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Associate Director - Project Management - Energy & Natural Resources (CB)Turner & Townsend • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Associate Director - Project Management - Energy & Natural Resources (CB)

Associate Director - Project Management - Energy & Natural Resources (CB)

Turner & Townsend • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Company Description

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.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.
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.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Associate Director / Programme-Level Project Manager to provide strategic leadership across multiple projects or a full programme within the electrical and energy infrastructure sector. Operating at a senior level, you will oversee governance, commercial and contract strategy, technical assurance, programme performance, and stakeholder engagement across complex, high-value portfolios.

This role is suited to seasoned professionals with deep NEC and infrastructure expertise, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to influence at executive and regulatory levels.

Job Objectives

Associate Directors lead large, complex, multi-disciplinary programmes with significant autonomy. You will collaborate with client leadership, regulatory bodies, engineering partners, and delivery teams to ensure the successful execution of major electrical and energy infrastructure programmes.

As the Associate Directors you will be responsible for:

Oversee programme-level governance, reporting, assurance, and performance management across multiple projects or major workstreams.
  • Lead NEC contract strategy across multiple packages, providing senior direction on contract administration, commercial strategy, change management, and dispute mitigation.
  • Provide senior technical oversight on electrical infrastructure, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and system-wide integration.
  • Manage senior stakeholders, including client leadership, regulatory bodies, commercial partners, and multi-disciplinary design and construction teams.
  • Drive programme-wide optimisation of risk, cost, and schedule, ensuring consistent performance and proactive issue resolution across the portfolio.
  • Shape delivery strategy, informing long-term planning, resource strategy, sequencing, and investment priorities.
  • Provide commercial and governance leadership, ensuring adherence to client-side processes, financial controls, and organisational frameworks.
  • Mentor senior PMs and develop team capability, fostering a high-performing project management environment across the programme.

Qualifications
  • Degree-qualified in a relevant engineering, project management, or construction discipline.
  • Chartered or working toward chartership (APM, IET, ICE, MCIOB, etc.).
  • Seasoned project management experience, with significant leadership responsibility across major infrastructure, utilities, or energy programmes.
  • Deep expertise in NEC contract strategy, commercial leadership, and client-side governance for large-scale delivery.
  • Strong track record delivering complex electrical infrastructure such as substations, OHL, UGC, grid reinforcement or major energy projects.
  • Comfortable leading complex, multi-stakeholder programmes and engaging at senior and executive levels.
  • Ability to interpret complex schedules, risk models, and commercial information produced by specialist planning and controls teams.
  • Eligible to obtain BPSS security clearance.

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/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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