PROJECT MANAGER

Industry: Real Estate / Property Development – Residential Projects

Location: Mumbai (Thane)

Experience: 4+ Years

Employment Type: Full time

Department: Operations – Project Delivery

Reports To: Project Head

1. Planning & Schedule Governance

- Own the project baseline schedule and drive execution against approved timelines.
- Develop monthly, weekly, and daily look-ahead plans with clearly assigned responsibilities.
- Coordinate with the Planning team to manage critical paths and identify scheduling risks proactively.
- Ensure the availability of manpower, materials, and resources before execution begins.
- Develop and implement documented recovery plans to address schedule deviations.
- Provide accurate and timely weekly project progress reports.

2. Execution & Site Governance

- Ensure site execution complies with the approved Bill of Quantities (BOQ), issued-for-construction drawings, and finalized designs.
- Ensure all project variations are documented and approved before execution.
- Obtain Engineering validation and necessary drawing clarifications before commencing work.
- Ensure joint measurements and quality clearances are completed before certification.
- Maintain construction quality standards and coordinate with the Quality team to address non-compliant work.
- Ensure compliance with site safety, statutory requirements, and labour regulations.

3. Budget & Cost Management

- Manage project execution within the approved budget.
- Track committed costs, certified amounts, payments, and forecast costs to completion.
- Monitor cumulative variation costs and identify potential budget overruns.
- Ensure payment requests are aligned with certified measurements.
- Coordinate with Finance on project cash-flow forecasting and escalate liquidity risks.
- Drive cost optimization and value-engineering initiatives with Engineering and Procurement.

4. Contracts & Contractor Performance

- Define work package scope and sequencing requirements in coordination with Engineering and Procurement.
- Manage contractor mobilization, manpower deployment, productivity, and contractual commitments.
- Monitor contractor performance across progress, quality, manpower, safety,



and documentation.
- Issue formal notices for contractor non-performance, demand recovery plans, and escalate persistent issues with supporting evidence.
- Coordinate the Running Account (RA) billing cycle and ensure timely certification.
- Align material requirements with procurement plans and ensure vendor instructions follow approved procedures.

5. Cross-Functional Coordination

- Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Planning, Finance, Sales, and CRM teams to ensure seamless project execution.
- Lead weekly project execution review meetings and track action items, owners, and closure dates.
- Resolve interdepartmental execution issues and escalate matters requiring higher-level intervention.
- Coordinate with Sales and CRM to align possession timelines with actual project progress.
- Ensure statutory approvals, No Objection Certificates (NOCs), inspections, and legal compliance requirements are incorporated into project schedules.

6. Escalation & Reporting

- Escalate milestone deviations exceeding 7% of the baseline schedule and budget variances exceeding 5%.
- Identify and escalate contractor performance issues, excessive variations, and delays in Engineering clarifications.
- Prepare escalation reports covering root causes, schedule impact, budget implications, recovery plans, and required support.
- Maintain accurate, transparent, and timely project status reporting.
- Own project MIS covering progress, cost, quality, manpower, and risk data.

7. Team Leadership & Handover Readiness

- Lead and develop site teams, including Site Engineers, Quality Engineers, Billing Engineers, MEP Coordinators, Supervisors, and Stores personnel.
- Define individual responsibilities and maintain accountability for execution, reporting, and documentation.
- Drive snagging,



de-snagging, and finishing activities well ahead of the handover date.
- Ensure testing, commissioning, statutory clearances, and completion documentation are completed before possession.
- Coordinate with CRM to ensure units are ready for handover and minimize customer complaints.
- Authority & Decision-Making

The Project Manager will be responsible for:

- Directing site execution sequencing and deploying the site team within the approved plan.
- Addressing contractor non-performance and requiring documented recovery plans.
- Halting work that is unsafe, non-compliant, or outside the approved scope.
- Recommending project variations with technical and commercial justification.
- Ensuring drawing clarity, material readiness, and Engineering approvals before work begins.
- Refusing to proceed with unready work fronts or unapproved instructions.
- Required Qualifications & Experience
- B.E. / B.Tech in Civil Engineering.
- A qualification in Project Management or Construction Management is an added advantage.
- 4+ years of experience in real estate and construction project delivery.
- Proven experience managing residential or mixed-use construction projects from mobilization through final handover.
- Demonstrated ability to manage project schedules, budgets, contractors, site teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Required Skills:

- Project planning, baseline scheduling, critical path management, and recovery planning.
- Construction execution and site management.
- Budget control, cost forecasting, and variation management.
- Construction contracts, BOQ, work orders, RA billing, and contractor claims.
- Technical understanding of RCC, finishing works, and MEP interfaces.
- Contractor performance management and risk mitigation.
- Quality assurance, safety management, and statutory compliance.
- Project MIS, documentation, reporting, and stakeholder coordination.
- Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Proactive decision-making, accountability, and disciplined escalation.

Pay: ₹500,000.00 - ₹800,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

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