Building Delivery Manager

Job overview / summary

The Building Delivery Manager is the client focal point responsible for safe, timely and quality delivery of assigned project buildings and associated facilities, from engineering and procurement through construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning support, and handover.

The role provides delivery assurance, supervision, and close follow-up of contractors, coordinates multidisciplinary interfaces, identifies blockers early, and drives clear corrective actions with owners and due dates to protect schedule, HSE, quality, and handover readiness.

Experience requirements

Total experience required: Significant experience in building, infrastructure, industrial facilities, or EPC project delivery

Relevant experience required: Preferably in oil and gas, LNG, petrochemical, or heavy industrial projects

Industry-specific experience: Oil and gas, LNG, petrochemical, or heavy industrial projects

Responsibilities and skills

Key responsibilities:

• Safe and timely delivery of assigned buildings in line with project priorities and approved execution sequence.
• Effective client oversight of contractors' and subcontractors' performance for the assigned scope.
• Engineering and procurement readiness to support construction with sustainable workfronts.
• Visible control of schedule, progress, quality, HSE, and commissioning readiness.
• Early identification, escalation, and follow-up of delivery risks, blockers, and recovery actions.
• Accurate, concise, and action-oriented reporting to client management.
• Maintain a consolidated view of delivery status for assigned buildings from engineering through commissioning handover.
• Follow up on contractors' mobilization, staffing, site organization, workface readiness, and execution priorities.
• Track engineering deliverables, technical queries, approvals, design maturity, and field engineering support required for construction continuity.
• Monitor procurement and material availability for equipment, bulk materials, construction packages, and subcontracted scopes affecting site progress.
• Monitor construction execution, productivity, progress measurement, look-ahead planning, constraints, and recovery actions.
• Verify HSE requirements are understood and implemented, with prompt follow-up of observations, incidents, and corrective actions.
• Verify quality implementation, including inspection readiness, NCR management, punch list closure, and compliance with approved specifications and procedures.
• Coordinate construction completion, mechanical completion, system prioritization, and handover sequence with commissioning stakeholders.
• Provide concise reporting to client management on schedule, progress, risks, HSE, quality, blockers, contractor performance, and required decisions.

Technical & domain skills:

• Good understanding of HSE, QA/QC, construction planning, progress measurement, and mechanical completion principles.
• Strong multidisciplinary coordination experience covering engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning interfaces.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge contractor plans, identify delivery risks, and drive timely corrective actions.

Soft skills:

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to report clearly, escalate factually, and coordinate stakeholders without direct line authority.
• Site-based mindset, hands-on follow-up, and strong discipline in action tracking and closure.