ASSISTANT ENGINEER

CORPORATE OFFICE, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Participates in the preparation of the project cost budget

• Monitors and controls actual project cost against planned budget by maintaining appropriate records and communicating to all stakeholders

• Identifies elements and resources to be budgeted through proper interpretation of project scope statement, work breakdown structure and other relevant project data

• Manages all payment related activities for both clients and vendors

• Ensures technical support to consultants and project owners with recommendations regarding methods of maintaining schedules, budget, and construction specifications to conform to field conditions

• Manages coordination with other departments – legal, procurement, finance etc. to ensure proper support at various stages of the project life cycle

• Serves as the single point of contact between customers and internal stakeholders to execute requests with respect to project issues and changes

• Ensures dissemination of all project related reports to the management and other stakeholders

• Prepares templates for tracking project status and reviews reports prepared by team members

• Manages project construction for schedules and payments through project progress meetings with contractors, engineers, project owners, and others.

• Maintains project budgets, monitors change orders, and evaluates progress payments

• Assigns, coordinates, supervises, and evaluates the work of offsite inspectors, materials testing technicians, consultant personnel

• Conducts pre-construction meetings and coordinates the attendance of affected parties to ensure major and minor issues are addressed prior to construction

• Reviews engineering plans for constructability, making comments and recommendations to improve the construction of the project

• Coordinates the collection and dissemination of technical information between/within the company and customer

• Analyzes problems associated with plans and specifications, and suggests alternate approaches

• Maintains accurate and up-to-date logs (Vendor/Subcontractor, Purchase, Owner etc.) to track responses and advise the Project Manager

• Facilitates system and facilities start-up procedures and equipment

• Assists in the analysis of reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, tests and aerial photographs on soil compositions, terrain, hydrological characteristics, and other topographical and geologic data to plan and design project

• Reviews and monitors project progress to assure quality and adherence to requirements of contract documents

• Assumes responsibility for control of work-in-progress, accurate client billings, monitoring outstanding accounts receivable and collection efforts on related projects

• Processes all final documents for project close-out

• Assists in establishing the project knowledge management system

• Creates documentation necessary to track all activities related to the project

• Adherence to project schedule timelines

• Compliance to budget

• Timely and efficient reporting of project status

• Timely invoicing and collections

• Effective follow-up on all the project requirements

• Customer Satisfaction Index

• Timely completion of project documentation

• Degree in construction management, engineering, or an equivalent degreed

• MS project, Primavera

• MS Office

• 3 – 4 years of experience in construction project coordination or a related field

• Stakeholder management

• Excellent organizational skills

• Strong interpersonal, communication, facilitation and presentation skills

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Project Management

• Strategic inputs and progress review

• To define scope, establish and maintain a close working relationship

• Ensure requisite support from various departments for the project

• For contracts, purchase, execution, evaluation, relationship management

• Payment, relationship management and project progress review