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Drees & Sommer

Global consulting for real estate and infrastructure

Senior Civil Engineer / Construction Manager - Civil Engineering in Energy Projects

Construction ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeKarlsruhe, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in civil engineering or a comparable qualification, or alternatively extensive relevant professional experience in civil or utility construction.
  • Several years of experience as a construction manager or senior construction manager in civil engineering, with well-founded experience in complex construction processes.
  • Openness to using AI-supported tools in construction supervision, scheduling, and risk management, and a willingness to help shape their use.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills.
  • A structured, solution-oriented working style.
  • Ability to make decisions under time and cost pressure.
  • High willingness to travel to accompany projects at construction sites.
  • A valid Class B driver's license.

Responsibilities

  • Take overall responsibility for the construction execution phase of major energy-related civil engineering projects, primarily pipeline and cable civil works, including buried cables and route construction.
  • Ensure quality, schedules, costs, and contractual compliance, using AI-supported digital tools.
  • Coordinate complex construction processes while taking permits, safety, and environmental requirements into account.
  • Serve as the central contact for clients, construction companies, and internal project teams.
  • Moderate construction meetings, coordination meetings, and decision-making sessions.
  • Clearly report risks, deviations, and decisions needed, and identify corrective measures when deviations occur.
  • Lead and coordinate construction supervisors.

About the Company

Drees & Sommer

Global consulting for real estate and infrastructure

Drees & Sommer delivers partner-managed, global consulting and implementation services for the real estate, infrastructure and industrial markets. Its teams provide sustainable, economically viable solutions tailored to each client’s needs, combining consulting with hands-on execution. Work flows through interdisciplinary groups led by Partners who are personally responsible for projects, guided by the “the blue way”—a holistic approach that balances economy, ecology and functionality and blends analytical rigor with creative thinking. The main differentiators are a partner-owned, intrapreneur-driven structure, a worldwide footprint (more than 6,500 people across 80 offices) and a commitment to uniting opposing concepts—tradition with the future, analog with digital, efficiency with well-being—into actionable outcomes. The goal is to help create a livable future by integrating sustainability, digitization and practical feasibility across projects.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Founded
1970

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