Reports to: Managing Director
Location: Ahmedabad (Head Office base), with extensive travel across active project sites
Direct reports: Project Engineers / Site Managers across all projects; plant and machinery in-charges; site supervisory teams
Role Purpose
Own end-to-end project delivery across the entire order book — execution, quality, cost, schedule, safety, and plant utilisation — so that the founders move off day-to-day site running.
Equally, build the next layer of site leadership, including the structured 18-month development of the firm’s high-potential engineers into division leaders.
Key Responsibilities
Project Execution & Delivery
- Own delivery of all active and incoming Road (Bitumen) and structural (RCC) projects to scope, schedule, and budget, with project-level P&L accountability.
- Run high-volume, multi-work programmes — many small parallel sub-works executed simultaneously — with disciplined pre-construction and billing throughout.
- Resolve site-level execution hindrances (alignment, encroachment, approvals, obstruction) and keep works moving.
Quality & Technical Standards
- Ensure all bituminous (DBM/BC) and RCC work meets specification and the standards of the relevant government and municipal authorities.
- Drive quality systems, material testing, and adherence to estimated vs. actual quantities; eliminate rework and length-variance leakage.
Plant, Machinery & Resources
- Maximise utilisation of the company’s batch mix plants, mechanised paving equipment, and vehicle fleet; minimise idle time and breakdowns.
- Own on-site fuel discipline (diesel/LDO efficiency) and coordinate closely with Procurement on bitumen, aggregates, cement, and steel.
Cost & Productivity
- Drive on-site cost control and productivity against estimated norms; own daily progress reporting (DPR) discipline and site-level reporting to the MD.
People & Leadership Development
- Build, lead, and motivate the site management organisation across all locations.
- Personally mentor the high-potential engineers.
Client Interface (Execution Level)
- Manage day-to-day relationships with client engineers and officials; own measurement books and the site-side substantiation of running account (RA) bills.
Safety, Compliance & Systems
- Ensure site safety, and labour, statutory, and environmental compliance at sites and plants.
- Institutionalise SOPs so delivery is repeatable and not founder-dependent.
Success Metrics (First 12–18 Months)
- On-time completion rate and projects delivered within budgeted cost.
- Plant utilisation, fuel and material efficiency vs. norms, and reduction in rework.
- Timeliness and accuracy of RA bill substantiation from site.
- Measurable development progress of the two young engineers.
- A clear, demonstrable reduction in the MD’s time spent on routine site operations.
Qualifications & Experience
- B.E./B.Tech in Civil Engineering (M.Tech or MBA an advantage).
- 15–20 years in road/highway/infrastructure construction, with proven experience running multiple sites simultaneously.
- Deep, hands-on bituminous and RCC road execution experience; familiarity with batch mix plant and mechanised paving operations.
- Strong track record with government and municipal clients and their measurement and billing systems.
- Experience leading large site teams; ideally exposure to a firm that scaled or professionalised.
Ideal Profile
- Hands-on yet systems-oriented — fixes problems on site today and builds processes that prevent them tomorrow.
- Carries the gravitas to command respect from senior officials, established contractors, and site staff.
- A builder of teams and leaders, not only a manager of sites.
- Comfortable in a promoter-led, growth-stage business that is professionalizing, and energized by being part of a journey toward listing.
Pay: ₹100,000.00 - ₹200,000.00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Do you have hands-on bituminous and RCC road execution experience and familiarity with batch mix plant and mechanised paving operations?
- Have you managed multiple projects or sites at the same time?
- Do you have experience working with government and municipal clients and their measurement and billing systems?
Experience:
- Construction: 5 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
