Project Manager Power Generation

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of complex energy infrastructure projects, including utility-scale CT and CCGT power plants as well as behind-the-meter (BTM) and distributed energy solutions such as battery energy storage systems (BESS), fuel cells, hybrid generation systems, and microgrids.

This role focuses on project coordination, execution, and performance management, ensuring successful delivery across cost, schedule, and technical objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders including Owner/Developers, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Manage day-to-day execution of:
  • CT (simple cycle) and CCGT (combined cycle) projects
  • BTM power solutions (BESS, fuel cells, CHP, hybrid systems)
• Coordinate across engineering disciplines, procurement and supply chain, construction contractors and integrators
• Develop and maintain level 3/4 schedule, cost tracking and forecast, risk and issues registers
• Support integration of multi-technology systems (e.g., storage + generation)
• Interface with clients and stakeholders, OEMs (turbines, storage, fuel cells), grid operators / interconnection teams
• Monitor and report progress against scope, cost, and schedule
• Support change management, claims, and contract administration
• Ensure compliance with HSSE, quality, and regulatory requirements
• Assist in commissioning, energization, and handover
• Able to analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify that effective project governance, processes, and systems are utilized.
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required
• Monitor the progress of multiple projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones and budget.
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• Client management assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients objectives and business objectives.
• Knowledge management ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project are captured.
• Process improvement Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.