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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
Turner & Townsend’s Program Advisory business, set up in 2018, offers services to clients in the strategy, set-up and transition and transformation of their capability to deliver major programs and projects both in the US and globally, with a market leading client base across all sectors. Our key differentiator is that we offer practical, accessible advice informed and underpinned by broad technical delivery capability and industry experience of our core business.
Our success is driving the expansion of our US team, as such, we are seeking to recruit a strategic and experienced Program Advisory Consultant. In this client-facing role you will work on a variety of consulting/advisory assignments. Each assignment is led by a Turner & Townsend Director, and you would work as part of that multi-disciplinary team to deliver excellent outcomes for our clients. Your knowledge and experience in delivering consulting and advisory services will be critical to our continued success.
Responsibilities
- Working on exciting and challenging commissions that improve the way an organization develops its capital strategy, assesses and allocates capital, and sets up its major programs and projects for success.
- Providing best-practice advice and hands-on help to our clients in relation to establishing, transforming, operating and optimizing major programs and projects.
- Deploying a variety of consulting techniques to improve performance across the capital and project lifecycle.
- Working as part of an integrated team; supporting workstreams (up to moderate complexity); and assist the project team with deliverables.
- Supporting the definition and development of tools and techniques that support our service delivery.
- Supporting business leaders with business development and practice development.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or other recognized professional qualification in one of the following fields: management consulting, business management, engineering, construction, procurement, contract management, project management, project controls or information technology.
- Ability to provide value-adding advice and hands-on help to clients in the infrastructure, real estate, or natural resources sectors.
- 2 to 6 years’ experience in a similar consulting role in the infrastructure, natural resources, heavy industrial, or real estate sectors. Data Center construction experience is preferred.
- Experience in business intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio, QlikView and Excel.
- An enthusiastic and self-motivated individual, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Additional Information
The salary range for this full-time role is $85K-$130K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.
- On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
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.
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
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’s Program Advisory business, set up in 2018, offers services to clients in the strategy, set-up and transition and transformation of their capability to deliver major programs and projects both in the US and globally, with a market leading client base across all sectors. Our key differentiator is that we offer practical, accessible advice informed and underpinned by broad technical delivery capability and industry experience of our core business.
Our success is driving the expansion of our US team, as such, we are seeking to recruit a strategic and experienced Program Advisory Consultant. In this client-facing role you will work on a variety of consulting/advisory assignments. Each assignment is led by a Turner & Townsend Director, and you would work as part of that multi-disciplinary team to deliver excellent outcomes for our clients. Your knowledge and experience in delivering consulting and advisory services will be critical to our continued success.
Responsibilities
- Working on exciting and challenging commissions that improve the way an organization develops its capital strategy, assesses and allocates capital, and sets up its major programs and projects for success.
- Providing best-practice advice and hands-on help to our clients in relation to establishing, transforming, operating and optimizing major programs and projects.
- Deploying a variety of consulting techniques to improve performance across the capital and project lifecycle.
- Working as part of an integrated team; supporting workstreams (up to moderate complexity); and assist the project team with deliverables.
- Supporting the definition and development of tools and techniques that support our service delivery.
- Supporting business leaders with business development and practice development.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or other recognized professional qualification in one of the following fields: management consulting, business management, engineering, construction, procurement, contract management, project management, project controls or information technology.
- Ability to provide value-adding advice and hands-on help to clients in the infrastructure, real estate, or natural resources sectors.
- 2 to 6 years’ experience in a similar consulting role in the infrastructure, natural resources, heavy industrial, or real estate sectors. Data Center construction experience is preferred.
- Experience in business intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio, QlikView and Excel.
- An enthusiastic and self-motivated individual, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Additional Information
The salary range for this full-time role is $85K-$130K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.
- On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
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.
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Consultant
Verify your role meets specialty occupation
Pull the O*NET profile for your consulting specialty and confirm it lists a specific degree field as required, not preferred. A general 'any bachelor's degree' requirement weakens H-1B approvability and invites USCIS scrutiny.
Target cap-exempt consulting employers first
Universities, nonprofits affiliated with higher education, and government research organizations are cap-exempt. Consulting roles at these institutions skip the lottery entirely, giving you a path to H-1B status outside the April registration window.
Search LCA filings to identify active sponsors
Use Migrate Mate to filter consulting employers by verified DOL Labor Condition Application history, so you're applying only to firms that have actively filed for H-1B workers in your occupational category, not just claimed they sponsor.
Audit your project-based employment structure
Consulting often involves client site placements, which triggers USCIS's third-party placement rules. Your employer must demonstrate an employer-employee relationship and show they control your work at each client site to sustain a valid H-1B petition.
Confirm prevailing wage before the LCA is filed
Run the OFLC Wage Search using your specific SOC code and work location before negotiations close. Consulting wages vary sharply by specialty and geography, and the LCA locks in the wage level DOL will enforce for the petition's full validity period.
Use the 60-day grace period strategically
If a consulting contract ends before your H-1B expires, USCIS allows a 60-day grace period to find new sponsorship. Have your next employer's I-129 petition filed within that window, since unauthorized work beyond it triggers status violations.
H-1B Visa Consultant: Frequently Asked Questions
Do consulting jobs qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Consulting qualifies when the role requires a specific bachelor's degree field, such as business administration, computer science, or engineering. Generalist consulting titles that accept any undergraduate major are harder to defend. Your employer's H-1B petition must document why the specific degree is a normal requirement for the position, not just a preference.
How does client-site placement affect my H-1B status as a consultant?
When your consulting firm places you at a client's office, USCIS requires proof that your direct employer, not the client, controls your work assignments and can terminate you. The petitioning employer must also file an amended H-1B petition if your work location changes to a new metropolitan statistical area not covered by the original LCA.
Which types of consulting employers are most likely to sponsor H-1B visas?
Large management consulting firms, IT services companies, and strategy consultancies have established H-1B sponsorship programs. Cap-exempt employers in consulting, such as those contracted with universities or nonprofit research institutions, offer sponsorship outside the lottery. Use Migrate Mate to browse consulting employers with verified LCA filing history by role and location.
Can I switch consulting employers while on H-1B without losing my status?
Yes, H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new consulting employer once they file an H-1B transfer petition, even before USCIS approves it, as long as your prior H-1B was approved and you've been maintaining lawful status. The new employer must still file an LCA and I-129 covering your new role and work location.
What happens to my H-1B if my consulting project ends early?
If your employer terminates you before your H-1B expires, USCIS provides a 60-day grace period to find new sponsorship or change status. Your employer is also responsible for paying the cost of return transportation to your home country if they terminate the relationship. Voluntary resignation does not trigger the return-transportation obligation on the employer's side.