Project Manager (m/f/d)

Project Manager (m/f/d)

Since 1953, our ROCKEN partner has offered a wide range of planning, consulting, and management services for all project phases in the fields of infrastructure, real estate, structural civil engineering, energy & environment, mobility & transport, as well as surveying.

Role:

On behalf of a client, we are seeking an experienced professional as Project Manager for civil engineering structures and structural engineering for an established Swiss engineering and planning company specialising in infrastructure planning, bridge construction, and structural design. You will take on overall and project management of demanding civil engineering projects and be responsible for their technical, organisational, and economic execution across all relevant planning phases. The focus is on the design of bridges, retaining structures, and other infrastructure constructions, leading interdisciplinary planning teams, and ensuring compliance with cost, schedule, and quality requirements. Additionally, you will be involved in project acquisition, client care, and further development of the civil engineering department.

Responsibilities:

• Overall and project management of civil engineering structures: Independently leading complex bridge, retaining structure, and infrastructure projects from preliminary study to realisation and handover

• Structural engineering: Responsible for the design of road and railway bridges, underpasses, overpasses, retaining walls, and other engineering structures

• Project execution according to SIA: Managing the technical and organisational project processing through the relevant SIA phases 21-53

• Structural design and construction: Coordinating and professionally supporting the static calculation, structural concept, and detailed design in reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, and steel construction

• Leading project teams: Professionally leading civil engineers, project engineers, designers, and external specialist planners

• Cost and schedule management: Preparing and monitoring project budgets, cost estimates, cost proposals, and schedules

• Quality and risk management: Ensuring compliance with technical project specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and project-specific risks

• Maintenance and preservation: Supporting condition assessments, structural evaluations, reinforcement measures, and renovation concepts of existing civil engineering structures

• Tendering and awarding: Coordinating the preparation of specifications, tender documents, technical specifications, and award recommendations

• Client and authority coordination: Supporting public and private clients and liaising with ASTRA, cantonal civil engineering offices, municipalities, and other specialist authorities

• Project controlling and reporting: Monitoring project progress, fee budgets, costs, schedules, and quality objectives as well as preparing project reports

• Acquisition and client care: Supporting business development through client care, offer preparation, fee proposals, and acquisition of new civil engineering projects

Qualifications:

• Completed studies as a civil engineer ETH or FH with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably specialising in structural engineering or structural design

• Several years of professional experience in project management of structural engineering projects with verifiable references in civil engineering structures and transport infrastructure

• Solid expertise in bridge construction, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, and structural design as well as in the design of demanding engineering structures

• Very good knowledge of Swiss SIA structural standards, especially SIA 260-267, as well as relevant ASTRA guidelines is an advantage

• Experience in overall project management, project controlling, cost and schedule planning, and professional leadership of interdisciplinary project teams

• Knowledge of common static, CAD, and BIM software, such as CUBUS, SOFiSTiK, Allplan, or comparable systems, is an advantage

• Fluent German skills in spoken and written form, good French skills for cross-regional project work are an advantage

• Participation in health measures
• Flexible working hours
• Market- and performance-based salaries
• Attractive training and development opportunities
• Open corporate culture

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Work location
Bern