Senior Construction Manager (CSA)

About the role

The Senior Construction Manager leads the planning, execution and delivery of large-scale construction projects, ensuring safe, high-quality and commercially successful outcomes. The role oversees multidisciplinary project teams, manages key stakeholders and drives operational excellence so projects are delivered on time and within budget. Experience delivering mission-critical facilities such as data centers is highly desirable.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for major construction projects or several concurrent ones, set execution strategies and resource deployment models, and drive performance on safety, quality, schedule, cost and client satisfaction.
• Lead on-site construction from mobilization through completion and handover, ensuring works follow approved drawings, specifications, schedules and contracts.
• Coordinate daily site operations, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, monitor progress and address issues affecting safety, quality, cost or schedule.
• Work with project managers, planners, commercial teams, consultants and clients; manage milestones, sequencing, recovery plans and commissioning, testing and handover.
• Champion a strong safety culture, ensure compliance with Singapore Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) regulations and company HSE standards, and conduct site inspections, safety reviews and risk assessments.
• Ensure quality standards are met, coordinate inspections and testing, manage defects and rectification, and promote continuous improvement.
• Act as the primary site representative, lead construction meetings, give regular updates to senior management and support cost control, variation, claims and change management.
• Lead, mentor and develop site management teams, including site managers, engineers, supervisors and inspectors.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Building or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15+ years of construction management experience in building, industrial, infrastructure, mission-critical or data center sectors.
• Proven track record managing large-scale projects valued at SGD 100 million and above.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams across multiple project packages or concurrent projects.
• Experience with main contractors, EPC contractors, project management consultancies or developers is highly preferred; data center, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, healthcare or other mission-critical project experience is highly advantageous.
• Ability to mentor construction managers, site managers, engineers and other project team members.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, contract administration, risk management and project controls.
• Knowledge of Singapore WSH regulations, quality standards and statutory requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, communication and leadership skills.
• Proven experience driving project recovery, productivity improvements and operational excellence.