Senior Project Manager

 

Recruiter:

Keystone Project Recruitment

Job Ref:

JHB001416/JHD

Date posted:

Friday, June 11, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related


SUMMARY:
Senior Project Manager (Contract) with extensive experience in the Mining and Minerals Industry.

POSITION INFO:

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

  • Identify and communicate the objectives for the project team in accordance with the contract terms, scope of work and corporate policy.
  • Communicate these objectives to the project team, Departmental Managers, and Client.
  • Organise the project team in consultation with Departmental Managers and agree the assignment of all key personnel.
  • Motivate the project team towards the determined objectives, by generating enthusiasm for the project, and by maintaining continued personal interest in achieving set targets.
  • Achieve scheduled performance, cost, quality, health, safety and environmental requirements of the project from contract award to Client''s acceptance.
  • Ensure that designated systems are adopted by the project team as soon as possible, after contract award.
  • Negotiate all contract changes with the Client.
  • Act as primary contact and maintain satisfactory relations with the Client.
  • Ensure that the requirements of secrecy agreements are strictly observed.
  • For Project Directors and Senior Project Managers only, deputise when requested for the Manager Operations.
  • Be familiar with the current application of computer systems to Wood''s business and endeavour to optimise their use and development within the project/department budget, both to solve technical problems and to promote the effective management of information.
  • To ensure that the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Policy is implemented and understood by all supervised staff.
  • Where a Project Executive is assigned to a project, the Project Director / Manager shall report to the Project Executive. This is in no way reduces the single point responsibility of the Project Director / Manager for the successful execution of the project.
  • Lead and support assigned proposals. This includes developing in conjunction with proposals the execution strategy.
  • Present execution plans at proposal review stage.

Qualifications:

  • Degree or Diploma in Project Management, or
  • 15-20 Years experience on projects in a leadership role
  • Experience to execute a mega project
  • Experience in remote African locations desirable

Knowledge, skills and experience:

  • General engineering knowledge
  • Clear understanding of the requirements of The Project Management Body of Knowledge
  • Thorough understanding of Engineering Management Processes gained through on site experience
  • Knowledge of Construction Processes including Constructability Reviews
  • Knowledge of Project Financial and Cost Management Processes
  • Ability to establish, implement and maintain project and contract programmes.
  • Experience and knowledge in commercial terms and conditions and the basic Law of Contracts
  • Ability to establish and implement Quality Management processes in compliance with the company established systems and procedures
  • Thorough understanding of the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety regulations
  • Thorough understanding of Risk Management processes
  • Multi-disciplinary experience of all aspects relating to the area under your control
  • Experience of all aspects of multi-discipline projects

Personal attributes:

  • Decision making skills
  • Analytical / problem solving skills
  • High level of numeracy / cost forecasting skills / financial understanding skills
  • Interpersonal negotiating and relationship skills.
  • Effective conflict resolution skills.
  • Excellent organisational skills.
  • Excellent communication skills


 

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