Client Representative

Realizing living spaces for future generations.

HIAG is a leading real estate company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. HIAG's business model encompasses the entire real estate value chain: portfolio/asset management, site development, and transaction management. We invest in residential, commercial, and industrial spaces in attractive locations in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland and place great importance on sustainability. Together, we create holistic living spaces of the future for people and companies on our sites. We combine the strengths of a family business with the financial impact of a listed group of companies. Our corporate culture is characterized by trust, transparency, and dialogue. We communicate at eye level and maintain respectful interaction.

Your tasks

• You assume the client representation and overall responsibility for demanding new construction, conversion, and renovation projects from planning to handover.
• You manage construction projects independently with regard to costs, quality, deadlines, and sustainability.
• You support our site and project developers with your know-how already in early planning phases.
• You lead and coordinate external planners, general and total contractors, as well as other technical specialists.
• You ensure the implementation of strategic, economic, and qualitative project goals.
• You prepare tenders, conduct award procedures, and create works contracts.
• You are responsible for several parallel smaller and medium-sized construction projects and accompany the warranty and defect rectification phase.
• You review construction cost calculations and ensure economical project execution.
• You conduct contract negotiations with planners, contractors, and other project partners.
• You accompany real estate acquisitions with technical due diligence audits and profitability analyses.
• You create decision bases, loan applications, and participate in the budgeting process.
• You further develop overarching topics such as LEAN Construction, ESG, process optimizations, and construction cost benchmarking.
• You work closely with Asset Management, property management, marketing, development, and finance.

Your profile

• You have at least five years of professional experience in a comparable function.
• You have a university degree in architecture, civil engineering, or a comparable education – ideally supplemented by further training in real estate economics (e.g., CUREM).
• You bring sound experience in residential construction as well as ideally in industrial and commercial construction across all planning and realization phases.
• You drive projects forward with energy, clarity, and decisiveness – even in demanding situations.
• You work in a structured and analytical manner, while simultaneously being pragmatic and solution-oriented.
• You think integrally, lead with an integrative approach, and develop viable solutions for different stakeholders.
• You do not see yourself as a mere coordinator, but as an entrepreneurially minded personality who takes responsibility, recognizes opportunities, and drives projects forward with conviction.
• You think in options instead of problems, go the extra mile if necessary, and bundle different interests into a common goal.
• You have an affinity for new planning and construction processes; experience with LEAN and BIM is an advantage.
• You communicate very well and appropriately to the addressee in German and French; English skills are an advantage.
• You act agilely and flexibly in a dynamic, opportunistic environment.

Our offer

• Interesting & diverse area of responsibility
• Motivated, well-coordinated, and helpful team
• Organization with a flat hierarchical structure as well as short decision-making paths
• Independent work and freedom
• Exclusively company-owned properties (no third-party mandates)
• Exciting and sustainably acting environment
• Space for personal and professional development
• Attractive further training opportunities

Your place of work

• Zürich (Directly at the main station)

We look forward to your application.

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