Overall Project Manager / Senior Construction Manager

Tasks

• In this role, you act as client and overall project manager for challenging, coordinated infrastructure projects primarily in the phases of tendering, detailed design, construction management, and commissioning. You are responsible for operational planning, management (including schedule and cost control), steering, and professional support of exciting projects.
• You conduct negotiations with internal and external administrative stakeholders and committees, coordinate the involved utilities/departments, and develop demanding problem solutions.
• You are responsible for tenders, evaluations, and awarding of engineering and construction services.
• You carry out legal procedures, perform sovereign tasks, and conduct public information events within the scope of the project work.
• You prepare decision-making bases for superior authorities and handle parliamentary matters.

Profile

• Degree in civil engineering (ETH/FH)
• Several years of professional experience in civil engineering and project management of demanding infrastructure projects in an urban environment (experience in specialised civil engineering or trenchless methods is an advantage), both in detailed design and in construction management or site supervision
• Assertiveness and conflict management skills, negotiation skills, entrepreneurial action as well as interest and understanding of politics and administration
• Fluent German in spoken and written form, strong communication skills, and enjoyment in negotiating and cooperating with different interest groups
• Interest in project implementation in terms of digital planning, construction, and operation; experience with BIM methodology is an advantage

We offer

• The opportunity to help shape the future of the largest Swiss city.
• A culture characterised by the values respectful, reliable, ambitious, and inclusive, and an employer that lives equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• A workplace within walking distance of Zurich main station.
• Attractive employment conditions, such as contributions to meal costs, a solid pension fund with above-average employer contributions, and the opportunity to balance work and private life with flexible working hours and home office.
• Targeted training and further education opportunities; personal, professional, but especially regarding digitalisation in the construction industry.

About us

For a high quality of life: The approximately 350 employees of the Department of Civil Engineering shape mobility and public space daily in the largest city in Switzerland.

Interested?

Please apply via our online tool stadt.zuerich.ch/tiefbauamtjobs.

Please address your application to the Department of Civil Engineering City of Zurich, Soraya Brand, HR Business Partner, Werdmühleplatz 3, 8001 Zurich.

For information, please contact Priska Müller, Head of Realisation, T +41 44 412 12 18.