SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:
Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead overall project delivery, ensuring compliance with company, client, and industry standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage project controls: reporting, costs, schedules, trends, and change management for both direct and indirect costs.
- Develop and maintain project procedures, work practices, plans, and systems for efficient team operations.
- Drive projects to meet contractual KPIs and exceed client expectations.
- Ensure compliance with commercial, safety, environmental, community, industrial relations, and quality standards.
- Audit and improve policies, procedures, and standards.
- Support business development by maintaining client relationships and identifying opportunities.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to meet project design criteria and deliverables.
- Mentor engineers and support professional development.
- Recommend operational efficiency improvements and contribute to business improvement initiatives.
- Conduct regular site visits to monitor progress, costs, safety, quality, environmental risks, and changes.
- Travel as required for business operations.
Minimum Requirements:
- University degree in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- 10–15 years in mineral processing or related industries.
- Minimum 5 years in Project Management, preferably large-scale mining projects.
- Experience in greenfield and brownfield projects, delivering on time, within scope, and under budget.
- Knowledge of open-pit and underground mining methods.
- Proficient in project management tools (Primavera P6, MS Project).
- Strong financial skills: CAPEX/OPEX planning, cost tracking, cash flow forecasting.
- Experience managing full project lifecycle: feasibility, FEED, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, handover.
- Familiarity with EPC/EPCM contracts and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- South African Citizen or Permanent Resident, based in Cape Town.
- Strong communication, leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently, delegate appropriately, and maintain high-quality deliverables.
- Technical aptitude, analytical and problem-solving skills, integrity, attention to detail, process optimization expertise, and discretion.
