The senior manager: projects is responsible for leading teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units. The role manages resources, schedules, financials and adheres to stage gate quality and sdlc control guidelines throughout the project development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. It contributes to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery. The senior project manager provides oversight in project monitoring and performance and verify that the project produces the required deliverables of quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost and to achieve the potential benefits defined in the business case.
*key performance outputs*:
- capital project operational plans
- project accounting
- contracts management
- project engineering
- people management & functional effectiveness
- financial management
- compliance & government
- sheq championing
- culture
*required knowledge/ skills/ competencies*:
- extensive public interaction with local and regional entities and stakeholders.
- ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal staff and external contacts, including executive management, board, contractors, consultants, government leaders and representatives.
- knowledge of engineering principles and practices relating to water, wastewater, and reuse water infrastructure and construction.
- ability to plan develops and implement strategic business plans.
- ability to prepare and administer a complex departmental budget and allocate limited resources in a cost-effective manner.
- stakeholder management
- business case development
- regulatory/statutory compliance
- budget management
*education*
- bachelor’s degree in civil, water, mechanical, electrical engineering, control & instrumentation or any related field.
- postgraduate qualification in engineering or project management.
*experience*
- 8 years minimum experience in managing complex, large-scale infrastructure projects, including 5 years’ management experience.
- technical field-related post graduate qualification