Company: Aakriti Housing

Job Title

Construction Head / Senior Project Manager – Construction Projects

Department

Projects / Construction

Reporting To

Managing Director / Head of Projects

Job Purpose

Aakriti Housing is seeking an experienced and result-oriented Construction Head / Senior Project Manager to lead and oversee the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of residential construction projects. The role is responsible for ensuring projects are completed within defined timelines, approved budgets, quality standards, safety requirements, and organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities / KRAs

1. Project Execution & Planning

- Develop and implement detailed project execution plans, schedules, and milestones.
- Monitor project progress and ensure timely completion of activities.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
- Ensure effective planning of manpower, materials, equipment, and other project resources.

2. Overall Project Delivery

- Take complete ownership of project delivery from planning through execution and handover.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and as per approved quality standards.
- Monitor critical project milestones and take corrective action to prevent delays.

3. Multi-Project Planning & Control

- Oversee and coordinate multiple construction projects simultaneously, where applicable.
- Establish project priorities, monitor progress, and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Track project schedules, dependencies, and critical activities.

4. Team & Contractor Management

- Lead, supervise, and coordinate site teams, engineers, supervisors, contractors, and subcontractors.
- Ensure transparent allocation of responsibilities and accountability across teams.
- Monitor contractor performance, productivity, quality, and adherence to project schedules.

5. Execution Leadership

- Provide strong on-site leadership to ensure smooth and efficient project execution.
- Drive teams to achieve defined construction and delivery targets.
- Resolve operational challenges and ensure effective coordination across project teams.

6. Contractor Performance Management

- Review contractor performance against agreed timelines, quality standards, productivity, and contractual obligations.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and take corrective action where required.
- Ensure timely availability and deployment of contractors and subcontractors.

7. Quality Assurance & Quality Ownership

- Ensure all construction activities comply with approved drawings, specifications, and quality standards.
- Conduct regular quality inspections and reviews.
- Identify quality issues and ensure timely corrective and preventive actions.
- Take overall ownership of quality across the project lifecycle.

8.



Labour & Resource Monitoring

- Monitor labour deployment, productivity, attendance, and utilization.
- Ensure adequate availability of skilled and unskilled manpower.
- Optimize the utilization of resources to improve project efficiency.

9. Resource & Labour Planning

- Prepare short-term and long-term manpower and resource plans.
- Coordinate resource allocation based on project requirements and priorities.
- Prevent resource shortages that may impact project schedules.

10. Material Planning Discipline

- Plan and monitor material requirements based on project schedules.
- Coordinate with procurement and stores teams to ensure timely material availability.
- Minimize material wastage, shortages, and unnecessary stock accumulation.

11. Cost Control & Budget Adherence

- Monitor project expenses and ensure adherence to approved project budgets.
- Identify cost overruns and implement corrective measures.
- Ensure optimum utilization of labour, materials, equipment, and other resources.

12. Billing & Revenue Enablement

- Ensure timely certification and submission of contractor and project-related bills.
- Coordinate with relevant teams to support billing milestones and revenue realization.
- Monitor completed work and ensure necessary documentation is available for billing.

13. Client & Consultant Coordination

- Act as a primary coordination point for clients, architects, consultants, and other external stakeholders.
- Attend project review meetings and address technical and execution-related concerns.
- Ensure timely implementation of approved changes, instructions, and decisions.

14. Inter-Department & Cross-Functional Coordination

- Coordinate closely with Design, Procurement, Finance, Sales, CRM, Legal, and other internal departments.
- Ensure smooth communication and alignment across all project stakeholders.
- Resolve inter-departmental dependencies affecting project progress.

15. Safety & Statutory Compliance

- Ensure strict adherence to site safety policies, statutory requirements, and applicable regulations.
- Conduct regular safety reviews and ensure corrective action on identified risks.
- Promote a strong safety culture across project sites.

16. Reporting & Governance

- Prepare and submit daily, weekly, and monthly project progress reports.
- Track key project KPIs, timelines, budgets, quality observations, and risks.
- Ensure proper project governance, documentation, and management reporting.

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Reporting & Documentation

- Maintain accurate project records, site reports, meeting minutes, approvals, and correspondence.
- Ensure all technical and execution-related documentation is properly maintained.
- Support management with timely and accurate project information.

18. Issue Resolution & Escalation

- Identify project-related issues and ensure timely resolution.
- Escalate critical concerns related to cost, schedule, quality, safety, or resources to management.
- Implement corrective actions to minimize project impact.

19. Risk Identification & Escalation

- Proactively identify execution, financial, resource, safety, and schedule-related risks.
- Develop mitigation plans and monitor risk closure.
- Escalate high-impact risks to senior management in a timely manner.

20. Process & SOP Enforcement

- Ensure strict implementation of company policies, processes, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Maintain discipline and consistency in project execution and reporting.
- Drive continuous process improvement across project operations.

21. Team Leadership & Capability Development

- Lead and mentor project team members.
- Identify training and development needs within the team.
- Build a high-performance, accountable, and collaborative project team.

22. Handover Readiness

- Ensure projects are prepared for timely handover as per approved standards and commitments.
- Coordinate snag rectification, final inspections, documentation, and stakeholder approvals.
- Ensure all handover requirements are completed before project closure.

23. Crisis & Ad-hoc Management

- Handle urgent site and project-related issues effectively.
- Respond quickly to unexpected operational, technical, or stakeholder challenges.
- Take up additional responsibilities assigned by management in the interest of project delivery.

24. Ownership & Accountability

- Demonstrate complete ownership of assigned projects and deliverables.
- Ensure accountability for timelines, cost, quality, safety, and overall project outcomes.
- Maintain high qualified standards and represent Aakriti Housing effectively.

Desired Candidate Profile

- Education: B.E./B.Tech in Civil Engineering; M.Tech/Construction Management preferred.
- Experience: Relevant experience in residential/high-rise construction and project management.
- Strong knowledge of project planning, execution, construction methodologies, and quality standards.
- Experience in managing contractors, consultants, site teams, and multiple stakeholders.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, planning, and communication skills.
- Knowledge of project management tools and MS Office; familiarity with ERP/project monitoring systems is an advantage.

Preferred Industry: Real Estate / Residential Construction / High-Rise Projects

📌 Job Description – Construction Head / Senior Project Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Aakriti Housing
📍 Hyderabad