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Drees & Sommer

Global consulting for real estate and infrastructure

Project Director - EPCM Industry, Life Science und Pharma-Industrie

Construction ManagementUpdated on Nov 11
Full-timeHamburg, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in architecture, civil engineering, electrical engineering, building services engineering, chemical engineering, or a comparable qualification.
  • Extensive, in-depth professional experience in an overall-responsibility position, particularly managing complex EPCM industrial projects in the described high-tech environment.
  • Understanding of the full planning and delivery process for major construction projects and commercial acumen in project management.
  • Knowledge of HOAI, AHO, VOB, FIDIC, RIBA, and common risk-management methodologies.
  • Business-fluent spoken and written German and English.
  • Ability to work independently, conceptually, in a structured manner, and across multiple trades.
  • Solution-oriented negotiating skills and good judgment of people and situations.
  • Unrestricted willingness to travel for projects within Germany and Europe.

Responsibilities

  • Assume overall responsibility for highly complex, large-scale EPCM projects focused on high-tech industrial buildings and major facilities, such as pharmaceutical production plants.
  • Own strategic and operational project delivery, including achieving contribution margin, quality, and efficiency targets.
  • Proactively drive all project decisions required to meet cost, schedule, and quality requirements.
  • Lead the participating project teams through an integrated approach combining technical expertise, quality management, and budget responsibility.
  • Steer collaboration, ensure proactive communication, and facilitate sparring among internal and external stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Develop and conceptually and procedurally improve project-management workflows.
  • Support project delivery across all phases and work regularly at changing project sites.

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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