Specialist, Engineering Services

Assistant Project Manager

Project and Development Services (region/country)

What this job involves:

Pillar of the team

Working closely with either the project manager or the senior project manager (or both), youll play a pivotal role in driving project success. Youll take ownership of small projects, and provide a boost to the major ones. Being one of the leaders at the helm, youll explore ways to bring out the best in your team by striving to ensure optimal outcomes for all stakeholders. Likewise, youll play a lead role in managing the organisational structure for each project, making sure that all reporting, communication and working procedures are streamlined, and that every project has clear objectives in place.

Your attendance at project meetings is necessary, and youll be expected to create project-related reports, analyses and reviews. Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail is crucial; this role needs someone who is good at forecasting project expenditure and ensuring effective management of project budgets.

Building strong client relationships

We live and breathe client satisfaction. We therefore need someone who shares the same passion and dedication. Youll maintain a strong and positive relationship with our clients by identifying their needs, requirements and constraints.

Of course, as you represent our clients best interests, youll also keep in mind JLLs own business needsand, thereby, strive to achieve an ideal balance between the two. Youll do so by being on the lookout for opportunities to introduce potential prospects to other business lines at JLL and build relationships with clients. Youll also see to it that project revenue and payment cycles are properly managed to avoid bad debt.

Upholding excellence in project delivery

For over 200 years, JLL has become synonymous with project successyou will help continue this history of excellence. Youll manage professional consultants necessary for the design and documentation of the project, as well as carry out contract administration of all vendors professionally and in accordance with legal requirements to protect commercial interests of clients and JLL. You will also help identify project risks and implement measures to mitigate them. Similarly, core to our reputation is our strong focus on health & safety and on sustainability, and youll be expected to keep these front-of-mind at all times.

Likewise, you should have a great sense of urgency when it comes to solving problems, improving products or services, finding new markets, and implementing new strategies. You are resilient and can deal effectively with competing priorities and tight deadlines.

Sound like you

Our successful Project Managers

• Engage confidently with internal and external stakeholders and see things from their perspective.
• Are driven to succeed and love achieving challenging goals.
• Bring a structured and organised approach to everything they do.
• Communicate and collaborate to achieve success.
• Thrive under pressure and deal effectively with tight deadlines and high expectations.

To apply you need to be:

An expert in the field

We employ talent from a wide range of backgrounds, though typically you should have a degree in any property-related discipline, and at least three years of experience in design, construction or project management.

Our project management teams are tech-savvy and digitally enabled. We are the digital leader in project management, so its important that you help drive the effective use of JLL technology platforms to deliver our projects.