- Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Malaysia
Working Location
Job Description
Responsibilities
Constructability Analysis: Partner with architecture and finance teams to evaluate overall project viability, utilizing deep high-rise knowledge to spot structural issues and construction bottlenecks early.
Master Program Management: Own and track the overarching master timeline, establishing key target dates across design development, procurement, heavy construction, and final delivery for complex multi-storey projects.
Code Compliance & Design Practicality: Guide design partners and technical consultants to ensure all plans are commercially viable, buildable, and strictly aligned with local municipal and high-rise regulatory standards.
Permit Acquisition: Direct the complete statutory approval strategy, ensuring all required building permits, clearance certificates, and authority sign-offs for high-rise work are secured without delay.
Agency Relations: Maintain proactive working relationships with regulatory bodies, government authorities, and specialist consultants to safeguard the project from compliance delays or legal exposure.
Contractor Oversight: Direct multi-disciplinary project teams, main contractors, and trade specialists on-site, enforcing optimal construction sequencing and modern execution methods to keep work on schedule.
Quality Assurance: Establish and maintain stringent QA/QC standards throughout the site-covering foundation works, structural framing, exterior envelope, mechanical systems, interior fit-outs, and final turnover.
Site Health & Safety: Lead a rigorous HSE framework specifically engineered to mitigate the high-risk environments of tall-building construction sites.
Resource Allocation: Direct consultants and construction firms to ensure adequate heavy machinery, vertical transport equipment, specialized tools, and workforce levels are deployed effectively.
Budget Oversight: Work in tandem with the Commercial and Contracts (C&C) department to track expenditures, prevent cost overruns, and maintain fiscal control across all project stages.
Payment & Valuations: Review and authorize payment claims, material reconciliations, subcontractor billings, and detailed BOQs with meticulous detail.
Efficiency Initiatives: Champion value engineering and waste-reduction practices across site operations to maximize capital efficiency.
Contract Administration: Aid the commercial team in assessing variation requests, Extension of Time (EOT) claims, and contract closeouts.
Lead Project Representative: Act as the main focal point on-site, championing strategic interests when engaging with external partners, vendors, and regulatory entities.
Executive Reporting: Oversee the compilation and submission of concise, data-driven monthly progress reports and project performance metrics for senior management.
Proactive Risk Management: Identify emerging technical, financial, or site-logistics risks early and formulate practical risk-mitigation strategies alongside executive leaders.
Dispute Resolution: Resolve daily technical conflicts, site disputes, and unforeseen field conditions rapidly to prevent schedule drag or budget drift.
Work Experience: Minimum of 15 years of hands-on site management experience in large-scale commercial building construction.
Proven Seniority: Proven track record operating at or having held the position of Construction Manager, with direct experience autonomously managing multi-disciplinary site teams.
Full High-Rise Lifecycle Knowledge: In-depth technical mastery across every phase of tall-building construction: piling, deep foundations, substructure, superstructure framing, exterior curtain wall/façades, MEP systems integration, architectural fit-out, and project completion.
Contractor & Consultant Management: Extensive experience directing main contractors, specialist package contractors, and design consultants on high-density commercial developments.
Regulatory & Statutory Proficiency: Thorough understanding of local building codes, high-rise statutory clearance procedures, and authority compliance guidelines.
Leadership & Site Governance: Strong capability to lead, influence, and coordinate diverse site teams, trade specialists, and consultant networks under high-pressure conditions.
Problem-Solving & Risk Management: Sharp analytical ability to spot technical or logistical risks early and drive practical, rapid solutions on-site.
Commercial & Cost Acumen: Deep understanding of construction budgets, variation assessments, payment reconciliations, and contract management principles.
Communication & Reporting: Professional written and verbal communication skills to deliver executive progress reports, interface with statutory bodies, and lead contractor alignment meetings.
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