Key Responsibilities:

Develop project execution strategies, feasibility studies, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and construction methodologies.
Manage contractors, consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers for cross-country raw water transmission pipelines and pump station works.
Coordinate design, constructability reviews, value engineering, hydraulic studies, surge analysis, pipeline profiles, and multidisciplinary interfaces.
Manage procurement of major materials and equipment, including HDPE/DI pipes, valves, pumps, MCCs, electrical and instrumentation systems.
Coordinate statutory approvals, permits, utility interfaces, and road, highway, railway, and canal crossings, including HDD works.
Coordinate civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities.
Develop scope matrices and micro-planning to achieve project objectives within Safety, Time, Quality, and Cost (STQC) requirements.
Manage construction resources, materials, equipment, and services to ensure timely project execution.
Ensure compliance with HSE, QA/QC, inspection, testing, welding/jointing, material certification, and commissioning requirements.
Monitor construction progress, budgets, schedules, and contractor performance through regular coordination and progress meetings.
Lead safe execution of critical activities including excavation, trenching, HDD, lifting, road/rail crossings, electrical works, and pump station construction.
Act as the key interface between the Owner, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and government authorities.
Lead pressure testing, flushing, disinfection, pump testing, electrical/instrumentation testing, performance testing, and final commissioning.
Ensure closure of punch lists, as-built drawings, O&M manuals, test records, training, and final project handover.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in civil / mechanical engineering
15–20+ years of construction experience, with substantial 3-5 projects experience in cross-country pipeline construction.
Fluent read, written and spoken English and Tamil will be added advantage.
Proven experience managing large, complex pipeline projects involving multiple construction spreads and geographically dispersed work fronts.
Strong knowledge of pipeline construction methodologies, welding, NDT, coatings, hydrotesting, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) for HDPE and ductile iron pipeline commissioning.
Experience with water pipeline, road, rail, river and utility crossings is highly desirable.
Strong understanding of project controls, contracts, cost management and construction planning.
Experience in managing EPC contractors and subcontractors.
Strong leadership, communication, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.

Piping Construction Project Manager