Lead and deliver on a cluster of projects within budgeted cost, quality and schedule.
Operations strategy, policies and procedures
Support COO in developing and implementing operations strategy in alignment of company’s goals
Ensure compliance with operations policies and procedures
Land acquisition
Provide inputs on local constraints/issues/trends, cost estimates and timelines to COO for due-diligence/land proposals that have been assigned to their cluster
Product conceptualization and detailing
Lead product conceptualization process by
Representing PLL, along with Sr. Project Architect, during interactions with external Architect
Co-ordinating meeting for developing product concept
Ensure timely delivery of accurate drawings (Concept, Schematic, Tender & GFCs) in line with the requirements of the overall project schedule
Ensure project concept is aligned to cost and schedule assumptions made at the time of land buying
Project budgeting
Validate construction methodology proposed by Site Incharge.
Validate local market rates and collaborate with Procurement and Contracts for rates to be used in project budgeting
Control project cost by regularly tracking – estimates to complete- and taking necessary corrective actions to realize estimates as per budget
Project planning and execution
Support preparation of integrated project plan and follow the schedule
Develop and own the master scope document for each project
Drive scope change through integrated change management process
Lead cost reduction drives through Value analysis and value engineering (VAVE) workshops
Cross-pollinate ideas across projects in the cluster and to projects in other clusters (through COO)
Project resource planning
Validate resource requirement projections made by Site Incharge.
Optimize resources across project locations in the cluster
Collaborate with HR to ensure timely availability of resources
Vendor and Contractor Management
Participate in selection and technical evaluation of all vendors and contractors with Procurement and Contracts department for empanelment of vendor and contractors
Shortlist vendors capable of delivering on unique technical requirements of project
Build and maintain strong working relationship with contractors
Monitor contractor performance and drive contractors to achieve project execution within budgeted cost, quality and schedule
Monitor contract compliance & minimize claims on wastage, rework and extra work
Ensure vendors and contractors ratings reflect their performance
Stakeholder management/interaction
Build and maintain strong relationship with other departments
Closely collaborate with strategy, procurement & contracts, liaison and Sales & Marketing
Risk Management
Analyze root-causes for project cost and schedule variance
Identify risks for the entire project lifecycle and implement mitigation plan
Update COO on critical issues and risk mitigation status
Quality & Safety
Ensure adherence to project quality assurance plan during the entire project lifecycle
Sensitize and motivate team towards delivering superior product and inculcate industry best practices
Ensure preparation of safety and environment plan and monitor compliance
MIS and reporting
Track and monitor project progress
Update management on key performance indicators
Organization and team management
Maintain and update database of project learnings which can be leveraged in other ongoing and new projects
Coch sub-ordinates to develop capabilities
Enhance project design and execution capabilities through use of innovative designs/materials/construction methodologies and project management practices
Ensure optimum resource deployment at each project site by planning for resources across projects
Participate in the recruitment process of cluster resources
Conduct appraisal of cluster team members with inputs from concerned functional heads KPIs
Project delivery in budgeted cost and schedule
Product design efficiency
Project quality
Safety score
Timely completion of vendor and contractor performance evaluation