Client Project Manager (20739)

Bern, Switzerland (and home office) | 80-100% |

Your contribution

• Assume the overall responsibility incumbent on the client for construction projects, ranging from the selection procedure to design and implementation, up to delivery to our clients (SIA phases 22-53)
• Define project objectives, risks, and principles (work planning, implementation models, procedural phases); manage interdisciplinary project organizations
• Forecast, request, and administer human and financial resources as well as manage project-related credits in accordance with the Federal Act on the Financial Management of the Confederation (LFC)
• Ensure effective collaboration with users, managers, designers, contractors, and technical consultants in the interest of the Confederation as the client
• Carry out award procedures in accordance with public procurement law (LAPub/OAPub) and ensure effective quality management and project controlling

What distinguishes you

• Tertiary-level training as an architect or civil engineer or equivalent training in the construction sector
• Several years of experience in the general management of complex construction projects; experience in client representation is desirable
• Proven skills in integrated project management (quality, costs, deadlines) and knowledge in the public procurement sector (LAPub/OAPub) constitute a preferential qualification
• Strong managerial skills, goal- and solution-oriented thinking and approach, and knowledge of business administration
• Very good interpersonal skills and excellent communication skills
• Good active knowledge of at least two official languages

In summary

As a client representative at the UFCL, the construction body of the Confederation, you will assume general responsibility for complex construction projects throughout Switzerland. This key role is characterized by the acquisition of resources and the management of interdisciplinary project organizations, the control of complex processes within clearly defined objectives, and the guarantee of compliance with quality, costs, and deadlines in the public interest. The vacancy concerns three positions in three different departments. Since our organizational unit operates in all linguistic regions of the country, active knowledge of two official languages is required. Applications will be assigned to the three different departments based on linguistic skills and specialist profile. A diversified activity of great responsibility awaits you, with a direct impact on the building development of the Confederation.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We strive for the successful Swiss model and work for the well-being of the population.
• Living diversity The realization of equal opportunities allows us to express our skills to the fullest and to contemplate different points of view.
• Fit at the workplace We provide support and advice to our employees on the topic of physical and mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/it/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

A series of interesting construction projects and tasks await you!

Build, purchase, move, advise: this is the DNA of the UFCL. Every day, with great motivation, we do our best for Switzerland, politics, and the Federal Administration. Together, we strive to enable the 43 000 employees of the Confederation to perform their work. In doing so, we contribute to defining not only their collaboration but also new standards in terms of sustainability.

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Renate Braun
RU Business Partner
+41 58 46 38084