Section Manager

6 days ago

Pretoria, South Africa SMEC Full time

**The role**

We are currently seeking a talented **Section Manager **in our** Geotech **section in our **Pretoria **office**.** The person will be responsible for project acquisition, project management, financial management and delivery and technical design of all projects within the Section, including the management of staff within the group to ensure full utilisation and achievement of project milestones.

With a track record of achievement in a similar role, you will have gained your experience in an engineering design consultancy and have a passion for building trusted relationships to drive positive change and win new work.

**Suitable applicants will be able to**:

- Build SMEC's brand regionally & Nationally as a leading consultant with a strong reputation for innovation, technical excellence, quality, and project delivery
- Assist the Regions to achieve sustainable growth of the group through targeted client relationship management and business development activity
- When required, provide project governance, at project manager level, of project management in the group to achieve reliable project performance in terms of sophistication, timeliness, and quality
- Support functional management to provide leadership to the employees in the group to ensure cohesion, optimal performance, resourcing, retention, and professional development

**REPORTS TO**

Function Manager (FM) or any other person appointed to supervise him/her from time to time.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Grow and manage a team of young engineers and engineering geologists
- Market development and proactive approach in developing work or being aware of what projects are likely to come up from clients - generating repeat business
- Assist FM in developing business strategies for the section in conjunction with the Functional Group’s Business Plan and objectives
- Develop and maintain existing key client relationships and maintain client satisfaction
- Submission of tenders, EOIs and proposals for the section and to provide input into large infrastructure projects as required in line with Instrument of Delegation
- Win and deliver projects for the section
- Ensure projects within the section are completed on time and on budget
- Ensure appropriate technical standards, and Quality Assurance Management System requirements are maintained on projects
- Monitor staff utilisation levels and ensure staff are fully utilised
- Ensure projects are adequately resourced in terms of numbers, capabilities and specialists
- Establish and maintain internal contacts within SMEC South Africa to source the appropriate inter-divisional skills
- Development of staff - this includes keeping them informed, providing suitable training, mentoring, suitable opportunities, planning career paths, maintaining professional ethics and professional standards of behaviour
- Ensure documentation, reporting and communication is to the required quality
- Manage or be part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver project milestones
- Maintain professional development and remain abreast of advances in chosen technical field
- Offer clients technical innovative solutions
- Project related construction administration
- Administrative project related duties e.g. budget capturing on BST, administration of said budgets, time sheets etc.
- Invoicing to clients, updating progress and follow ups on invoicing
- Directly responsible for project budgets
- Directly responsible for achieving revenue target
- Indirectly responsible for the section’s financials as per the IOD
- Cross selling of other functional groups when possible
- Responsible for making sure the section is profitable (managing overheads and budgets)
- Monthly financial reporting for section
- Monitoring Project Manager performance on local function projects
- Drive quality and management procedures in the local function
- Drive innovation changes within the local function
- Ensure good relations exist within the team to facilitate efficient project delivery
- Develop and maintain key client relationships
- Meeting budgetary and time constraints of various projects whilst maintaining appropriate technical standards and quality assurance (QA) requirements
- Responsible for assigning tasks, reviewing work and performance management of direct reports

**KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS**
- Development of key client base
- Project delivery - meeting project milestones on budget
- Value of new work won
- Staff utilisation
- Cost effectiveness of projects and ability to work to financial budgets and targets
- Understanding of operational and project contractual arrangements
- Building cohesive, results-oriented teams for project delivery
- Implementation of project management and company procedures
- Quality of reports and project output

**RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**
- Bachelor of Engineering degree/higher degree from accredited university/college
- Professionally registered
- 8 - 10 years of practical exp

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