Project Manager

At Pragma, we provide the opportunity for individuals to enjoy their working lives as much as their home lives. We foster a team environment in which each individual is recognised, valued and developed to support our company strategy. We encourage people with disabilities and from diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are looking for a dedicated Project Manager to assist with the scheduling, planning, forecasting, resourcing, and managing of activities to ensure project accuracy and quality. To be a successful Project Manager, you should have the ability to work with multiple discipline projects and demonstrate excellent project management and supervision skills. If you have excellent organisational, time management, leadership, and decision-making skills and are willing to travel extensively to various projects, then this job is for you.

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant field (N. Dip Engineering, preferably Btech Engineering Degree).
• PMP (Project Management Professional) with PMI or a certificate in Project Management would be an advantage.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience managing Retail Service Station projects.
• A minimum of 5 years in the retail fuel industry, preferably working at a retail fuel station.
• Experience with the full end-to-end process of building a service station.
• Excellent technical problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills within a team environment.
• Proven leadership abilities, with the ability to lead across disciplines and business units.
• Proven ability to manage detail on dedicated computer systems.
• Proven systematic approach within assigned areas of responsibility.

• Take responsibility for a portfolio of projects
• Involve stakeholder, as appropriate, to create a valid Project Plan, showing critical path, key milestones, phased reviews and dependencies for the full project lifecycle.
• Obtain approval of the project plan as required; which must also include key tasks, detailed tasks, resource assignments, along with durations and schedules.
• Deliver and maintain project scoping documents and solutions to support project(s) outcomes.
• Establish a networked team and build relationships among managers, inter-departmental teams and employees
• Demonstrate ability obtain buy-in from various stake-holders to ensure successful completion of goals. Requires an individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and persuasive skills.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, at all levels within the group / company, to define and achieve mutual understanding of the scope and agree on key success factors of the project.
• Provide accurate reporting
• Validate reports generated by team members and external EPCM partners in accordance with the company's standard reporting formats before presenting to the client.
• Provide comprehensive, clear and accurate information devoid of any subjectivity.
• Demonstrate ability to reconcile what has transpired in the project to that which is presented to management.
• Identity potential projects with goals and objectives to meet company strategy.
• Proactively analyse and manage project risk to ensure successful delivery
• Identification of any constraints and threats that may impact the ability of the project to deliver to time, cost, and quality parameters.
• Execute contingency plans to deal with project risks and threats.
• Manage information flow efficiently and effectively
• Develop and implement a project communication plan, detailing lines of communication, procedure for correspondence, document control, meeting schedules, visits and reports.
• Compile monthly reports on project progress.
• Execute escalation procedure when required.
• Follow-up on key decisions made by the clients management team and report on any deviations and seek approval for any variation orders in line with supply chain management procedures.
• Sound financial budgeting and procurement knowledge
• Compile comprehensive project budget in conjunction with Finance, reflecting the plan and all resource needs.
• Verify that all company supply chain management procedures are adhered to.
• Identify non-people resources required so that the project budget will be accurate and affordable.
• Effectively manage resources to achieve a balance between costs, risks and performance of team members and external EPCM partners in achieving the project goals.
• Assist with tender processes and communication thereof