Project Manager in Training

Department: Project Delivery - Zone 11

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Trivandrum, IND

Reporting To: Abhijith VJ

Compensation: 600,000 - 900,000 / year

Description

RWDI is seeking an experienced and motivated individual to join us as a full-time Project Manager in Training at our Trivandrum office.

Position Overview

As a Project Manager in Training, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, pursuing, and securing new business opportunities within the engineering consulting sector. This position requires a strategic thinker with a proven track record of successfully managing and closing projects, coupled with a strong aptitude for cultivating and maintaining client relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively sourcing, negotiating, and facilitating new business
• Developing working relationships with clients
• Meeting and exceeding client expectations and project milestones
• Ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines concurrently
• Writing / Developing and tracking proposals
• Managing financial activities of the project including tracking revenue, issuing invoices and recovering receivables
• Assembling and guiding a team towards meeting project objectives
• Ensuring that Quality Assurances are completed, recorded and meet company standards and project scope
• Solving challenging design problems in consultation with engineering, architectural and industrial clients
• Consulting with engineers and architects to answer technical questions
• Providing advice on technical problems and following the appropriate QA/QC Procedures
• Time management will be essential. Flexible working hours is provided and communication across time zones will be necessary.
  
  

Research

• Researching companies and individuals to identify new firms, new contacts and regional project opportunities/leads
  
  

Client Outreach And Relationship

• Contacting potential clients via email or phone to establish rapport and coordinate meetings for RWDI Consultants with key decision makers in the A/E industry
• Attending regional networking events, if needed, and developing relationships to become a recognized representative of RWDI
• Occasional travel within the India and Middle East Regions
  
  

Proposal Support

• Organizing the preparation of bids, teaming requests and presentations using marketing resource materials and client database information
  
  

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in civil, Structural, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering and Masters in Business Administration
• Knowledge of wind engineering, acoustics, building performance or sustainability is preferred
• Experience working on international projects in a multidisciplinary design environment
• Experience in business development activities
• Experience in developing new markets
• Track record of developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with clients
• Experience in developing detailed proposals and negotiating fees with clients
• Ability to use a variety of client communication methods to increase RWDI's visibility in the marketplace and making value-based connections with individual clients
• Ability to successfully meet schedules and control costs
• Aptitude for practical problem solving
• Possess or be eligible to obtain registered Chartered Professional status.
  
  

Job Benefits

• An opportunity to redefine possible.
• Work with a 'Top Employer'
• Health benefits
• Proactive and ongoing training, education
• Fitness Spending Account
• An abundance of career paths and opportunities to advance.

Skills Required
Aerospace Engineering, Quality Assurance, Business Development