of talent and enjoy coaching early/mid-career cost management staff to meet their own and our business goals. - Be comfortable working with remote staff across global time zones. - Be organized and strong administratively. **Qualifications** - Minimum 18+ years of relevant working experience in the discipline - Degree holder in Quantity Surveying, or related field (Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc) - RICS qualified (MRICS) - FRICS (Beneficial) - Proactive, quality driven, self-motivated and hands-on team-leader with the ability to multitask. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills essential, ability to communicate well with clients and senior management - Experience in leading teams of professionals with a strength in growing and developing people. **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._ LI-ND3 Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn