Project Manager at Site

Company Description JV Ventures, founded in 2015, focuses on nurturing innovative concepts and transforming them into scalable, high-impact enterprises. With 20 ventures, 320+ team members, and $550M+ assets under management, the organization operates across education, life sciences, healthcare, and experience-focused habitat platforms. Its PowerEd, PoweRx, PowerCare and PowerPod platforms provide integrated infrastructure, services, and ecosystem-building solutions. JV Ventures is supported by specialized enablers in middle-office, coworking, and land services, creating a robust environment for sustainable growth and execution-focused ventures.

Role purpose

The Associate – Projects & Design will support the end-to-end delivery of build-out projects across JV Ventures GRIDs in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Visakhapatnam — from design coordination and technical detailing through PMC oversight, site execution, quality checks and handover. This is a hands-on, learning-oriented role for an early-career professional from a building engineering, architecture or construction management background who wants to build deep, on-ground delivery experience on large-scale research and manufacturing infrastructure.

The Associate will work closely with the Projects & Build-outs team, design consultants, contractors and vendors, and will be expected to grow quickly into independently owning defined workstreams and smaller build-out projects of JV Ventures.

Key responsibilities

1. Design & technical support

• Assist in developing and reviewing technical drawings, specifications and BOQs for warm-shell-to-lab conversions, manufacturing facility build-outs and GCC fit-outs.
• Support design coordination between clients/residents, architects and MEP consultants, and JV Ventures internal design and delivery teams.
• Help translate resident/client requirements into workable design and build-out plans aligned with JV Ventures Grade-A specifications.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date project documentation, drawings and technical files across active build-outs.

2. Project execution & site coordination

• Support planning and tracking of project timelines, resources and deliverables across assigned build-out projects.
• Coordinate with site teams, vendors and contractors to keep build-outs on schedule and support the target of reducing time-to-operations.
• Monitor on-site progress, flag risks or delays early, and support timely resolution of technical or execution issues.
• Assist with site visits, inspections and progress reporting, including travel across campuses and project sites as required.

3. Quality, compliance & handover

• Support quality checks during construction and fit-out to ensure adherence to specifications, life-safety systems and campus standards (power, HVAC, discharge treatment).
• Support regulatory and compliance-driven execution, including inputs toward GMP/GLP qualification readiness where applicable.
• Help prepare handover documentation, including as-built drawings, quality records and completion reports.
• Escalate quality or compliance concerns to senior project team members in a timely manner.

4. Procurement & commercial support

• Support vendor-neutral procurement coordination, including vendor follow-ups, material tracking and basic cost/billing documentation.
• Assist in maintaining project cost trackers and supporting inputs for budgeting and billing cycles.

5. Stakeholder coordination

• Coordinate with internal teams (design, PMC, operations) and external stakeholders (residents, consultants, contractors) to keep build-outs moving smoothly.
• Maintain clear, professional communication and follow-up across all project stakeholders.

Candidate profile

Education

• Master's degree in Architecture, Building Engineering, Civil Engineering or Construction/Project Management from a reputed institute such as SPA (School of Planning and Architecture), CEPT University, NIT Calicut, or an equivalent institution.

Experience

• 1–4 years of relevant experience in building engineering, design coordination, project execution or site management, across institutional, laboratory, healthcare, manufacturing or fit-out projects.
• Exposure to technical drawings, BOQs, specifications and basic project scheduling.
• Familiarity with civil, architectural and basic MEP coordination is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and/or other relevant design/drafting tools; good working knowledge of MS Excel and documentation.

Attributes

• Strong attention to detail and ownership of assigned deliverables.
• Good communication and stakeholder-coordination skills.
• Willingness to travel to project and client sites as required.
• Telugu speaking is required, given the candidate-facing and on-site stakeholder coordination nature of the role; working proficiency in English is also essential.
• This is an immediate requirement; preference will be given to candidates who are immediate joiners or can join within 30 days.
• A builder's mindset — comfortable working hands-on in a growing, fast-paced function.
• Ability to learn quickly and take on greater independent ownership over time.

Role requisites

• Position will be based full-time in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Hyderabad, Bengaluru or Chennai, based on project assignment, with travel across campuses and project sites as required.
• An opportunity to build hands-on project delivery experience on a fast-growing life sciences infrastructure platform, at a pivotal juncture in JV Ventures expansion across its GRID locations, working closely with the Projects & Build-outs team and senior leadership.
• Compensation will be aligned to experience and qualification, to be discussed during the process.
• This description sets the core mandate and may evolve with business priorities.