Senior Manager- Project Planning & Coordinator

Godrej Properties; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Godrej Properties is seeking a senior project management professional in Mumbai to lead end-to-end coordination across client representatives, project directors, interior design teams, consultants and vendors.

You will drive weekly design coordination, track actions to closure, and ensure interfaces between architectural, structural, MEP, faade, and other disciplines are resolved before release for execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering is mandatory.
• Postgraduate qualification in Construction Management from NICMAR preferred.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in real estate or construction project management, incl. 5+ years on luxury residential/hospitality interior fit-out projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single point of contact for end-to-end coordination across client representatives, the Project Director, Interior Design team, consultants, vendors, contractors and basebuilding team.
• Run weekly design-coordination and site review meetings; issue minutes and track actions and decisions to closure.
• Maintain coordination matrices ensuring interfaces between disciplines are resolved before drawings are released for execution.
• Coordinate with base-building team on slab services handover, risers, facade, lifts, permits and material movement.
• Maintain drawing and submittal register; review issued-for-construction drawings and shop drawings for constructability and risk.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Planning & scheduling

Quality Assurance

Budget tracking

Risk assessment

Vendor management

Education

B.E. Civil Engineering

NICMAR Construction Management

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Stakeholder & Consultant Coordination:

• Act as the single point of contact for end-to-end coordination across client representatives, the Project Director, the Interior Design team, consultants, specialist vendors, contractors and the tower's basebuilding team.
• Run weekly design-coordination and site review meetings; issue minutes and track actions and decisions to closure.
• Maintain the consultant coordination and responsibility matrices, and ensure interfaces between disciplines (architectural, structural, MEP, faade, lighting, landscape, kitchen and automation) are resolved before drawings are released for execution.
• Coordinate with the base-building team on slab and services handover, risers and connections, faade and lift interfaces, building rules, work permits, material movement andOC-related requirements.

Design Information & Change Management:

• Maintain a drawing and submittal register; ensure timely availability of issued-for-construction drawings, shop drawings, samples and mock-up approvals, and review them for constructability and risk with the consultants.
• Manage RFIs and design change requests; assess impact on cost and programme and obtain approvals before implementation.

Planning, Cost & Procurement:

• Develop and maintain the integrated master programme; identify the critical path and long-lead items (stone, joinery, imported fittings, FF&E) and drive recovery plans.
• Support package strategy, tendering, technical-commercial evaluation and award in collaboration with the Contracts and Budgeting team.
• Track project budget, cost-to-complete, variations and contractor bills; coordinate with the Finance team for timely pay-outs to contractors and vendors.

Execution & Quality & Safety:

• Lead and direct the Finishes and MEP supervisors; review site progress regularly and ensure first-timeright execution against approved drawings, samples and mock-ups.
• Oversee quality inspections, testing and commissioning, snagging, handover and defects liability closure in coordination with the Facilities and Handover team.
• Ensure compliance with safety, statutory and building requirements, protection of finished work, and site security and client confidentiality.

Reporting & Process Improvement:

• Maintain daily tracking of tasks, site activities and open actions across the supervisors, contractors and consultants, and consolidate it for review.
• Submit a weekly site status report to the Project Director covering progress against the master programme, cost, quality, safety, pending decisions and upcoming milestones.
• Flag potential risks and delays (design, procurement, base-building, approvals, cost and safety) early, with an assessment of impact and proposed mitigation.
• Identify areas of process improvement within the work scope and implement necessary changes.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (mandatory).
• Postgraduate qualification in Construction Management from NICMAR (preferred).

Experience:

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in real estate or construction project management, including at least 5 years on luxury residential, hospitality or high-end interior fit-out projects.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating high-value interior packages involving multiple design consultants, specialist vendors and contractors.
• Experience leading a small site team and managing contractors and vendors on a single, complex project.
• Prior experience in luxury residential and hospitality projects will be given weightage.