Zürich
Senior Project Manager Client Representation (m/f/d)
- 14 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- CHF 140 000 - 145 000 /year
- German (Fluent)
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Senior Project Manager Client Representation (m/f/d)
Salary - CHF140,000 - 145,000Role:
On behalf of a client, we are seeking an experienced professional as Senior Project Manager Client Representation for an established company with demanding industrial, logistics and infrastructure projects. You will take on the strategic and operational client representation for complex large-scale projects and accompany these from concept development through planning and tendering to realisation, commissioning and acceptance. The focus is on multi-project management, leading interdisciplinary project teams and the technical coordination of construction, infrastructure, building and energy technology. The position combines comprehensive project responsibility with strategic client consulting, cost, schedule and quality management as well as the development of sustainable infrastructure concepts.
Responsibilities:
Strategic client representation: Advising and representing the client in demanding industrial, logistics and infrastructure projects and ensuring the overarching project objectives
Large project management: Independently managing complex construction and infrastructure projects from concept development and feasibility study to commissioning and handover
Project development and organisation: Developing project strategies, feasibility analyses, project structures and decision-making bases for executive management and management
Leading interdisciplinary project teams: Evaluating, commissioning and coordinating architects, civil engineers, specialist planners, project controllers and external construction management companies
Planning and execution coordination: Monitoring preliminary project, construction project, tendering and execution planning and ensuring a coordinated overall technical planning
Construction and infrastructure technology: Coordinating complex interfaces between building construction, civil engineering, building services, energy supply, technical systems and operational infrastructure
Tendering and awarding management: Supporting planner submissions, contractor tenders, offer evaluations and contract awards in compliance with relevant SIA standards
Cost, schedule and quality management: Monitoring investment budgets, project schedules, quality standards and project risks and initiating appropriate control measures
Technical project controlling: Reviewing planning services, execution documents, technical specifications and contractually agreed services
Assembly and commissioning coordination: Monitoring technical execution, assembly processes as well as functional tests, performance tests and commissioning
Acceptance and defect management: Coordinating technical acceptances, defect recording, rectifications and project documentation until successful handover
Technology and knowledge transfer: Evaluating and further developing construction technology, energy efficiency, sustainable building concepts and future-oriented infrastructure solutions as well as promoting internal specialist knowledge exchange
Qualifications:
Completed degree FH, ETH, university or HF in architecture, civil engineering, building services engineering or a comparable construction-technical field
Several years of professional experience in client representation and management of complex large-scale projects, preferably in industrial, logistics or infrastructure construction
Sound knowledge in construction project management, project development, client consulting and project controlling according to SIA
In-depth expertise in building construction, infrastructure, building services and energy technology as well as experience with complex technical interfaces
Experience in tendering, contract management, investment controlling, commissioning and technical acceptance processes
Further training in project management or infrastructure management as well as experience in the professional leadership of interdisciplinary project teams is an advantage
Fluent German, very good French and English skills are an advantage
Benefits:
- Attractive training and development opportunities
- Interesting and varied activities/projects
- Well-coordinated and dynamic team
- Market- and performance-based salaries
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Work location
Zurich