Construction Manager

Apollo Hospitals; Chennai, Delhi; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Hospitals in Chennai seeks a seasoned construction leader to drive end-to-end hospital projects, delivering on time, within budget, to high quality and strict safety standards. You will coordinate with design teams, PMC, contractors, vendors, and hospital operations; review drawings, BOQs, specs, and method statements; oversee scheduling, budgeting, QA/QC, HSE, and final handover.

Requires 15+ years in large-scale building/infrastructure projects and PMP or equivalent certification.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech Civil Engineering preferred.
• MTech or Construction Management qualification would be an advantage.
• PMP or equivalent project/construction management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end construction for greenfield, brownfield, expansion, renovation projects.
• Manage civil, structural, architectural, MEP coordination and finishing works.
• Develop and monitor schedules, milestones, resource plans, and site execution strategies.
• Ensure delivery within timelines, budgets, quality standards, and technical specifications.
• Coordinate with architects, PMC, consultants, contractors, vendors, procurement, engineering, and hospital operations teams.
• Review drawings, BOQs, specifications, method statements, and construction plans before execution.
• Lead contractor and subcontractor management, including productivity, quality, safety, progress, and issue resolution.
• Monitor site progress against project schedules and initiate corrective measures for delays.
• Ensure robust QA/QC processes, inspections, testing, snag closure, and final handover.
• Ensure compliance with HSE requirements, construction safety practices, statutory requirements, and site-specific safety protocols.
• Review project costs, quantities, variations, contractor bills, change orders, and potential cost overruns.
• Manage complex brownfield hospital projects while minimizing disruption to existing hospital operations.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, project closure, documentation, and handover to operations/engineering teams.
• Identify project risks and proactively resolve site, contractor, design, material, and execution-related bottlenecks.
• Provide regular project progress, cost, quality, safety, and risk MIS to senior management.

Education

B.E./B.Tech Civil Engineering

M.Tech / Construction Management qualification would be an advantage

PMP or equivalent project/construction management certification

Job description

Role Objective

Lead end-to-end construction activities for hospital projects, ensuring delivery within approved time, cost, quality, and safety parameters while coordinating with design teams, consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead execution of greenfield, brownfield, expansion, renovation, and refurbishment projects.
• Manage complete construction activities including civil, structural, architectural, MEP coordination and finishing works.
• Develop and monitor construction schedules, milestones, resource plans, and site execution strategies.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed timelines, budgets, quality standards, and technical specifications.
• Coordinate with architects, PMC, consultants, contractors, vendors, procurement, engineering, and hospital operations teams.
• Review drawings, BOQs, specifications, method statements, and construction plans before execution.
• Lead contractor and subcontractor management, including productivity, quality, safety, progress, and issue resolution.
• Monitor site progress against project schedules and initiate corrective measures for potential delays.
• Ensure robust QA/QC processes, inspections, testing, snag closure, and final handover.
• Ensure compliance with HSE requirements, construction safety practices, statutory requirements, and site-specific safety protocols.
• Review project costs, quantities, variations, contractor bills, change orders, and potential cost overruns.
• Manage complex brownfield hospital projects while minimizing disruption to existing hospital operations.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, project closure, documentation, and handover to operations/engineering teams.
• Identify project risks and proactively resolve site, contractor, design, material, and execution-related bottlenecks.
• Provide regular project progress, cost, quality, safety, and risk MIS to senior management.

Qualification

• B.E./B.Tech Civil Engineering preferred.
• M.Tech / Construction Management qualification would be an advantage.
• PMP or equivalent project/construction management certification preferred.

Experience

• Preferably 15+ years of experience in construction/project execution.
• Strong experience handling large-scale building/infrastructure projects.
• Should have independently managed contractors, consultants, schedules, budgets, quality, and site execution