Senior Manager - Special Projects - PLUS

PLUS; Selangor; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier highway development company in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Manager for Special Projects, Planning & Development. The ideal candidate will oversee large-scale highway expansion projects, requiring strong leadership and technical expertise in civil engineering. Responsibilities include developing project frameworks, coordinating with teams, and ensuring compliance with national standards. This role is pivotal in delivering sustainable and cost-effective solutions in the transportation sector.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills and experience in project governance.
• Extensive knowledge in civil engineering and transportation infrastructure.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning, design, and execution of highway expansion projects.
• Develop comprehensive project development frameworks.
• Conduct regular meetings to ensure compliance with highway standards.

Skills

Leadership & project governance

Technical expertise in civil engineering

Coordination of multidisciplinary teams

Risk management

Cost-effective solutions

Job description

The Senior Manager, Special Projects, Planning & Development is responsible for overseeing the planning, design, and execution of large-scale highway expansion projects. This role requires strong leadership & project governance, technical expertise in civil engineering and transportation infrastructure, and the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, sustainable, and cost-effective.

• Develop comprehensive project development frameworks including, project objectives and scope, resources required, timeline, financial assumptions
• Lead and coordinate with internal business units for each stage of the development of the project proposals, upon obtaining approval for the proceed
• Identify key project risks early and establish preliminary mitigation strategies (environmental, technical, social, financial).
• Prepare terms of reference (TOR), scope of services, and technical requirements for design consultants. Works closely with procurement team on the selection of consultants, including evaluation of proposals and obtaining approval (internally/externally)
• Provide continuous direction and oversight to project team throughout concept design, preliminary engineering design and detailed design stages
• Conduct regular multidisciplinary design elements coordination meetings to ensure compliance to national highway standards, design manuals, highway operations & safety requirements, constructability and project-specific criteria.
• Evaluate engineering alternatives and recommend optimal design solutions with sustainability elements incorporated in the design
• Coordinate stakeholder workshops, including Value Assessment and Value Engineering;
• Attend meetings with stakeholders and present proposals, findings and recommendations
• Review value engineering proposals and incorporate cost-effective design changes.
• Review and approve consultant deliverables including design drawings & calculation; traffic impact assessments reports; road safety audit reports, project costings, and other relevant studies/reports
• Ensure early identification of land requirements and coordinate with land acquisition/ survey teams to prepare ROW maps, property impact assessments, and compensation plan.
• Conduct design handover workshops with internal construction teams and relevant project team.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly project development progress reports for top management, Board, Government, as necessary