Senior Level - Construction Manager (Civil)
About this role
Job Description: Senior Construction Manager – Infrastructure Projects
Job Title: Senior Construction Manager – Infrastructure Projects
Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Department: Projects / Engineering
Employment Type: Full-Time
Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership
- Lead end-to-end execution of large infrastructure and civil engineering projects.
- Develop construction strategies, execution methodologies, and project delivery plans.
- Manage multidisciplinary teams including engineers, contractors, consultants, and subcontractors.
- Ensure project milestones are achieved within approved timelines and budgets.
Construction Management
- Supervise all construction activities including civil, structural, MEP, finishing, and external development works.
- Monitor site productivity, resource utilization, and equipment deployment.
- Review construction methodologies and recommend improvements for efficiency and safety.
- Ensure compliance with approved drawings, specifications, and contract requirements.
Planning & Scheduling
- Coordinate with planning teams to prepare and monitor project schedules using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
- Track critical path activities and implement recovery plans for delays.
- Conduct regular progress review meetings with stakeholders.
Contract & Commercial Management
- Administer EPC, item-rate, and turnkey contracts.
- Review contractor performance, bills, change orders, variation claims, and extension of time requests.
- Coordinate with procurement teams for timely material and equipment availability.
- Monitor project costs and implement value engineering initiatives.
Quality Management
- Ensure compliance with quality management systems and project specifications.
- Monitor inspection and testing activities.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions to maintain quality standards.
Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
- Promote a strong safety culture across project sites.
- Ensure compliance with statutory HSE regulations and company safety policies.
- Conduct safety audits and risk assessments.
- Drive zero-incident project execution.
Stakeholder Management
- Liaise with government authorities, consultants, architects, regulatory agencies, and clients.
- Coordinate approvals, inspections, and statutory clearances.
- Present project progress reports to senior management and clients.
Risk Management
- Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Manage technical, commercial, contractual, and operational risks.
- Resolve construction issues and technical challenges proactively.
Team Leadership
- Mentor project managers, site engineers, and construction teams.
- Build high-performing project teams focused on collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Conduct performance evaluations and capability development initiatives.
Required Experience
- 10–25 years of experience in large infrastructure and heavy civil construction projects.
- Proven experience in executing iconic or mega infrastructure developments.
- Experience in projects such as:
- Large monuments and landmark structures (e.g., Statue of Unity–type projects)
- Riverfront developments
- Water resource and river-linking projects
- Smart City infrastructure
- Bridges, highways, tunnels, and flyovers
- Dams, canals, reservoirs, and irrigation projects
- Urban infrastructure and public realm developments
- Government, PSU, or EPC infrastructure projects
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering (Mandatory)
- Master's Degree in Construction Management / Structural Engineering
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is desirable.
At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!
Company at a glance
Surbana Jurong Group is a global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm, with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery. Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 across Surbana Jurong and our member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, KTP, Prostruct, RBG, SAA, Sino-Sun and SMEC, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to help shape a better future.
Our technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as decommissioning and closure. We provide a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors that includes aviation, healthcare, hospitality, transport, energy, water and environment.
Surbana Jurong has built more than a million homes in Singapore, created master plans for more than 30 countries and developed over 100 industrial parks globally. Our tag line “Building Cities, Shaping Lives” expresses how every project or undertaking is, for the Group, an opportunity to fulfil aspirations and enrich lives. By designing and delivering quality housing, work spaces, roads, rail, hydropower, dams, underground and coastal protections and other critical infrastructure needed by our clients, we are redefining cities and transforming them into sustainable and liveable spaces where communities and businesses, present and future, can thrive.
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