Senior Project Manager

SUMMARY:
Senior Project Manager

POSITION INFO:
Role Description and Duties:
· Leading the end-to-end implementation of key economic infrastructure projects aligned with the province’s strategic priorities.
· Mobilizing and managing project funding, including the identification of alternative financing sources and monitoring project-related expenditures.
· Ensuring compliance with the EPMO’s Programme Governance Framework, PFMA, and relevant legislation.
· Facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration—including with public entities, municipalities, and private investors—to optimize project success and accelerate delivery.
· Driving risk mitigation strategies to ensure timely, cost-effective, and sustainable outcomes.
· Providing strategic input into the integration of infrastructure delivery with investment attraction, skills development, and industrial development programmes.
· Overseeing project controls, reporting, and internal audit requirements to ensure transparency and accountability.
· Managing multiple high-impact projects from design through to completion and handover, ensuring delivery to scope, quality, time, and budget standards.
· Ensuring alignment with the provincial roads, energy, logistics, and industrial master plans, where applicable
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications & Experience:
· Bachelor’s degree in the Built Environment (preferably Architecture, Civil Engineering, or related field).
· Professional registration with a recognised Built Environment Council (e.g. SACAP, ECSA, SACPCMP).
· Certified Project Management Professional (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, SACPMP).
· Minimum of 5 years’ experience in infrastructure project management, ideally within the public or development sector.
· Demonstrated experience in strategic project development, including financial modelling, stakeholder engagement, and risk mitigation.
· Strong understanding of PFMA, infrastructure procurement frameworks, and engineering contract administration.
· Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and interface with high-level stakeholders.
· Excellent presentation, reporting, and decision-making skills.
· Knowledge of spatial development planning, SEZ implementation, and public-private partnerships (PPPs) will be an advantage.

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