Project Manager - Metal Structure

Grupo Cunado is looking for a local Project Manager of Metal Structure based in Chennai (India), to work in an international environment.

Responsibilities:

• Overall technical, production, commercial, and financial coordination of projects from kick-off through to final completion.
• Coordinate the different engineering disciplines and project stakeholders, ensuring technical quality and compliance with project schedules, budgets, and contractual specifications, both in the engineering office and on site.
• Lead the planning and execution of engineering activities, ensuring compliance with procedures, applicable regulations, quality standards, and Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) and Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) requirements.
• Participate in technical and progress meetings with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors, managing technical queries, non-conformities, and contract variations.
• Coordinate and supervise fabrication and site erection activities, monitoring productivity, milestone achievement, and the proper execution of works.
• Manage the commercial relationship with clients, including negotiation of change orders, variation orders, progress certifications, and the financial close-out of projects.
• Prepare and consolidate progress reports, project status reports, and project close-out documentation.
• Monitor project budgets, engineering hours, and internal and subcontracted resources, ensuring project profitability and cost optimization.
• Identify and manage technical, production, or financial deviations, proposing and implementing corrective actions and improvements in constructability and operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with project objectives regarding quality, cost, schedule, and safety.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar position within an industrial or construction company.
• Experience in engineering resource and workload planning.
• Strong project coordination skills across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Proven leadership abilities.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of and experience with structural steel projects.
• Good command of English, both written and spoken.
• Experience working with BIM models using Tekla Structures.