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Senior Project Manager MEP – Construction

CompanyTurner & Townsend
LocationNewark
Work ModeOn Site
PostedNovember 6, 2026
About The Company
We're Turner & Townsend – a global programme manager. For more than 80 years, we’ve helped deliver the projects that define how people live, work and connect. From shaping resilient cities to advancing clean energy, we approach every challenge with the same goal – to make a meaningful and lasting impact. Partnering closely with our clients, we plan, manage and deliver complex projects and portfolios. Our teams bring the leadership, commercial expertise and independent advice that unlocks performance and protects investment. From the metro systems moving millions of people to the data centres powering the digital economy, we bring ambitious plans to life and deliver outcomes that matter.
About the Role

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 is looking for a Senior MEP Project Manager to work with our team, and partner with a global manufacturing client. 

The ideal candidate will have an engineering background with strong Mechanical, Electrical, or MEP knowledge and experience. To be successful in this role, you will be consultant minded and have experience with Owner’s Representation. 

The successful candidate will bring experience supporting the delivery of construction and capital projects within one or more of Turner & Townsend's key markets, including data centers, critical infrastructure, aviation, life sciences, and energy & natural resources. Exposure to complex projects, stakeholder management, and multidisciplinary teams across these sectors is preferred.


Responsibilities: 

  • Manage applicable engineering drawings, specifications, and documents. 
  • Effectively communicate with external and internal team members and stakeholders at all projects stages. 
  • Support the scheduler with updates on progress. 
  • Support field coordination between the General Contractor, Commissioning Agent, and Client. 
  • Undertake field walks with the General Contractor and Sub-Contractor Trades. 
  • Attending field and punch walks with the architect and MEP Engineering team. 
  • Help support and manage project close out documentation. 
  • Ensure QA/QC is being followed and report any issues/gaps. 
  • Perform quality review of technical documentation for accuracy and contract compliance. 
  • Perform engineering quality assurance and engineering quality control reviews for all design drawings, prior to submission to Construction for builds. 
  • Prepare scheduled and ad hoc reports on the project’s progress, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and progress tracking. 
  • Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications. 
  • Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each commission is inputted into internal databases and shared. 
  • Identifying and ensuring that the client and management are aware of quality, safety, health and environmental issues. 
  • SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

Qualifications

  • Field construction experience. 
  • Experience in manufacturing construction is beneficial. 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to ensure appropriate communications and coordination across project delivery teams, stakeholders, and vendors. 
  • Strong client relationship management skills to maintain positive relations between stakeholders and corporate leadership.
  • Able to manage and delegate tasks to technical and non-technical support staff. 
  • Proven post graduate Mechanical or MEP engineering experience, encompassing both design and site experience. 
  • Engineering background with strong mechanical knowledge/experience. 
  • Bachelor or Postgraduate degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture or a related field. 
  • Project Management (or PMP), Engineering or a related field. 

Additional Information

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

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/ and https://www.heery.com/  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

  • Department: Real estate
  • Compensation: USD 140000 - USD 170000 - yearly
  • Key Skills
    MEP EngineeringProject ManagementConstruction ManagementOwner’s RepresentationMechanical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringStakeholder ManagementQuality AssuranceQuality ControlTechnical DocumentationField CoordinationManufacturing ConstructionClient Relationship ManagementData CentersCritical InfrastructureCommissioning
    Categories
    ConstructionEngineeringManagement & LeadershipConsultingManufacturing
    Benefits
    Flexible working environmentWork-life balance support
    Job Information
    📋Core Responsibilities
    The Senior MEP Project Manager will oversee engineering drawings, manage stakeholder communications, and ensure quality control across construction and capital projects. They are responsible for field coordination, progress reporting, and managing project close-out documentation for global manufacturing clients.
    📋Job Type
    full time
    💰Salary Range
    $140,000 - $170,000
    📊Experience Level
    5-10
    💼Company Size
    19785
    📊Visa Sponsorship
    No
    💼Language
    English
    🏢Working Hours
    40 hours
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