Position: Engineering Project Manager
Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Minimum Qualification Criteria: - Relevant Degree/Diploma in Engineering Discipline or equivalent
- Project Management Qualification
- 2+ years experience in related field
- 2+ years experience in a Project Management Role
- Minimum 2 years of experience in the following: Engineering / Production / Water filtration / Project Management environment, Construction/Civil Management, Contractor Management, Mining and Process Plant and related operations environment
- Project Management
- Water filtration Plant, Logistics, Project Management Systems, e.g. MS-Projects, Primavera P6, Prism, SAP
- Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques
- Creativity/Innovation: Develop new and unique ways to improve the project management of the organization and to be more effective.
- Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problem, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Primary Duties: - Plan the project
- Staff the project
- Implement the project
- Control the project
- Evaluate the project
- Client Communication
- Progress Report and Gantt Chart compilation
- Manage contractors
- HSE (Project Safety Files)
- WULA (Get all information from the client for the WULA)
Plan the Project - Define the scope of the project in collaboration with the sales team, engineering team and operations manager.
- Create a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project.
- Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc) required to complete the project.
- Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities.
- Review the project schedule with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required.
- Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion.
Resource the Project - In consultation with the appropriate manager, recruit, interview and select project. resources with appropriate skills for the project activities (contractors).
- Ensure that all project personnel receive an appropriate orientation to the organization and the project.
- Manage project resources to deliver on agreed deliverables.
- Contract qualified consultants to work on the project as appropriate.
Implement the Project - Execute the project according to the project plan.
- Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project.
- Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project.
- Review the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project standards.
Control the Project - Compile project reports.
- Monitor and approve as per delegation of authority, all budgeted project expenditure.
- Monitor cash flow projections and report actual cash flow and variance on a regular basis.
- Manage all project funds according to the companys financial policy, procedure and governance.
- Ensure that all financial records for the project are up to date and loaded on the company drive.
Evaluate the Project - Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality.
- Evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase.
Competencies: - Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Business knowledge: Good understanding of the organization and the business domain or sector within which it operates.
- Systems Analysis: Understanding how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Excellent communication skills: Ability to engage with high-level stakeholders, both verbal and non-verbal.
- Flexibility and adaptability (crucial to consulting environment).
- Organizational and leadership abilities.
- Influencing and motivating.
- Decision making.
- Building trust and long-term relationships with stakeholders.