Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance [Get Quote] group is planning a splash in the real estate business, for which it has initiated a process of recruiting large number of professionals to work on its captive as well as independent business projects.

The country's largest corporate house is seeking professionals with at least 15 years of "hands on experience" with major civil constructions, hotel chains, interior designers, architects, real estate developers as well as contractors and engineering consultancy companies working in this field for its real estate projects.

In an advertisement inviting job applications for real estate projects, Reliance Group said that the potential candidates should have "worked on and successfully completed projects for major residential complexes, 5-star hotels, malls or IT office complexes in India and abroad," the group said.

"Reliance Group has substantially large portfolio of real estate projects to fulfill captive requirements as well as an independent business activity," it said. "Projects include high quality office space, residential properties, convention centre, auditorium etc. Renowned international architects, leading business service engineers, design and other consultants and interior designers are associated with these projects," the group noted.

The group's existing real estate projects include Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai, a modern Convention Centre and a world-class hospital in Mumbai. The appointments, all to be based out of Mumbai, would be made in a Reliance Group company operating in the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) sector, the advertisement said.

The group said it was looking for professionals at various levels with hands on experience in the area of design and engineering, project management and project control. The vacancies are for the positions of Project Managers, Project Architects and Project & Design Engineers.

The areas where new people would be hired are project management, project engineering, mechanical, civil and structural, electrical and architects. The group is promising a compensation matching the best in the industry, which would follow a cost-to-company method offering flexibility to selected candidates to chose a package based on his own taxation and social needs.