Project Manager

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa TSM Consulting Full time

The role of the Project Manager is to plan, execute and finalise projects according to strict deadlines and within budget.

This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants to deliver projects according to plan.

The project manager will also define the project's objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities include:

Management

  • Develop the project charter with the project sponsor;
  • Determine project goals and priorities;
  • Select project team members;
  • Represent the client's or organisation's interests;
  • May be responsible for more than one project;
  • Organise the various professional people working on a project;
  • Ensure that all project related IT systems and tools used to keep track of people and progress is effective;
  • Negotiate the performance of activities with team members and their managers if operating in a matrix environment;
  • Coach to clarify assignments and deliverables;
  • Mentor others in project management practices.
  • Review quality of work and manage integration of team member's work.
  • Monitor subcontractors to ensure guidelines are maintained;
  • Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project's objectives and motivate the project team to achieve them. Create a project environment that enables peak performance by team members;
  • Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients and vendors. Keep the stakeholders informed of progress and issues to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables;
  • Involve functional expertise and specialist staff design reviews and key decisions;
  • Resolve conflict and interface problems within the project;
  • Manage the financial aspects of the project: budgeting, estimate to actual variance, capital project management, etc.;
  • Liaise with the project client and coordinate any input from operational staff towards project decisions such as;
  • Scope, schedule, cost, resource, and quality change requisitions
  • Technical queries
  • Design reviews
  • Ensure that the project's business case is continuously reviewed during the project execution and handover phases;
  • During the project execution, liaise with the project steering committee on project business case threats;
  • Liaise with an assurance team within the Project Support Office (PSO);
  • Effectively coordinate the activities of the team to meet project milestones;
  • Adhere to safety regulations, standards, procedures and practices and report noncompliance;
  • Participate in regular safety meetings and make recommendations to ensure overall safety;
  • Project facilitation to ensure alignment amongst stakeholders;
  • Ensure that lessons learned are captured by the project team;
  • Perform regular inspections in the work area and report hazards to ensure environment is safety and hazard free. Recommend remedial action where necessary.

Administration

  • Accept the role of the project manager as designated by the project sponsor;
  • Gather stakeholder input and rank the top project risks in terms of total impact;
  • Contribute to the lessons learned database;
  • Manage change to preserve the business plan to the original estimate commitments. Initiate a review if objectives must change.

Technical

  • Cocreate a project charter with the team, including the definition of completion criteria;
  • Organise the work into manageable activity clusters (phases) and determine an effective approach to completing the work;
  • With an estimator, compile a complete and accurate estimate of a project. Use reserves appropriately;
  • With the project planner(s), prepare a project plan and schedule and obtain management approval;
  • Analyse risk, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating mitigating action;
  • Work with a planner/cost controller in tracking and reporting on progress to plan, cost and schedule reporting, and change control;
  • Analyse the actual performance against the plan and make adjustments consistent with plan objectives;
  • Establish and publish clear priorities amongst the project activities;
  • Provide input/justification for project costs and budget impact;
  • Represent the project at meetings with external consultants and departmental and senior management, in order to assure that priorities are communicated and understood, and that progress / delays / issues are reported;
  • Determine what constitutes successful closure for all parties. Gain acceptance and signoff by all parties when project closure is attained;
  • Identify and recommend initiatives that increases project success rates;
  • Manage vendor relations and procurement related to the project(s).

Qualifications & education of the Project Manager

  • Relevant degree in BSc Engineering or similar NQFlevel technical qualification
  • Project Management Professional (or equivalent)
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