Senior Project Manager

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Graduate Placements Full time

Our client is a company that provides a variety of services in South Africa, ranging from residential to commercial and industrial solutions, and now expanding to other parts of Africa. They specialise in sustainability consulting and utility optimisation, with a comprehensive approach to energy management that ensures all energy-saving opportunities are explored. Their services include turnkey project management of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, as well as water and waste management. Their team is client-focused, innovative, and dynamic.

The Senior Project Manager role involves overseeing and mentoring less experienced or junior project managers, as well as managing high-profile projects from inception to handover. Responsibilities include budgeting and cash flow management, hiring team members, sourcing suppliers, setting deadlines, managing schedules, contracting and contract management, providing feedback, and communicating with clients and contractors.

**Responsibilities**:

- Perform all duties of a Senior Project Manager as normally expected in the market, dealing with all projects from receipt of the purchase order to handover and close-out.
- Provide guidance to the PMO with respect to documentation, procedures and general project management best practices, regulations.
- Mentor junior, less experienced PMs
- Report to EXCO, Head of PMO and group finance on activities and/or project progress, risks and cash-flow
- Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness closeout of project (on time, in budget, at highest quality).
- Coordinate with vendors and suppliers as needed
- Lead and manage complex projects and programs as the key client interface
- Developing working relationships, problem-solving and driving projects to successful completion
- Managing the design process to achieve the client's requirements and manage expectations
- Review and manage project plans and specifications, schedules, cost saving measures, discrepancies, potential construction problems.
- Ensure safety compliance (including safety files) and zero incidents during projects
- Managing project budgets and advising on options to keep the budget on track
- Chairing project meetings with clients and consultants
- Being engaged with marketing and business development initiatives, and assisting in the pre-sales function with budgeting and scheduling of projects & proposals.
- Project(s) tracking and review - Monitor, track and control outcomes, identify and manage risks, resolve conflicts, identify essential dependencies and ensure delivery of critical path activities.
- Manage internal and external project meetings
- Evaluate and draft contracts with clients and sub-contractors and suppliers to minimize risk to the company.
- Sound understanding of and directing of the company according to the applicable client contract, whether JBCC, NEC, FIDIC, or any other.
- Provide leadership by building and training project teams to expand their capabilities by means of establishing best practices, policies, PM methodologies, risk management, quality assurance and control tools, techniques and templates.
- Preparation of all project related documentation and plans as may be required.
- Analyse monthly construction contractor CPM schedule updates; develop progress payments based on schedule milestone(s) achieved; assist with recovery schedules.
- Ensuring compliance with governance and regulatory requirements.
- Act in the position of, or assist the Head of PMO, as might be needed

**Requirements**:

- BSc or equivalent Degree (Built Environment / Engineering / Quantity Surveyor / Project Management / B Com)
- 7-10 years’ experience in related project management, including a minimum of 3 years as PMP
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the technical field (or 3 years if an Engineer) related to energy efficiency, and/or renewable energy.
- Comprehensive knowledge of related compliance with governance requirements.
- Comprehensive contractual knowledge of various forms of contract used in SA, such as JBCC, NEC and FIDIC
- Valid driver’s license (manual transmission) and own transport
- Microsoft Project - Advanced
- Microsoft Excel - Advanced
- Report writing - Advanced
- Contractual knowledge of the various forms of contract in JBCC and FIDIC
- Excellent knowledge of the PMBOK/Prins and project management processes
- Project Governance requirements and risk management / Safety

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