Sr. Construction Manager

About the Role

JASARA PMC is seeking a Sr. Construction Manager to serve as the lead representative for construction delivery. This full-time role provides strategic oversight and assurance for major tunneling and underground infrastructure projects. The position involves monitoring, coordinating, and managing various contractors to ensure construction activities are executed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with project objectives, contractual requirements, quality standards, and regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the PMC's senior construction representative and trusted advisor to the Client.
• Provide strategic oversight of all tunneling and underground construction activities.
• Monitor contractor performance against approved schedules, budgets, safety requirements, and quality objectives.
• Review and validate construction methodologies, work plans, sequencing strategies, and resource deployment plans.
• Ensure project delivery aligns with approved project execution plans and client objectives.
• Lead construction oversight teams in monitoring Cost Plus, Re-measurable, EPC, Design & Build, and specialist tunneling contractors.
• Assess contractor capabilities, productivity, performance trends, and recovery strategies.
• Challenge and validate contractor schedules, progress reporting, risk assessments, and mitigation plans.
• Monitor critical construction interfaces and resolve issues impacting project delivery.
• Provide expert guidance on tunneling methodologies and underground construction techniques.
• Review and approve construction proposals related to TBM, NATM/SEM/VMT tunneling, drill and blast operations, shaft and cavern construction, ground support, dewatering systems, and temporary/permanent support systems.
• Assess geotechnical risks and recommend mitigation measures.
• Promote and enforce a "Safety First" culture across the project and oversee contractor compliance with HSE requirements.
• Monitor construction progress against baseline schedules, identify risks, and evaluate recovery programs.
• Provide accurate progress assessments and executive-level reporting to the Client.
• Support Commercial and Project Controls teams in evaluating claims, variations, and change orders.
• Act as the primary construction interface between the Client, PMC team, contractors, designers, and authorities.
• Ensure construction activities comply with approved design, specifications, codes, and standards.
• Lead quality audits and construction readiness reviews.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in construction management.
• Industry-leading experience in the delivery of large, technically challenging tunneling projects.
• Proven experience with TBM, NATM/SEM, deep shafts, caverns, underground premium facilities, and associated high-end habitable spaces, utility and infrastructure works.

Professional Skills

• Strong leadership and team oversight capabilities.
• Excellent analytical skills for assessing contractor performance, schedules, and risks.
• Ability to provide expert recommendations on construction performance and contractual obligations.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commitment to promoting and enforcing a strong safety culture.

Reporting and Collaboration

The Sr. Construction Manager will participate in executive and steering committee meetings, presenting construction performance updates, key risks, mitigation plans, and strategic recommendations. This role requires developing and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders and assisting in dispute avoidance and resolution activities.