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Project Manager - Life Sciences Construction

Turner & Townsend

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Compensation
$125–150K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced Project Manager to support large-scale construction projects and provide excellent client service. The role manages project teams, suppliers, schedules, budgets, design standards, and project information, while providing technical support and guidance on cost control, value engineering, and constructability. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Organizational Skills, nice to haveManagement Skills, nice to haveCollaboration, nice to havePresentation Skills, nice to haveExcel, nice to haveWord, nice to havePowerPoint, nice to haveOutlook, nice to haveProcore, nice to haveConstruction Project Management Tools, nice to haveCommunication, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or Related Field, nice to have

Full job description

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 seeks an experienced Project Manager to support large-scale construction projects. The ideal project manager will be driven to provide our clients with excellent service.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.

  • Can 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 construction 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.

  • Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria

  • Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders

  • 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.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or field related to construction.

  • Strong organizational and management skills – ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team

  • Effective presentation skills

  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools

  • Strong communication skills.

Additional Information

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

Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm) If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email [email protected] . If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or [email protected] . This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.

Turner & Townsend carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience.The minimum salary for the position is $125,000 annually and the maximum salary for the position is $150,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

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How this job compares

Set against the 20,670 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$125–150K/yr
  • California median$125–190K/yr1,340 salary ranges
  • US median$108–177K/yr13,584 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $138K, is 15% below the California median midpoint ($162K) — in the middle half of Project Manager salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,679 open Project Manager jobs in California and 20,670 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (18,103 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 10,690 of the 20,670 open Project Manager jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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