Team leader_ BID Position

Systra; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA India seeks a Team Leader for an upcoming Urban Planning project, on-site in Kolkata. The role leads project execution, provides strategic and technical guidance, and ensures sustainable urban development principles are integrated across reports and designs.

The successful candidate will manage multidisciplinary teams including planners, architects, engineers, GIS specialists, environmental experts, and economists, with a track record of large-scale urban planning projects.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of professional experience in urban planning or related fields.
• Graduate degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Planning, or Geography; postgraduate in Urban Planning or equivalent.
• Expertise in master planning, regional planning and infrastructure planning.
• Strong project management and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the overall project execution and delivery.
• Provide strategic and technical guidance to the project team.
• Review land-use analyses, demographic assessments, socio-economic studies, and infrastructure planning reports.
• Ensure integration of sustainable and resilient urban development principles.
• Manage multidisciplinary experts including planners, architects, engineers, GIS specialists, environmental experts, and economists.
• Review all reports, presentations, GIS outputs, and planning documents before submission.
• Ensure adherence to national, state, and local planning regulations and guidelines.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Urban planning

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Graduate Degree in Architecture/Civil Engineering/Planning/Geography

Post Graduate Degree in Urban Planning or equivalent

Job description

It has been more than 60 years since SYSTRA has garnered expertise that spans the entire spectrum of Mass Rapid Transit System. SYSTRA India’s valuable presence in India roots back to 1957, where SYSTRA worked on the electrification of Indian Railways. Our technical excellence, holistic approach and the tremendous talent provides a career that puts people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency.

Understand better who we are by visiting www.systra.in

Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water Infrastructure for public and private organizations.

Our unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Our fully integrated services are tailored to plan and manage projects using proven best practices.

Systra India's design business line is the leading design team for metros, highways, special bridges, Urban Planning and water projects in India. The team has designed over 900 kms of viaduct & Bridges along with 43 kms of tunnels and 82 underground stations, 345 Elevated & at-grade Stations, 19 Depots besides 300 plus stations being designed currently. The team has also completed 3,165 km of highways detail design projects and 22,506 km of design/ feasibility projects. The team has also worked on detailed design for Drainage and Utilities, design of WTP and STP etc.

We are also very proud to have designed the first monopile in India for the Mumbai Coastal Road project. We have the distinction of designing the fastest implemented metro project in the country with Lucknow and now have broken the record in Kanpur Metro. Apart from Indian projects the team also provides design services to projects as far as Philippines in the east to Columbia in the West.

We are also conversant with BIM (Building Information Modelling) which enhances all stages of the infrastructure life cycle, from design to construction and maintenance, which is why we integrate it into our projects and offer it to our clients. Our design team has extensive exposure to both domestic and international markets, contracts, codes and specification.

We are seeking applications for the position of Team Leader for the upcoming Urban Planning project.

Missions/Main Duties

• Lead and manage the overall project execution and delivery.
• Provide strategic and technical guidance to the project team.
• Review land-use analyses, demographic assessments, socio-economic studies, and infrastructure planning reports.
• Ensure integration of sustainable and resilient urban development principles.
• Manage multidisciplinary experts including planners, architects, engineers, GIS specialists, environmental experts, and economists.
• Review all reports, presentations, GIS outputs, and planning documents before submission.
• Ensure adherence to national, state, and local planning regulations and guidelines.

Profile/Skills

• Minimum 20 years of professional experience in urban planning, town planning, regional planning, city development, infrastructure planning, or related fields.
• Graduate Degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Planning, or Geography. Post Graduate Degree in Urban Planning, Town Planning, City Planning, Regional Planning, or equivalent.
• Expertise in master planning, regional planning, and infrastructure planning.
• Excellent project management and leadership skills.

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It’s not a job - it’s a career!

Workplace Type

On-site