Head - Projects (Expat)-Hotel Industry

Candidates Preference: Candidates from Mauritius, Lebanon, or South Africa who are willing to work in India.

Actual Position: Bangalore, India.

Duties & Responsibilities

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

Pre-Construction

• Preparation of Project Execution Plan.
• Preparation of a construction strategy with logistics plan, formwork selection, craneage plans, etc.
• Preparation of RFPs for design consultants to appoint and administration of tender process till award.
• Lead the design management team, design reviews, value engineering, and timely release of design packages.

Contracts Management

• Prepare, track, and update tender event schedule.
• Participate with our design and commercial management team to preparation of tender packages, administration of tender process and award of contracts.
• Manage change order process.
• Prepare monthly cost report, cash flow, and budget updates.

Programme Management

• Prepare weekly/monthly schedule trackers.
• Identify delays and propose acceleration methods.
• Update the project programme.
• Prepare risk analysis with contingency plans.

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.
• Lead fortnightly and monthly review meetings with client.

Experience

• BE/BTech (Civil) or BArch from leading university.
• PG degree in Construction Management is a plus.
• Proven experience leading a hotel project from design to completion.
• Proven experience managing costs on a hotel project.
• Minimum 15-20 years of hands-on experience in the building construction industry in a management position, with leadership responsibility in a complex project from start to completion.
• Experience both as contractor and as project manager is a plus.

Education & Skills Required

• Strong leadership skills and ability to drive all stakeholders and deliver the project as per objectives.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills – ability to motivate and lead the project team, assign individual objectives, and develop team’s skills.
• Excellent planning and organization skills.
• Good ability to read drawings and communicate to drive the design process.
• Good understanding of commercial activities (tendering, contracts, QS) and cost planning/control.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Good command of written English and ability to prepare clear, concise reports for client and management.