Senior Manager

Role Purpose

• The incumbent in this role acts as a  project in-charge of quality  for a  project site with the scope less than INR 1500 crore and drives day-to-day activities with a focus on process optimisation, creating  the right design mix and getting necessary approvals on time.
• They are responsible for quality assurance at a project level using techniques that are compliant, cost-effective, best practices in the industry and ensure adherence to the set quality standards both by the client and GRIL team.
• They also need to focus on collaborating with the plants & equipment, planning and operations team to drive quality targets (quality laboratory management with quality certifications and timely calibration of equipment) across GRIL.  

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Framework and Operations – Ensure implementation of apex quality procedures and inspection standards. Guide the team to adhere to established processes while handling supplier base for material requirements from a mid and long term perspective. Ensure suitable audits are conducted for new supplier selection. Finalise the design mix of materials while ensuring set quality standards.
• Quality certifications, compliance and audits – Ensure adherence to established process for review of warranty claims and rejections with the aim to realize cost benefits. Guide team to design and implement suitable counter-measures to deal with quality related issues. Propose improved guidelines for handling of rejection through the use of analytical techniques. Ensure adoption & adherence to the quality guidelines. Guide the team in translating the feedback from the clients/consultants into actions to other delivery functions  and  departments   to  prevent  recurrence  of  quality  issues. Implement best practices in the quality audit and inspection methodologies. Manage lab operations, certification / calibration of equipment and maintenance of lab records.
• Client Management – Coordinating with the client and consultants and resolving their issues with respect to non-conformance and conformance reports.
• MIS and Reporting – Review and submit  the  MPR  for  all  the  quality  related  issues and share  the  same  with the  relevant  stakeholders. Capture accurate data about the performance of the suppliers as per the defined quality framework and work with operations team to filter the best material suppliers.
• People Management – Ensure the capability development for the division through performance management, training, and mentoring of teams to drive high performance and engagement and enable achievement of current and future business needs.

Indicative Experience and Exposure

• Graduate in (B.E./ B.Tech) Civil Engineering, preferably Post Graduation in Management/ Construction/ Transportation/ Highway Engineering/ Structural Engineering or equivalent specialized stream of Civil engineering.
• Min 10 yrs. of experience in supervision of road projects, rail, metro high speed rail project.