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Project Director roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in project management, engineering, construction management, or a related field. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, so Australian professionals can accept offers and file year-round without waiting for a selection cycle.
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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
Position Overview
The National Construction Director of Major Projects will serve as the executive leader overseeing a nationwide portfolio of regional megaprojects across data centers, pharmaceutical manufacturing, high‑tech industrial facilities, and semiconductor programs. This role provides strategic direction, governance, and executive oversight to four Regional Major Projects Directors, ensuring consistent delivery excellence, commercial performance, and technical integrity across all major capital programs.
The role will be accountable for enterprise‑level program strategy, client relationships, risk management, and organizational capability building. This is a highly visible leadership role requiring deep megaproject experience, strong commercial and technical acumen, and the ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams across complex, fast‑paced environments. Ability to travel nationwide, frequently, is required.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Leadership & Portfolio Governance
- Lead the nationwide Major Projects organization, overseeing four Regional Major Projects Directors and their respective megaproject portfolios.
- Establish and maintain program governance frameworks, delivery standards, and performance metrics across all regions.
- Drive alignment between regional delivery teams and enterprise strategy, ensuring consistency in execution, reporting, and risk management.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for program issues, commercial challenges, and strategic decision‑making.
Program Strategy & Delivery Excellence
- Shape and execute the long‑term strategy for delivering multi‑billion‑dollar capital programs across mission‑critical sectors.
- Ensure predictable outcomes across schedule, cost, quality, safety, and operational readiness.
- Oversee integration of engineering, construction, commissioning, project controls, and commercial functions across all megaprojects.
- Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and best‑practice adoption across the Major Projects organization.
Client & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the executive sponsor for key national clients in data center, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and advanced manufacturing sectors.
- Lead executive‑level communication, steering committees, and strategic alignment sessions with clients and partners.
- Build long‑term relationships that support repeat business, program expansion, and enterprise growth.
Commercial & Financial Oversight
- Oversee commercial strategy, contracting models, procurement planning, and financial governance across all regional portfolios.
- Ensure robust cost control, forecasting, change management, and claims mitigation processes.
- Partner with finance, legal, and executive leadership to safeguard commercial performance and contractual compliance.
Risk, Compliance & Technical Assurance
- Provide executive oversight of program‑level risk identification, mitigation, and reporting.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, environmental, and industry‑specific requirements across all regions.
- Support technical governance, QA/QC, and commissioning strategies to ensure high‑reliability outcomes for mission‑critical facilities.
Leadership, Talent & Organizational Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop Regional Major Projects Directors and senior program leaders.
- Build organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, and recruitment of top-tier program leadership.
-
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, safety, and delivery excellence.
-
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
Required
- 20+ years of experience delivering large‑scale capital projects, including megaprojects in data centers, pharmaceuticals, high‑tech manufacturing, or semiconductors.
- Proven track record overseeing $1B+ programs or multi‑region portfolios of complex capital projects.
- Demonstrated success leading senior program directors and large, multidisciplinary teams.
- Deep understanding of program governance, project controls, commercial strategy, and technical integration.
- Exceptional communication and executive‑level stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
Preferred
- Experience with hyperscale data center programs, semiconductor fabs, or regulated pharmaceutical environments.
- Advanced degree (MBA, MS Engineering) or professional certifications (PMP, CCM, PE).
- Experience with EPC/EPCM, CMAR, or integrated delivery models.
Why This Role Matters
The National Construction Director of Major Projects will shape the success of some of the most complex and strategically important capital programs in the country. This leader ensures that our nationwide megaproject portfolio delivers predictable, high‑quality outcomes while driving innovation, operational excellence, and long‑term client partnerships.
Additional Information
On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs
Salary range for these roles include a base salary of $250k base and up, depending on experience and location plus bonus
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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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
Position Overview
The National Construction Director of Major Projects will serve as the executive leader overseeing a nationwide portfolio of regional megaprojects across data centers, pharmaceutical manufacturing, high‑tech industrial facilities, and semiconductor programs. This role provides strategic direction, governance, and executive oversight to four Regional Major Projects Directors, ensuring consistent delivery excellence, commercial performance, and technical integrity across all major capital programs.
The role will be accountable for enterprise‑level program strategy, client relationships, risk management, and organizational capability building. This is a highly visible leadership role requiring deep megaproject experience, strong commercial and technical acumen, and the ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams across complex, fast‑paced environments. Ability to travel nationwide, frequently, is required.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Leadership & Portfolio Governance
- Lead the nationwide Major Projects organization, overseeing four Regional Major Projects Directors and their respective megaproject portfolios.
- Establish and maintain program governance frameworks, delivery standards, and performance metrics across all regions.
- Drive alignment between regional delivery teams and enterprise strategy, ensuring consistency in execution, reporting, and risk management.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for program issues, commercial challenges, and strategic decision‑making.
Program Strategy & Delivery Excellence
- Shape and execute the long‑term strategy for delivering multi‑billion‑dollar capital programs across mission‑critical sectors.
- Ensure predictable outcomes across schedule, cost, quality, safety, and operational readiness.
- Oversee integration of engineering, construction, commissioning, project controls, and commercial functions across all megaprojects.
- Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and best‑practice adoption across the Major Projects organization.
Client & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the executive sponsor for key national clients in data center, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and advanced manufacturing sectors.
- Lead executive‑level communication, steering committees, and strategic alignment sessions with clients and partners.
- Build long‑term relationships that support repeat business, program expansion, and enterprise growth.
Commercial & Financial Oversight
- Oversee commercial strategy, contracting models, procurement planning, and financial governance across all regional portfolios.
- Ensure robust cost control, forecasting, change management, and claims mitigation processes.
- Partner with finance, legal, and executive leadership to safeguard commercial performance and contractual compliance.
Risk, Compliance & Technical Assurance
- Provide executive oversight of program‑level risk identification, mitigation, and reporting.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, environmental, and industry‑specific requirements across all regions.
- Support technical governance, QA/QC, and commissioning strategies to ensure high‑reliability outcomes for mission‑critical facilities.
Leadership, Talent & Organizational Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop Regional Major Projects Directors and senior program leaders.
- Build organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, and recruitment of top-tier program leadership.
-
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, safety, and delivery excellence.
-
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
Required
- 20+ years of experience delivering large‑scale capital projects, including megaprojects in data centers, pharmaceuticals, high‑tech manufacturing, or semiconductors.
- Proven track record overseeing $1B+ programs or multi‑region portfolios of complex capital projects.
- Demonstrated success leading senior program directors and large, multidisciplinary teams.
- Deep understanding of program governance, project controls, commercial strategy, and technical integration.
- Exceptional communication and executive‑level stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
Preferred
- Experience with hyperscale data center programs, semiconductor fabs, or regulated pharmaceutical environments.
- Advanced degree (MBA, MS Engineering) or professional certifications (PMP, CCM, PE).
- Experience with EPC/EPCM, CMAR, or integrated delivery models.
Why This Role Matters
The National Construction Director of Major Projects will shape the success of some of the most complex and strategically important capital programs in the country. This leader ensures that our nationwide megaproject portfolio delivers predictable, high‑quality outcomes while driving innovation, operational excellence, and long‑term client partnerships.
Additional Information
On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs
Salary range for these roles include a base salary of $250k base and up, depending on experience and location plus bonus
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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Project Director
Frame your credentials for U.S. specialty occupation
Your Australian three-year bachelor's degree is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree, but document this explicitly. Get a credential evaluation letter that maps your degree and PMP or AIPM certification to U.S. specialty occupation standards before approaching employers.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data for employers who have filed LCAs for Project Director or Senior Project Manager roles. Prior LCA filings signal that an employer already understands E-3 sponsorship mechanics and won't stall at the offer stage.
Clarify sponsorship early in the interview process
Don't wait until an offer to raise E-3 sponsorship. Bring it up after your second interview, framing it as straightforward: no lottery, no cap, employer files the LCA with DOL, you attend one consulate appointment. Most hiring delays happen because project directors assume it's more complex than H-1B.
Use Migrate Mate to find and file your E-3
Search for Project Director roles with verified E-3 sponsorship on Migrate Mate, then use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork once you have an offer. Having a dedicated filing expert reduces the back-and-forth that slows construction and infrastructure employers unfamiliar with the process.
Align your job description to specialty occupation criteria
The DOL LCA requires the role to meet specialty occupation requirements. Work with your employer to ensure the job description explicitly lists a bachelor's degree in a specific field as a requirement, not a preference. Vague language like 'degree preferred' can trigger a USCIS request for evidence.
Negotiate a start date that allows for consulate processing
Australian consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth each have different E-3 appointment wait times. Build at least four to six weeks of buffer between your signed offer and your start date so your employer's LCA certification, your DS-160 completion, and your interview appointment can sequence without pressure.
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Find Project Director JobsProject Director E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Project Director jobs that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the recommended starting point, as it lists Project Director roles with employers who have confirmed E-3 sponsorship willingness. You can filter by role type and visa category. Beyond that, the DOL's OFLC disclosure database lets you verify which employers have filed LCAs for similar titles, giving you a shortlist of employers already familiar with the process.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does the E-3 visa work better than the H-1B for Project Director roles?
For Australian nationals, the E-3 is significantly more practical. The H-1B has an annual lottery where fewer than one in four registrations are selected, meaning you could be offered a role and still not get a visa. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, so once your employer files a certified LCA with the DOL and you clear your consulate interview, you can start work. There's no waiting for a selection cycle.
Does my Australian project management experience count toward the E-3 specialty occupation requirement?
It can, but only in combination with a qualifying degree. The E-3 requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field directly related to the role. If your degree is in a tangentially related field, relevant experience strengthens the application but doesn't replace the degree. USCIS applies a three-for-one rule for experience substitution when no degree exists, meaning 12 years of relevant experience could substitute for a four-year degree.
Can I switch Project Director roles while on an E-3 visa?
Yes, but each new employer must file a fresh LCA with the DOL and you'll need a new E-3 visa stamp if you travel internationally before the new approval is in place. If you stay in the U.S. and your new employer files the LCA before your current status expires, you can begin work for the new employer once the LCA is certified and the visa petition is filed. Consult an immigration professional before changing roles mid-status.
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