Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Director, Preconstruction to lead project readiness and early project delivery activities across complex capital programs. This role is responsible for establishing the foundations for successful project execution through leadership of permitting, entitlements, utility and power coordination, authority engagement, delivery planning, logistics development, contractor onboarding, mobilization, and construction readiness activities.
Acting as a trusted advisor to clients and a senior leader across project teams, the Director, Preconstruction will drive alignment across development, design, construction, operations, utility providers, regulatory authorities, and delivery partners to ensure projects are positioned for successful execution.
This role requires regular travel across the United States to support client engagements, project pursuits, mobilization activities, critical project reviews, and stakeholder management. Candidates should expect to travel a minimum of 30% of the time, with higher levels of travel required during key project phases.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all preconstruction and project readiness activities from project initiation through commencement of construction.
- Advise clients on project setup, delivery strategy, execution planning, phasing, and readiness requirements.
- Develop and implement project readiness plans, mobilization strategies, and delivery roadmaps.
- Establish governance, reporting, stakeholder engagement, and decision-making frameworks.
- Lead project startup workshops, readiness reviews, and executive stakeholder meetings.
- Coordinate permitting, entitlement, zoning, environmental, and regulatory approval processes.
- Manage engagement with Authorities Having Jurisdiction, utility providers, regulators, and key external stakeholders.
- Oversee utility planning and coordination, including power, water, wastewater, telecommunications, gas, and related infrastructure.
- Monitor utility capacity, interconnection requirements, service delivery milestones, and energization activities.
- Lead constructability reviews and ensure alignment between design intent and delivery requirements.
- Coordinate site readiness assessments, enabling works, access requirements, infrastructure constraints, and project dependencies.
- Direct development of site logistics, mobilization, workforce, transportation, staging, and laydown strategies.
- Support contractor procurement, onboarding, and readiness activities.
- Review contractor execution plans, staffing approaches, logistics strategies, and mobilization plans.
- Facilitate coordination across clients, consultants, contractors, utility providers, and project teams.
- Develop and maintain integrated schedules encompassing design, permitting, utilities, procurement, mobilization, commissioning, and construction activities.
- Identify project constraints, critical dependencies, and readiness gaps, escalating issues as appropriate.
- Support commissioning, occupancy, operational readiness, and project handover planning.
- Provide leadership across multidisciplinary teams to drive accountability, collaboration, and delivery excellence.