Project Controller / Project Manager / Lean Construction Manager

About This Role

This role involves leading and managing complex infrastructure projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality. It suits a professional with a background in engineering, geography, landscape, or spatial planning, who is adept at project steering and applying Lean Construction methods.

Responsibilities

• Provide project control services across all performance areas during the planning and execution of complex infrastructure projects
• Ensure quality, on-schedule, and cost-effective project delivery
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders
• Identify, analyze, and manage project risks, and derive appropriate measures
• Coordinate internal and external project participants across all project phases
• Conduct active interface management between all involved disciplines and stakeholders (e.g., technical planning, executing bodies, approval authorities, negotiation and coordination partners)
• Ensure early conflict detection and consistent work and planning statuses

Requirements

• Completed degree in engineering, geography, landscape or spatial planning, or a comparable qualification
• Sound experience in project management or project control of infrastructure projects
• Knowledge and practical experience in the application of Lean Construction methods in planning and execution phases (especially the Last Planner System)
• Ability to develop and effectively implement structures and processes for complex projects (project organization, reporting, risk management, etc.)
• Strong communication skills, pronounced sense of responsibility, and high customer orientation
• Integrity, initiative, and willingness to actively share knowledge within the team
• Independent, structured, and goal-oriented way of working, as well as high commitment and willingness to attend project-related external appointments
• Proficient German language skills, both written and spoken

Benefits

• Diverse projects with a focus on sustainability in an open leadership environment
• Flexible working hours without core hours, but with trust-based working hours, strong work-life balance, and support in the form of a free consultation telephone service
• Additional benefits such as fitness offers or Deutschland-Ticket, childcare and holiday cost subsidies, employee discounts, and much more
• Comprehensive digital and personal onboarding program with individual mentorship
• Good career and further development opportunities via the Sweco Academy internally or through external seminars

Important Details

• Employment type: full-time or part-time

About the Company

Sweco is Europe's largest architecture and engineering firm, with over 35 locations in Germany alone. Together with its clients and the knowledge of its architects, engineers, and other specialists active throughout Europe, the company creates sustainable solutions and aims to change society.