Assistant Project Lead

JLL; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program

Competitive pay and benefits

Job summary

JLL in India is seeking a Project Lead to oversee day-to-day construction projects onsite, ensuring budget, risk, schedule, design, safety and quality requirements are met. You will be the go-to person for construction activities and coordinate with clients and stakeholders to keep projects on track.

Responsibilities include leading safety and quality initiatives, managing drawings and documentation, and conducting weekly reviews with consultants, contractors and the client.

Qualifications

• Degree in civil, mechanical, electrical engineering or related field.
• 12+ years of construction site management experience.
• Experience in safety and quality management on-site.
• Proficiency with MS Project and MS Excel.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day construction projects onsite and ensure budgets, risks, schedules, design, safety and quality are met.
• Set up site procedures using the JLL toolkit and lead weekly project meetings with stakeholders.
• Review progress, manage drawings, and coordinate with clients to resolve site issues.
• Ensure safety and quality, review VOs, and maintain site diary and records.
• Lead coordination drawings reviews and client sign-off on project handover.

Skills

Project management

Scheduling

Stakeholder communication

MS Project

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical or related field

Tools

MS Project

MS Excel

Job description

Project Lead

Project and Development Services –(India)

What this job involves:

Being the backbone of construction projects

You’ll oversee all day-to-day construction-related projects onsite and make sure that all budget, risk, schedule, design, safety and quality management requirements are met. As the go-to person in all construction activities, you’ll help fix any issues that may arise—all while taking heed of clients’ expectations and the company’s procedures. Your task is to ensure all site contractors involved in the project are working on all counts and with telling effect. As needed, you will also cooperate with project stakeholders and the client to monitor, review and resolve any site-related issues. Using the JLL Project Toolkit platform, you’ll set up site procedures to ensure the program, cost, design, safety and quality are aligned. You’ll also be responsible for holding internal and external construction meetings.

Planning successful outcomes

As a construction manager, you will be the sole in charge of construction work at site. You’ll need to prepare a master construction schedule for site along with planning and documentation team. As a Part of your role you need to review all pending issues with the site team to steer clear of any communication gaps and develop action plans as soon as possible. You’ll also conduct weekly project review meetings with consultants, contractors, and other project stakeholders to review the progress per agreed schedule and proactively follow up on all pending issues. Likewise, you’ll review the site’s progress payments to make sure claims from subcontractors/contractors reflect the actual progress.

Mastering technical management and communication

In this role, you’ll take the lead and track the progress of coordination drawings submitted by design consultants, and to get a hold of and follow up drawings, details, or clarifications, as needed. You’ll then need to review these drawings to make sure they’re foolproof. You’ll also manage the technical handover and the client’s sign off at the end of a project. Equally, you’ll review the work method statement from subcontractors/contractors. On top of these, you’ll also review VOs and make sure they’re validated; set up the site diary and record system; and other duties, as directed.

Clearing safety and quality hurdles

This role calls for a champion for safety and quality management. Part of your responsibilities is to review the RFP documentation from a constructability point of view, provide the work scope; make sure that you go over safe work method statements by contractors/subcontractors; hold safety meetings on a weekly basis; take care of monthly health and safety reports; and make sure that the construction works match the client’s expectations.

Our successful Construction Managers

• Engage confidently with internal and external stakeholders and see things from their perspective.
• Are driven to succeed and also in achieving challenging goals.
• Coach and mentor the team members that report to you
• Bring a structured and organised approach to everything they do.
• Communicate and collaborate to achieve success.
• Thrive under pressure and deal effectively with tight deadlines and high expectations.

Seasoned and credentialed

You have a degree in civil engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related discipline or field, or a mix of formal education and work experience of more than 12 years. Experience in construction site management is a must.

Highly technical and administrative

A strong understanding of all aspects of development management— financial, appraisal, risk management, and negotiation, among others—is required for this role. Do you consider yourself a pro at planning projects, procedures, and construction schedules? How familiar are you with MS Project, MS Excel and other scheduling software? You should also have the know-how of interpreting, coordinating, and discussing construction drawings. As construction manager design management, contracts and commercial negotiations should already be second nature to you. Also, you are also responsible for implementation of inhouse construction monitoring technology tools like openspace and other technology that gets added time to time.

An excellent communicator

To excel in this role, you should have a good communication & interpersonal skill, which will be helpful to you in winning businesses with both international and domestic clients. Your great communication skills will also serve as a tool in inspiring your members and contractors; keeping healthy client relationships alive; making headways in promoting a culture of openness; and bringing on project success stories.

Technical Skillset

Construction monitoring Quality Assurance and Quality control Drawings reviews Value engineering Tracking and reviewing project schedule Bill certification Resource tracking Risk management and mitigation plan

What we can do for you:

At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realise your full potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment. We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package.