Project Head

Role & responsibilities

1. Overall Project Management

• Take overall responsibility for successful execution and completion of assigned projects.
• Develop and implement project execution strategies in line with contractual requirements and Management objectives.
• Establish project targets for cost, schedule, quality, safety and productivity.
• Ensure effective coordination between all project departments and stakeholders.
• Monitor overall project performance and take corrective action wherever required.

2. Project Planning & Scheduling

• Review and approve detailed project execution plans and schedules.
• Establish project milestones and monitor progress against approved baseline schedules.
• Identify delays, critical activities and potential bottlenecks.
• Develop recovery plans for delayed activities.
• Ensure timely completion of projects as per contractual commitments.
• Conduct regular project review meetings with project teams and subcontractors.

3. Cost & Commercial Management

• Monitor project budgets, committed costs, actual expenditure and forecast costs.
• Ensure project execution remains within approved budget.
• Monitor project profitability and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Control wastage, material losses and unnecessary expenditure.
• Review subcontractor and vendor commercial performance.
• Coordinate with Finance and Commercial teams regarding project cash flow, billing and collections.
• Ensure timely submission and certification of RA bills and variation claims.
• Identify and protect JECAS's contractual and commercial interests.

4. Client & Consultant Management

• Act as the senior point of contact for major project-related matters.
• Maintain strong professional relationships with clients, consultants, architects, PMC representatives and other stakeholders.
• Lead project review meetings with clients and consultants.
• Resolve execution-related issues and escalate critical matters to Management.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and client requirements.
• Support negotiations relating to variations, extensions of time, claims and commercial matters.

5. Subcontractor Management

• Evaluate and monitor subcontractor performance.
• Ensure subcontractors deploy adequate manpower, equipment and resources.
• Monitor subcontractor productivity and progress against agreed targets.
• Review subcontractor work quality and contractual compliance.
• Address delays, underperformance and resource shortages.
• Recommend corrective actions, recovery plans, replacement or termination of subcontractors where necessary.
• Ensure proper reconciliation of materials, manpower and work quantities issued to subcontractors.

6. Procurement & Material Coordination

• Coordinate with Procurement and Stores teams to ensure timely availability of project materials.
• Review material requirements against project schedules.
• Prevent excess procurement, material shortages and unnecessary inventory accumulation.
• Monitor material consumption and wastage.
• Ensure proper material reconciliation between site records, stores and project MIS.
• Coordinate with Procurement for critical and long-lead items.

7. Quality Management

• Ensure all project works comply with approved drawings, specifications, BOQ, method statements and quality standards.
• Coordinate with QA/QC teams for inspections and approvals.
• Ensure timely closure of NCRs, observations and quality issues.
• Maintain project documentation and quality records.
• Ensure compliance with applicable ISO and company procedures.

8. Health, Safety & Environment

• Ensure strict compliance with JECAS HSE policies and statutory requirements.
• Promote a strong safety culture across all project sites.
• Monitor safety performance, incidents, near misses and corrective actions.
• Ensure adequate PPE, safety systems and trained manpower.
• Coordinate with HSE teams for inspections and audits.
• Take immediate corrective action for unsafe practices.

9. Manpower & Resource Management

• Plan manpower requirements based on project schedules.
• Ensure adequate deployment of engineers, supervisors, skilled workers and support staff.
• Monitor manpower productivity.
• Identify manpower shortages and initiate corrective measures.
• Ensure effective utilization of plant, machinery and other resources.
• Develop and lead project management teams.

10. Project MIS & Reporting

• Ensure accurate and timely project MIS reporting.
• Review daily, weekly and monthly project reports.
• Monitor:
• Physical progress
• Planned vs actual progress
• Cost vs budget
• Manpower
• Material consumption
• Procurement status
• Billing
• Collections
• Subcontractor performance
• Quality
• HSE
• Project risks
• Submit comprehensive project performance reports to Management.

11. Risk Management

• Identify project risks at an early stage.
• Maintain a project risk register and mitigation plan.
• Monitor contractual, commercial, technical, manpower and execution risks.
• Develop contingency and recovery strategies.
• Escalate critical risks to Management without delay.

12. Leadership & Team Management

• Lead the complete project team and ensure accountability at every level.
• Establish clear responsibilities and performance targets.
• Conduct periodic performance reviews.
• Promote coordination between Engineering, Procurement, Contracts, Finance, QA/QC, HSE and Site Operations.
• Develop the capabilities of project team members.
• Take appropriate corrective action for poor performance or non-compliance.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering / Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering or relevant engineering discipline.
• Master's degree in Construction Management / Project Management / Engineering Management will be an advantage.
• 1520+ years of experience in construction, infrastructure, EPC or industrial projects.
• Minimum 5 years in a senior project-management / project-head / project-director position.
• Proven experience handling large-value projects with multiple subcontractors and teams.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, construction methodologies, contracts, cost control and commercial management.
• Strong understanding of BOQ, billing, variation, claims and project cost management.
• Experience in Primavera P6 / MS Project and project-management systems is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of QA/QC and HSE requirements.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Willingness to travel and work at project sites as required.