Construction Manager

Job role

This Construction Manager will be responsible for safety, quality, schedule, budget, and contract management on construction projects for client such as Japanese or multi-country. Proficiency in both Japanese and English and excellent presentation skills are required to communicate, report, and attend regular meetings with the Japanese parent company and clients based in various countries around the world.

Manage the execution of various types of construction project work, including commercial facilities, hospitals, mixed-use developments, production facilities, warehouses, research facilities, and residences, and verify the construction, installation, assembly, and completion of activities for components, equipment, and systems.

He/she will also assess compliance with relevant regulatory and legal requirements.

This candidate is a team player and possesses strong analytical, project management, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

They are also able to effectively interact and communicate with internal and external stakeholders and possess strong project management and planning skills.

Meticulous and detail-oriented, with strong communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills to facilitate stakeholder management and onsite operations.

Job description

Lead, direct, oversee, manage, and intervene as necessary with all internal and external project stakeholders.

Provide strategic insight, experience, and expertise with project management and construction teams through the skills and knowledge to execute diverse construction projects and lead projects to successful completion.

Ensure that progress and key project issues are assessed, managed, and reported to the board of directors from Singapore Regional Group of Companies as well as the parent company in Japan on a regular and timely basis.

Manage and oversee the project team including external project managers, design consultants and contractors to meet their deliverables, to an adequate standard, on time and not compromise the project specifications. Be responsible for tracking, recording, and managing the progress and quality of the construction along with handover and closeout deliverables.

Proactively ensure all commercial, contractual and procurement activities on the projects are managed in a timely and transparent manner and avoid any cost and time risk to the Projects. Closely monitor, manage, and report on project budgets.

Identify all statutory approvals needed and thereafter manage and achieve as scheduled to avoid any delay to the projects. Ensure the company's EHS policies and project-specific plans are proactively communicated and consistently enforced. Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks through out all phases of the project.

Deploy the necessary resources that are adequate in quantity and skilled in their respective subject matter areas. Analyze project and resource requirements to create labour and machining schedules.

Communicate effectively and regularly with all project stakeholders - upstream and downstream on relevant topics.

Manage project documentation by the International Organisation for Standardisation(ISO) standards.

Job requirements

Degree in Building Construction Management, Civil and/or Structural Engineering, building discipline or equivalent.

Minimum 10 years of experience in managing large ( $150m),fast-track, high-rise buildings projects with at least 5 years of project management working experience at a corporate level.

Japanese language proficiency at the level of JLPT N1 is a minimum requirement for conducting business and preparing reports and presentations that may be required by the company's management, board of directors, and stakeholders. Similar English skills and knowledge preferred.

Due to the client's headquarters location in the Europe and the parent company being based in Japan, must be able to travel to Europe and Japan at times when necessary.

Excellent leadership, time management, analytical, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Skilled in managing and motivating diverse, multi-functional, multi-cultural project teams. Organised, with a positive work attitude.

Able to implement Construction Project Management good practices.