Industry practice
Real Estate & Infrastructure Recruitment
Hiring in Real Estate & Infrastructure
We recruit for residential and commercial developers, EPC contractors, infrastructure operators and facility management businesses.
Hiring in this sector is tied to project milestones, land acquisition, approvals, launch, execution, handover, and each stage needs different capability. We plan against that calendar rather than filling roles as they are individually raised.
What makes Real Estate hiring difficult
Hiring must track the project calendar
We work backwards from launch and execution milestones so leadership is in place ahead of the stage it governs.
Site-based roles in difficult locations
Project sites are frequently remote. Relocation and site-allowance realities are established with candidates from the first call.
Liaison and approvals capability is local
Regulatory liaison experience is city-specific and rarely transfers between states. We screen on the exact jurisdiction.
Sales talent quality varies widely
Real estate sales attracts high volume and inconsistent capability. Screening focuses on verified closures, not claimed ones.
Roles across the sector
Grouped by function. Adjacent roles are almost always in scope.
Project & Execution
- Project Head
- Construction Manager
- Planning & Scheduling Manager
- Quantity Surveyor
- MEP Manager
- Site Safety Manager
Design & Technical
- Design Manager
- Architect
- Structural Engineer
- Contracts Manager
- Quality Head
- BIM Specialist
Commercial & Sales
- Sales Head, Residential
- Leasing Head, Commercial
- Channel Partner Manager
- CRM Head
- Marketing Manager
- Business Development Lead
Support & Governance
- Liaison & Approvals Head
- Land Acquisition Manager
- Facility Management Head
- Finance Controller, Projects
- Legal & Compliance Manager
- Procurement Head
How we hire for Real Estate
Permanent Recruitment
Specialist hiring for professional and mid-management roles.
Turnkey Recruitment
Whole teams, new sites and new functions, built end to end.
Executive Search
Confidential, research-led search for roles that define a business.
Staffing Services
Contract, temporary and payrolled talent, compliantly managed.
What we are seeing in Real Estate
- 01
Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru and Delhi NCR carry the highest volume of developer hiring.
- 02
Liaison and approvals capability is genuinely city-specific and should never be assumed transferable.
- 03
Project-linked incentives form a large part of senior packages and shape candidate motivation.
- 04
Facility management hiring runs on a different rhythm to development and is better handled as a continuous pipeline.
Real Estate & Infrastructure recruitment, frequently asked
Yes, across project management, planning, execution, MEP, quality and safety, including roles at remote project sites.
Yes, new project team build-outs run through our turnkey recruitment practice, sequenced against the construction calendar.
On verified closure history, ticket size, channel partner network and the specific micro-market they have sold in.
Start hiring
Hiring in Real Estate?
Brief the consultant who covers this sector. You will get an honest read on the market before we start, not after six weeks.