Team Leader / Client Representation

About the job

Realising living spaces for future generations.

HIAG is a leading real estate company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. HIAG's business model encompasses the entire value chain of real estate: portfolio/asset management, site development and transaction management. We invest in residential, commercial and industrial spaces at attractive locations in German-speaking and Western Switzerland, placing great emphasis on sustainability. Together, we create holistic living spaces of the future for people and companies on our sites. We combine the strengths of a family business with the financial power of a listed corporate group. Our corporate culture is characterised by trust, transparency and dialogue. We communicate on equal terms and maintain a respectful approach.

Your tasks

• You act as client representative for construction projects, from the planning and building permit phase through tendering/awarding to architects/specialist planners/general planners/contractors/technical planners, realisation up to handover to asset management (operation) including completion of warranty work
• You are responsible for the professional and disciplinary leadership of up to three employees in construction management
• You provide support and participate in site and project developments
• You are involved in ongoing project optimisations (development phase to project completion)
• You ensure implementation requirements (quality, deadlines) are met with all stakeholders and compliance with planning investment credits
• You prepare project specifications and project manuals
• You capture user and tenant needs in collaboration with internal and external specialists
• You coordinate tenders for general contractor/technical contractor mandates as well as for direct planning and construction services
• You prepare and coordinate planning and execution budgets for the responsible committees
• You prepare construction cost estimates from feasibility studies and participate in budgeting and evaluation processes
• You provide support and collaborate with asset management in marketing and leasing
• You manage and develop overarching topics such as lean construction, BIM, photovoltaics, e-mobility, CO2 reduction pathways etc.
• You lead the establishment and maintenance of a construction cost database and benchmarking
• You maintain close cooperation with site/project development and portfolio/asset management as well as finance (accounting, controlling)

Your profile

• You have a qualification as an architect or civil engineer ETH/FH, ideally with further training in construction/project management, business administration or real estate management (MAS, MBA, CUREM, MScRE).
• You have at least 10 years of client- and investor-side professional experience in project management, preferably across all planning and realisation phases, including competition and selection procedures
• You also have at least three years of leadership experience with direct personnel responsibility
• You possess a strong entrepreneurial and business understanding and make decisions consistently considering profitability, risks, opportunities and long-term value creation
• You think solution- and option-oriented. Even in complex or dynamic project situations, you develop alternative courses of action, weigh them against each other and make pragmatic decisions.
• You work extremely carefully, structured and reliably. You have high quality standards, deadline and result orientation as well as a responsible approach to risks and details are natural to you.
• You have a high level of resilience, endurance and perseverance. Even under time pressure, in demanding negotiations or politically challenging project environments, you act calmly, focused and goal-oriented.
• As a team player with a strong service orientation, you succeed in bringing together different interests and representing HIAG professionally and convincingly towards authorities, planners, tenants and other stakeholders.
• You lead interdisciplinary teams proactively and decisively. You provide orientation, take responsibility and consistently lead projects to success even in demanding situations.
• Besides German, you speak other languages; French and/or English are advantageous
• You continuously engage with topics in construction law, economics, construction planning, sustainability and can correctly assess the opportunities and risks of technological and digital transformation

Our offer

• A varied range of tasks with a lot of personal responsibility
• A motivated team that supports each other and celebrates successes together
• Short decision-making paths and uncomplicated collaboration
• Plenty of freedom to contribute your own ideas
• Attractive training and development opportunities
• Modern office premises directly at the main station
• A sustainable company with a long-term perspective.

We look forward to receiving your application.