Project Manager in Training

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.