Project Engineer

Cushman & Wakefield; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Project Engineer to lead end-to-end planning and controls for large-scale Hospitality and Commercial projects in India. You will coordinate with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams to establish robust baselines, schedules, and resource loading, ensuring alignment with scope and budgets.

The role requires a Civil Engineering degree and 5+ years of PM experience, with strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, and proficiency in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering required.
• 5+ years of project management experience on large-scale Hospitality & Commercial projects.
• Proficient with scheduling tools MSP/Primavera and MIS/reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project planning and controls from baseline to close-out.
• Coordinate with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
• Develop project baselines, scope breakdown, schedules, and resource loading.
• Monitor progress with earned value metrics and MIS dashboards.
• Prepare and maintain planning documentation for governance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

MSP

Primavera

Job description

Project Engineer

Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for leading end-to-end project planning and controls, from baseline development through monitoring and close-out, ensuring alignment with project scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and statutory requirements.

About The Role

• Serve as the central coordination point for all planning, scheduling, and project controls activities, ensuring alignment between clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
• Lead the development of the project baseline, including scope breakdown, work sequencing, schedule preparation, cost planning, and resource loading—to establish a robust execution roadmap.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure all design, procurement, and construction activities are accurately reflected in integrated project schedules and aligned with project objectives.
• Conduct regular Planning Review Meetings to track schedule performance, monitor critical paths, assess variances, and ensure timely incorporation of approved changes.

General Responsibilities

• Evaluate project schedules, work programs, resource plans, and cost estimates for feasibility, constructability, and compliance with contractual and statutory requirements.
• Monitor project progress using earned value metrics, dashboards, and MIS tools to identify delays, risks, and deviations from the baseline, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support procurement planning by tracking long-lead items, vendor timelines, and material delivery schedules to ensure seamless construction sequencing.
• Conduct periodic site visits to validate reported progress, assess productivity, identify bottlenecks, and synchronize site execution with approved schedules.
• Prepare and maintain planning documentation—including baseline schedules, look-ahead programs, progress reports, S-curves, recovery schedules, and risk registers to support informed decision-making and project governance.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in project management for large-scale, mixed-use Hospitality & Commercial projects within a PMC, developer, or consulting environment.
• Strong understanding of project planning, cost control, contract administration, construction methodologies, and regulatory compliance.
• Proficiency in project management software, scheduling tools (MSP/Primavera), and MIS/reporting systems.
• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive teams toward timely and quality project delivery.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

• Being part of a growing global company.
• Career development and promotion from within culture.
• An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

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