Senior Project Manager – Mission-Critical Infrastructure

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale mission-critical infrastructure development in Singapore.

The role requires strong project leadership across design procurement construction testing & commissioning handover and defects management with significant coordination across multidisciplinary consultants contractors authorities and specialist systems.

Candidates with experience delivering government critical infrastructure data centre defence/security high-security complex institutional or other mission-critical developments will be particularly relevant.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary project lead and provide overall leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead project delivery from inception through design procurement construction commissioning handover and the defects liability period.
• Manage relationships and coordination across clients consultants contractors relevant authorities and other key stakeholders.
• Chair project and stakeholder meetings providing clear updates on progress risks issues and key decisions.
• Prepare and present regular project reports dashboards and executive-level updates.

Design & Technical Coordination

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams across architectural structural MEP ICT security and specialist systems.
• Facilitate technical design workshops coordination meetings and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Drive the integration of Security-by-Design (SBD) resilience blast protection sustainability and Design for Maintainability (DfM) requirements into the overall design.
• Oversee design reviews statutory submissions approvals waivers and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure designs are coordinated buildable and aligned with project scope budget programme and operational requirements.

Programme Risk & Change Management

• Develop maintain and monitor the overall master programme and key project milestones.
• Track progress and proactively manage critical-path activities.
• Identify and manage project risks issues assumptions dependencies and mitigation measures.
• Implement robust change-control processes to manage scope cost and schedule impacts.
• Drive value engineering and design optimisation initiatives while maintaining project security and operational requirements.

Procurement & Contract Management

• Lead tender preparation evaluation contractor selection and award recommendation processes.
• Coordinate procurement of long-lead and critical equipment such as generators UPS systems transformers switchgear chilled-water systems and specialist infrastructure.
• Administer construction contracts and manage contractual correspondence instructions variations claims and related commercial matters.
• Monitor procurement status against the overall construction and commissioning programme.

Construction Testing & Handover

• Lead site progress and construction coordination meetings.
• Monitor construction progress quality health & safety performance and commercial status.
• Coordinate installation interfaces across architectural structural MEP ICT security and specialist systems.
• Lead testing and commissioning activities including Integrated Systems Testing (IST) operational readiness reviews and systems handover.
• Oversee project completion close-out defects rectification and defects liability management.
• Support relevant statutory inspections authority approvals and sustainability certification requirements including BCA-IMDA Green Mark Platinum where applicable.
• Ensure final delivery meets programme budget quality security compliance and operational-readiness objectives.

Qualifications :

• Degree in Engineering Architecture Construction Management Project Management or a related discipline.
• Substantial project management experience delivering large-scale technically complex building or infrastructure developments.
• Strong end-to-end experience covering design management procurement construction testing & commissioning and handover.
• Proven experience coordinating multidisciplinary architectural structural MEP ICT security and specialist systems.
• Strong understanding of programme management risk management change control procurement and contract administration.
• Experience with mission-critical highly secure or operationally resilient environments would be highly advantageous.
• Familiarity with Security-by-Design authority/statutory requirements sustainability standards and operational readiness is advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders consultants contractors and regulatory authorities.
• Strong leadership communication problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

Additional Information :

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time