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Drees & Sommer

Global consulting for real estate and infrastructure

Large Project Manager - Onshore-Leitungs-und-Trassenbau, Gas / Wasserstoff / Strom

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

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in civil engineering, geosciences, surveying, process engineering, environmental sciences, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a comparable field, or an equivalent qualification with appropriate professional experience.
  • At least 10 years of experience planning, managing, or delivering linear infrastructure projects, ideally in pipeline or electricity transmission-line construction.
  • Demonstrated experience leading major projects and large project teams.
  • Sound knowledge of open and trenchless construction methods and relevant regulations.
  • Experience working with different contract models, such as unit-price and collaborative models.
  • Strong execution, decision-making, and entrepreneurial thinking.
  • Confident communication with customers, authorities, and stakeholders.
  • Ability to collaborate across disciplines and work independently.
  • Assertiveness, goal orientation, and a strong sense of responsibility.
  • Affinity for digital tools and innovative technologies in construction.
  • Willingness to travel for project-related work.

Responsibilities

  • Lead major projects in onshore pipeline and route construction for gas, hydrogen, and electricity.
  • Take entrepreneurial responsibility for projects, including scope, resources, budget, and results.
  • Manage detailed design and procurement processes for open and trenchless construction methods.
  • Functionally lead interdisciplinary project teams, including up to 60 internal and 1,000 external project participants such as external planners, engineering firms, and contractors.
  • Act as the client representative.
  • Ensure project success measures for cost, schedule, quality, and occupational safety, with a focus on implementation.
  • Maintain an active presence during execution and manage construction processes on site.
  • Use digital construction technologies, including digital platforms, drones, and AI-supported analyses, to monitor progress and assure quality.
  • Advise customers on strategic, organizational, and technical project-delivery issues.
  • Build and maintain sustainable customer relationships and contribute to acquiring new projects.
  • Contribute to business development and market development.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in pipeline or electricity transmission-line construction.
  • Interest in project acquisition and market development.

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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