Assistant PPM Consultant (Project Controls Associate Architectural)

Poutrix; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Poutrix is seeking a Project Controls Associate – Architectural to join their Project Controls team in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The role involves supporting capital management deliverables and ensuring compliance with project requirements and standards.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Construction, Engineering, or Quantity Surveying and 5 to 6 years of experience in cost management for Real Estate projects. Strong stakeholder engagement and risk management skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 5 to 6 years of experience in cost management and quantity surveying for Real Estate projects.
• Strong understanding of pre-contract and post-contract stages of Real Estate projects.
• Experience with stakeholders across multiple regions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Project Controls team on capital management deliverables.
• Support procurement strategies, P&L management, and risk evaluations.
• Prepare architectural project deliverables including cost estimates and contracts.

Skills

Cost management

Quantity surveying

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Engineering, Quantity Surveying

Job description

Role description

The Project Controls Associate – Architectural role is part of the Project Controls team within the Centre of Excellence (COE) and supports a global service delivery model, working flexible hours to contribute to a variety of international projects. The Associate is responsible for supporting the preparation, analysis, and reporting of capital management deliverables, ensuring alignment with project requirements, regional codes, and global standards. The position also upholds quality assurance and promotes process standardization and efficiency across project controls functions.

Role accountabilities

• Integrated Project Controls & Stage Gates: collaborate with Project Controls team members to align capital management deliverables and timelines while ensuring strict adherence to the policies and procedures of each Stage Gate process.
• Cross-Functional Strategy Support: support the Project Controls Manager and COE team in collaborating with Finance, Global Supplier Services, and Risk teams to drive procurement strategies, P&L management, and risk evaluations.
• Technical Deliverable Management: assist in preparing critical architectural project deliverables—including cost estimates, contracts, and change order assessments—ensuring compliance with regional codes and independent cost verification.
• Commercial Gap Analysis: review program requirements and design information (RIBA stages) against approved Business Cases to prepare commercial “gap reports” for capital management teams.
• Strategic Capital Planning: partner with Real Estate Strategy teams to deliver accurate and timely data for quarterly and annual capital planning exercises, leveraging insights into industry trends and commodity indices.
• Process Optimization & Standardization: contribute to global process standardisation initiatives and the implementation of COE tools and templates to enhance governance, commercial efficiency, and quality assurance.
• Operational Excellence & Performance: provide regular performance updates to leadership, proactively escalates operational challenges, and participate in continuous improvement programmes to enhance team effectiveness and innovation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Engineering, Quantity Surveying.
• 5 to 6 years of experience delivering cost management and quantity surveying services for Real Estate projects (Office fit‑outs, Investment Banking and Financial Institution experience preferable).
• Good understanding of pre-contract (quantification & market analysis supporting cost planning, benchmarking, design validation, risk management) and post-contract (rate analysis & drawings measurements supporting change control management, cost reporting, final accounts) stages of Real Estate projects.
• Experience working in a global organisation or COE or PMO (prior experience working on Owner’s side preferable).
• Awareness of construction practices, trends and cost indices.
• Experience working with stakeholders and teams spread across 2–3 regions.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non‑discrimination in employment on any basis including race, caste, creed, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.