Senior Project Manager (Infrastructure)

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Job Description:

Position Summary

The Senior Project Manager – Infrastructure is responsible for the full lifecycle delivery of complex infrastructure projects, such as roads and highways, utilities, bridges and structures, drainage networks, and associated civil works. The role leads multi‑disciplinary teams and multiple contractors from initiation through design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover, ensuring that scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and stakeholder requirements are achieved.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Governance

• Lead planning and execution of infrastructure projects from concept through handover and closeout.
• Develop project execution strategies, implementation plans, and stage‑gate deliverables in line with corporate and client requirements.
• Establish project governance, roles and responsibilities, communication protocols, and decision‑making structures.
• Provide clear leadership to project teams, aligning them with project objectives, priorities, and performance expectations.

Scope, Schedule & Cost Management

• Develop and manage the integrated Project Management Plan covering scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and communications.
• Work with planning and project controls teams to establish and maintain baseline programs and budgets.
• Monitor progress against schedule and budget; identify variances early and drive corrective and recovery actions.
• Manage scope changes and variations through formal change control, ensuring impacts are assessed, documented, and approved.

Design & Technical Coordination

• Coordinate with design managers and consultants to ensure timely, coordinated design deliverables that support procurement and construction.
• Ensure designs are aligned with project requirements, constructability, maintainability, and HSE‑by‑design principles.
• Lead multi‑disciplinary interface management (roads/civils, structures, utilities, MEP, traffic, environmental).
• Oversee resolution of key technical issues and ensure lessons learned are captured and applied.

Procurement & Contract Management

• Support development of procurement strategies for major packages (civils, structures, utilities, specialist systems).
• Work with commercial and procurement teams to prepare tender documentation, evaluate bids, and recommend awards.
• Manage contractor performance against contract requirements, including progress, quality, HSE, and commercial obligations.
• Review and recommend approval of major contract changes, claims, and final accounts in coordination with the commercial team.

Construction, Commissioning & Handover

• Oversee on‑site execution of infrastructure works, ensuring adherence to design, specifications, and HSE standards.
• Coordinate construction sequencing, access, traffic management, and logistics to minimize clashes and disruption.
• Ensure testing and commissioning plans are in place and executed for relevant systems (e.g., utilities, ITS, lighting, pump stations).
• Lead project handover processes, including punch lists, as‑built documentation, O&M manuals, training, and acceptance by the end‑user/operator.

HSE, Quality & Regulatory Compliance

• Promote and enforce a strong HSE culture, ensuring compliance with company, client, and statutory requirements.
• Ensure project‑specific HSE plans, method statements, risk assessments, and permit‑to‑work systems are in place and effective.
• Oversee implementation of quality plans, inspection and test plans , and quality assurance/quality control processes.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, utility requirements, and permit/consent conditions.

Risk, Issues & Stakeholder Management

• Establish and maintain project risk and issues registers; lead risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and contingency planning.
• Escalate critical risks and issues promptly with clear analysis and recommended actions.
• Act as primary point of contact for clients, authorities, utilities, and key stakeholders on project matters.
• Manage stakeholder expectations through regular, transparent communication and effective issue resolution (e.g., community impacts, traffic management).

Reporting & Performance Management

• Provide regular project status reports (schedule, cost, risk, HSE, quality, key decisions) to senior management and clients.
• Define and track project KPIs (schedule performance, cost performance, change volume, HSE metrics, defects/rework, stakeholder satisfaction).
• Lead monthly progress meetings, steering committees, and executive reviews as required.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and implementing improvements in project delivery processes.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and mentor a multi‑disciplinary project team, including project engineers, coordinators, planners, HSE, quality, and commercial staff.
• Allocate resources effectively and ensure clear accountabilities across internal teams and contractors.
• Foster a collaborative, solution‑oriented culture across design, construction, commercial, and client teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
•  years of progressive project management experience on major infrastructure projects (e.g., roads, bridges, utilities, large‑scale civils), including successful delivery of multi‑disciplinary projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects from initiation through commissioning and handover in a client, consultant, or Tier 1 contractor environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, or Business.
• Professional project management certification such as  or equivalent.
• Chartered/Professional Engineer status , , or equivalent is an advantage.
• Experience with standard forms of contract (FIDIC)and their commercial and time‑related provisions.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong project management skills across scope, schedule, cost, risk, and change control.
• Solid understanding of core infrastructure disciplines (roads, civils, structures, utilities) and their interfaces.
• Excellent leadership, team management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong negotiation, problem‑solving, and decision‑making abilities under time and operational pressure.
• Proficiency with project management and planning tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera P6) and MS Office.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including report writing and presentation skills.

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