Infrastructure Project Manager (m/f/d)

Infrastructure Project Manager (m/f/d)

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This company is a significant Swiss university that offers practice-oriented education and research in numerous specialist fields. It values innovation and the connection between theory and practice to prepare students for the demands of the modern labour market.

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Role:

On behalf of the client, we are looking for an experienced professional to lead construction and infrastructure projects in the higher education and educational environment. You will represent users and manage project-related facility management (PbFM), overseeing demanding construction, renovation, and equipment projects across all relevant SIA service phases. The focus is on developing modern work, learning, and laboratory environments, strategic space planning, and coordinating internal and external project participants. The position combines construction project management, workplace management, and infrastructure development with the aim of creating functional, sustainable, and economical work and learning environments.

Responsibilities:

• Independent management of construction, renovation, and infrastructure projects in the higher education and educational environment from needs definition to realisation and handover

• Representation of users and project-related facility management (PbFM) across the relevant SIA service phases

• Responsibility for cost, schedule, and quality control as well as ensuring compliance with defined project goals and budget requirements

• Advising internal organisational units on space, room, and infrastructure issues considering operational, functional, and economic requirements

• Development of modern workplace, learning space, and laboratory concepts for needs-based design of work, teaching, and research environments

• Preparation of usage concepts, room programmes, and functional layouts based on structured needs analyses and coordinated user requirements

• Conducting and supporting feasibility studies, variant assessments, and space analyses to evaluate spatial and infrastructural development possibilities

• Coordination of internal specialist departments, operating organisations, user groups, as well as external architects, specialist planners, and service providers

• Ensuring effective interface management between construction planning, building operations, IT infrastructure, security, and other specialist areas

• Planning and accompanying larger equipment, furnishing, and relocation projects including coordination of logistics, schedules, and operational requirements

• Preparation of decision-making bases, project reports, and presentations as well as managing project documentation and handling administrative project tasks

• Contributing to the further development of standards, processes, and tools in facility management considering sustainability, user orientation, and lifecycle costs

Qualifications:

• Completed university degree (FH or university) in facility management, architecture, interior architecture, real estate management, or a comparable field

• Several years of solid professional experience in construction, infrastructure, or real estate management, ideally with responsibility for construction, renovation, workplace, or space development projects

• Very good knowledge of Swiss construction and planning processes across the relevant SIA service phases as well as experience in user representation or project-related facility management

• Profound understanding of space management, spatial planning, and operational requirements as well as experience in developing usage concepts, room programmes, and functional layouts

• Knowledge of workplace management, planning of modern learning environments, or coordination of laboratory infrastructures is an advantage

• Experience in cost, schedule, and quality management as well as interdisciplinary interface management; confident handling of common project management, office, and documentation systems

• Very good German language skills in spoken and written form for project management, preparation of decision-making bases, and communication with internal and external stakeholders

• Attractive training and development opportunities
• Interesting and varied activities/projects
• Well-coordinated and dynamic team
• Market- and performance-based salaries
• Above-average holidays and days off: All employees of ZHAW are entitled to at least 5 weeks of holiday per year from 1 January 2020. The annual holiday entitlement depends on the age of the employees.
• Family-friendly employment conditions, childcare: Balance between work and private life: with family-friendly structures and an annual working time model that offers the necessary flexibility and enables private commitments alongside work.

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Work location
Winterthur