Director - Projects - 5 Star Hotel Projects

ASCENTIS is an international engineering and project management firm, founded in 2006 and operating now throughout South Asia and Africa. ASCENTIS provides engineering and project management services to the real estate sector with end-to-end solutions from feasibility to commissioning. Championing world-class professional standards, the firm has earned a reputation for high quality and uncompromising integrity.

Title: Associate Director - Projects

Location: Gurgaon, India, with regular site visits across India

Team: Design managers, Planner, Commercial managers, Construction managers and site engineers

Required Skills:

• Good ability to read drawings and communicate with designers
• Excellent planning skills with hands-on experience preparing baseline schedule and trackers
• Good understanding of commercial activities (tendering, contracts) and management of sub-contractors
• Good knowledge of construction methods and quality control for all trades
• Strong leadership skills and ability to drive and deliver the project as per objectives.
• Ability to work autonomously
• Good interpersonal and communication skills ability to motivate and lead the project team, assign individual objectives, and develop teams skills
• Good command of written English and ability to prepare clear, concise reports for client and management

Required Education & Experience:

• BE/BTech (Civil) from leading university
• PG degree in Construction Management is a plus
• Minimum 15-20 years of hands-on experience in the building construction industry in a management position, with leadership responsibility in a large-scale project from start to completion.
• Experience of residential projects
• Experiences both as contractor and as owners representative (or PMC

Role & Responsibilities:

Leadership of the overall project execution cycle from design through procurement and construction. Day-to-day management of the internal team, designers, contractors and vendors to achieve a safe, timely, on-budget completion with international quality standards:

Pre-Construction

• Preparation of master schedule, budget, procurement strategy
• Preparation of a construction strategy with logistics plan, formwork selection, craneage plans, etc.
• Coordinate with our cost planning team for preparation of budget.
• Lead the design process, design reviews, value engineering, and timely release of design packages

Contracts & Cost Management

• Prepare, track, and update tender event schedule
• Coordinate with our commercial management team to preparation of tender packages, administration of tender process and award of contracts
• Manage change order process
• Coordinate with third-party QS for certification of bills
• Prepare monthly cost report, cash flow, and budget updates

Programme Management

• Prepare fortnightly/monthly schedule trackers
• Identify delays and propose acceleration methods

Construction Management

• Manage site logistics
• Review contractors method statements and resource planning
• Manage contractors work progress at site and monitor adequacy of resources and equipment
• Supervise contractors work quality and compliance with design documents & codes
• Implement Quality Control and safety procedures at site

Reporting

• Prepare fortnightly and monthly report about design, construction progress, contracts, quality, HSE, etc.
• Participate in fortnightly and monthly review meetings with client