MDL 393360 - General Manager – PPP

Employer Description

Leading Construction Development Organisation

Job Description

This General Manager position for a Construction Development company reports to the Shareholders and is a challenging role with lots of scope & opportunity to show your abilities & make a difference.

You will be expected to manage during the construction and operations phase and be responsible for all aspects of the project inclusive of client liaison, contract management and financial controls.

Your Responsibilities:

• To perform the executive functions required to manage the day-today affairs of the Concession Company and deliver effectively and efficiently its obligations to DRD&LR in terms of the PPP agreement, and to meet shareholders expectations.
• To provide continuity of the management of the SPV.
• Build trust relations with key partners and stakeholders within the PPP agreement, and act as a point of contact for the client and their representatives, shareholders and key service providers.
• Liaison with and reporting to the lending bank. Ensure compliance with the funding documents. Manage any funder requests, interface with their advisors and assist with site visits.
• Ensure all obligations of the SPV are monitored and delivered in accordance with the various contracts.
• Identify and proactively manage all risks associated with the PPP agreement.
• Be the primary interface with legal advisors and lenders.
• Be the primary interface between the client, shareholders and key service providers on all contractual and commercial matters pertaining to the PPP agreement and all other project agreements.
• Ensure that all relevant statutory and governance requirements of the organization are met.
• Manage the commercial obligations of the contract inclusive of all additional costs, variations and client instructions.
• Prepare all monthly reports required in terms of obligations of the concession company contained in the PPP agreement, subcontract agreements and lenders agreements.
• Ensure financial and commercial stability of the Concession Company and deliver the required value to shareholders, and to interface with the provider of financial management services and Financial Manager to ensure that they are fulfilling the financial management functions required by the SPV in terms of the service agreement and the PPP agreement.
• Monitor, collate and prepare all preferential procurement and delivery reports in line with the BB-BEE requirements of the PPP Agreement.
• Manage the project to ensure that the shareholders returns are not impacted and that the risks contained in the project are adequately mitigated or managed to ensure financial integrity.
• Report to the Board on all aspects of the project
• Manage, chair and issue minutes for all project related meetings with the Department, Subcontractors, Lenders and other ad-hoc meetings.
• Work with the Financial Manager and take responsibility for the financial reporting to the Board.
• Ensure there is a risk management procedure for the SPV and manage the risk review process.
• Reviewing contractor valuations and final account. Assist in resolving payment issues and in agreeing the final account.
• Ensure that the Operations Sub-Contractor performs in terms of its obligations under the PPP Agreement and attend to any non-performance in the manner prescribed by the aforementioned contacts.
• Oversee the efficient operation and management of the contractor and service providers to ensure delivery and integrity of contracted facilities and services and evaluation of strategic developments to meet and preferably exceed the Client’s expectations ensuring appropriate standards are achieved, appropriately monitored and reported. Prepare and issue official notices and other correspondence under the contracts.
• Ensure service providers fully discharge their statutory obligations.
• Ensure that any outstanding aspects of the Design and Construction Phase of the project are effectively concluded.
• Ensure that the relationship between the Design and Construction Subcontractor and Operations
• Subcontractor is effectively managed thereby preventing the Company’s exposure to risk that may arise from a breakdown of relationship between the Sub-contractors.
• Liaising with, providing all information reasonably required by the Independent Certifier (IC) or Transactional Advisor (TA), responding to comments and reports from the IC and TA and taking action as appropriate to enable the SPV to fulfil its contractual obligations.
• Oversee safe and compliant sites and in accordance with the Project Documents and Statutory obligations. Overall responsibility for the Health and Safety obligations of the SPV including all necessary routine reports.
• Maintain an effective contacts administration system.
• Review and monitor the management of defects and the 12 month defects sign off. Arrange release of any bonds/retentions etc. Review and monitor the management of latent defects.
• Facilitate resolution of contact disputes and conflicts to ensure sustainable reciprocal relationship with DRD&LR, key contractors and external stakeholders are maintained.
• Ensure that the company has an effective concession management team in place at all times
• Serve as chief spokesperson the company.
• Perform such duties and functions and exercise such powers as shall from time to time be required of or vested in him/her by the Board.
• Regularly produce audits and reports on contracts compliance and carry out the instruction of the Board or of such persons as may be designated by the Board for this purpose.
• Ensure that the day-to-day administration, management affairs and operations of the SPV are conducted within the limits of, and in accordance with, the decision framework and policies laid down from time to time by the Board.

Qualifications

• Any Built Environment tertiary degree with relevant experience in the built environment space
• Management courses
• Project Management courses

Skills

You will have at least 5 years’ experience in PPP (public private partnership) and project finance related projects and have:

• Strong understanding of PPP''s, their risks and stakeholders.
• Good understanding of legal principles and contracts.
• Thorough understanding of corporate governance
• Proven knowledge of contract management
• Management systems
• Financial exposure
• Quality Assessment systems
• Health & Safety