Project Health, Safety, Security and Environment Specialist: JLL in Chennai

Peegee; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL in Chennai seeks a Project Health, Safety, Security and Environment Specialist to collaborate with project managers on fit-outs and development projects. You will own small projects and support larger initiatives, ensuring reporting, budgeting and client relationships stay aligned with HSSE best practices.

The role requires a degree in a property-related discipline and at least three years in design, construction or project management, plus a safety qualification (NEBOSH/IOSH) and active

Qualifications

• Degree in a property-related discipline and at least three years in design, construction or project management.
• Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders and the ability to drive and coordinate across teams.
• Safety qualification (HSSE emphasis) and site-safety experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own small projects and support larger ones, driving project structure and timely reporting.
• Forecast expenditure, manage budgets and client relationships, ensuring value delivery.
• Lead on documentation, vendor contracts, risk mitigation and health, safety and sustainability.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Drive

Structured approach

Communication

Collaboration

Work under pressure

Education

Property-related discipline degree

3+ years in design, construction or project management

Job description

• Project Health, Safety, Security and Environment Specialist: JLL in Chennai

Project Health, Safety, Security and Environment Specialist: JLL in Chennai

JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) Chennai, Tamil Nadu Start Date09/17/2026

JLL's project and development services line is hiring in Chennai for a role its board titles business support, health, safety, security and environment, and whose description is that of a project health, safety, security and environment specialist working alongside the project manager or senior project manager: owning small projects, supporting the large ones, keeping each project's reporting, communication and procedures streamlined, forecasting expenditure, managing budgets, holding the client relationship and keeping health, safety and sustainability in front of everyone. The posting, requisition REQ523855 on JLL's Workday careers site, was published on 17 September 2026 and asks for a degree in a property-related discipline and at least three years in design, construction or project management. This page paraphrases it, reads the requirements, describes the work and the city and lists where a candidate relocating to Chennai can live; it links to the posting, which is the only place to apply.

The posting in detail

The posting calls the role a pillar of the team. Working with the project manager or the senior project manager or both, the specialist drives project success, takes ownership of small projects and boosts the major ones, brings out the best in the team for all stakeholders, and leads on the organisational structure of each project so that reporting, communication and working procedures are streamlined and every project has clear objectives. Attendance at project meetings is required, with project reports, analyses and reviews produced; the role needs organisation and attention to detail and someone good at forecasting project expenditure and managing budgets. On client relationships, the specialist identifies the client's needs, requirements and constraints, represents the client's interests while keeping JLL's business needs in balance, looks for opportunities to introduce prospects to JLL's other business lines, and manages project revenue and payment cycles to avoid bad debt. On delivery, the role manages the professional consultants for the design and documentation of the project, administers every vendor's contract in accordance with legal requirements to protect the commercial interests of the client and JLL, identifies project risks and puts mitigation in place, and keeps health and safety and sustainability front of mind at all times; the posting asks for urgency in solving problems, improving services, finding markets and implementing strategies, and resilience with competing priorities and tight deadlines. The role is expected to drive the effective use of JLL's technology platforms in project delivery.

Project and development services: the specialist sits with the project manager, owns small projects and the HSSE record of the large ones

What JLL asks for

A degree in any property-related discipline, civil, MEP, architecture, construction management, and at least three years' experience in design, construction or project management; the traits the posting names are confident engagement with internal and external stakeholders, drive, a structured and organised approach, communication and collaboration, and the ability to thrive under pressure with tight deadlines and high expectations. The title's HSSE emphasis means a safety qualification, a NEBOSH or IOSH certificate or the equivalent, and experience with permit-to-work systems, site inductions and incident investigation will weigh heavily even though the description is the standard project-management brief; the fire-safety guide and the conversion guide are the small-scale versions of the compliance and sequencing this role runs on a fit-out.

The site, the shift and the hours

On site in Chennai at project locations the posting does not name, and a project-services role moves between sites through a year; Chennai's corporate fit-out and campus work clusters along the OMR from Velachery and Taramani to Sholinganallur , in Guindy and on the Mount-Poonamallee road toward Porur . The posting does not state hours; project roles run to the project's programme, and a candidate should ask about the current portfolio, the sites and the travel between them at the first call.

Questions to ask the recruiter about this posting

Which projects are live now, where, and how many the specialist will own outright, since the posting says small projects are the role's own. Whether the role is safety-led, as the title says, or project-management-led, as the body says, and what share of the week each takes. The safety qualification the site expects, NEBOSH, IOSH or a state certificate, and whether JLL sponsors it. The permit-to-work and induction systems in use and the incident record on the current portfolio. The consultants and contractors on the current projects and who administers their contracts today. The payment-cycle problem the posting alludes to with bad debt, and the client's payment history. The technology platforms the posting expects the role to drive, so the candidate can learn them. The travel between sites and whether a two-wheeler or the client's transport is expected. The reporting line, project manager or senior, and the promotion path. And the range, since the posting states none; the Chennai cost guide is the number to set it against.

Where project-management roles sit in India's property sector

Project management in commercial real estate is the delivery of fit-outs, refurbishments and new builds for occupiers and landlords: the design coordination, the tender, the contractor, the schedule, the cost and the handover. Firms such as JLL run project-management teams in India's metros, and the roles run from assistant project manager to project director over fifteen years, usually from civil or MEP engineering or architecture. The conversion guide and the furniture guide describe the same discipline at PG scale, where a house's conversion is a small project with the same sequence of permissions, trades and handover.

What the posting does not say about pay, and how to read it

The postings state the seniority, the years and the project types and rarely a salary; this page invents none. An assistant project manager on fit-outs and a project manager on a campus build sit in different bands, and the recruiter gives the range at the first call. The first-month budget guide works the relocation month; project roles move between sites, and the field-staff guide explains the month-to-month and short-stay options that fit.

Chennai's project sites cluster along the OMR, Guindy and the Mount-Poonamallee corridor; the posting names none

The interview, in practice

Project-management interviews run on a schedule and a cost sheet. The screening confirms the projects delivered by area, value and duration and the professional qualification; the technical round gives a fit-out programme with a slip, a contractor's variation claim and a client who wants the floor a fortnight early, and asks for the recovery plan, the commercial position and the client message; the assessors listen for the critical path and the contract clause. A safety round asks about an incident on site, the permit-to-work system and the audit that followed, and a commercial round about a claim negotiated and a payment cycle managed without bad debt, which the posting names. The client round tests whether the candidate can chair a design meeting with consultants who outrank her. Civil, MEP or architecture degrees with a project-management qualification are the profile; references go to a consultant and a contractor as well as the employer.

What a project manager reads on PeeGee.in

A project professional reads a PG conversion the way she reads a fit-out: the sanctioned plan and the society's bye-laws in the conversion guide, the fire NOC and the electrical load in the licensing guide, the room-size norm in the room-size guide, the furniture list in the furniture guide, the handover in the inventory guide. A house that has done them in that order is one she recognises, and the month-to-month guide is the plan she takes for herself between projects.

Progression from this role

From an assistant project manager's chair the path runs to project manager, senior project manager, associate director and project director over fifteen years, on projects delivered by value and on time; the credentials that move a candidate are a project-management qualification, a safety qualification and, later, a chartered status in the home discipline. Specialisms in data centres, laboratories or hospitals pay a premium; the conversion guide explains why a project professional who has delivered a fit-out can read a PG conversion's sequence at a glance.

Living near the site: PG options in Chennai

A project professional who moves between sites through the year is the guest the field-staff guide and the month-to-month guide were written for, and Chennai's answer is a bed on the OMR or in Guindy with a monthly plan. Guindy ran ₹4,000–22,000 across 22 owner price points in September 2026 and Velachery ₹4,500–20,000 across 21, both on the rail lines that cross the city; Thoraipakkam ran ₹6,000–16,500 across 15 and Sholinganallur ₹5,000–24,000 across 23 for a candidate whose projects are on the OMR, and the Chennai cost guide explains the rail premium and the monsoon discount. The short-stay Chennai page lists the houses that take a fortnight while the first project site is confirmed. Start from the Chennai PG hub , the ladies’ PG page for Chennai , the working men’s page , the short-stay page and the under-₹5,000 page , and read the city cost guide for the September 2026 owner‑listing bands by locality before setting a budget.

Frequently asked questions

What does the JLL project HSSE specialist job in Chennai involve?

Working with the project manager on fit-out and development projects: owning small projects and supporting large ones, project structure, reporting and budgets, the client relationship and payment cycles, consultants and vendor contract administration, risk mitigation, and health, safety and sustainability kept in front at all times.

What qualification does the posting ask for?

A degree in a property-related discipline and at least three years in design, construction or project management; the title's HSSE emphasis means a safety qualification and site-safety experience will weigh heavily.

Where are the project sites?

Not named; Chennai's corporate fit-out and campus work clusters along the OMR, in Guindy and on the Mount-Poonamallee corridor, and a project role moves between sites through the year.

Are the hours stated?

No; project-services roles run to the programme. Ask the recruiter about the current portfolio and the travel between sites.

How do I apply?

Only through the JLL Workday posting REQ523855 linked on this page, published on 17 September 2026; it may close without notice.

Sources and further reading

• JLL careers — Project Health, Security, Safety and Environment Specialist, Chennai (REQ523855)
• JLL India
• JLL careers, India postings

Posting details on this page were read from the JLL Workday careers site on 17 September 2026 (requisition REQ523855); the employer’s posting governs and may close without notice. Rent figures, where quoted, follow the September 2026 owner‑listing bands on the linked locality pages.