Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Your responsibilities

The successful incumbent will be required to fulfil the following job description but not limited to:

• Project Initiation

• Review of contract and “as sold” budgets and technical proposal.

• Finalisation of the baseline budgets and loading of the project into DAPROH in conjunction with the Commercial Project Manager.

• Generation of a Project Charter and acceptance thereof by CEO and CFO

• Creation and approvals of project execution and quality management plans.

• Defining a schedule baseline in conjunction with the project Planner.

• Project Execution

• Execute the project in compliance of client and tk Uhde requirements.

• Monitor project progress against scope, cost and schedule baselines.

• Provide for risk, change and claim management on a regular basis for the project (recording, review, mitigation, implementation as applicable)

• Ensure through oversight the project schedule is in place, approved and correctly updated and monitored. Act where deviations or risks are identified.

• Ensure through monitoring and in conjunction with the Commercial Project Manager that cost control, monitoring and reporting is correctly undertaken. Act where deviations are noted.

• Project Close-out

• Ensure that the commercial and contractual close-out requirements are completed. Includes final documentation handover, purchase orders, subcontracts, demobilization of sites, etc.

• General

• Manage own development and skills in consultation with the HOD PM and Services.

• HSE Awareness

• General Department Housekeeping, including personal workstation, common work areas.

• Adhere to OSH requirements regarding safe operation of equipment and personal safety.

• Adhere to tk Safety Health and Environment requirements.

The role of Snr Project Manager is required to execute projects within the tk Uhde procedures and project specific requirements from inception to completion. This includes:

• Project initiation, monitoring and control, change, claim and risk management, reporting and communication, project close-out.
• Additionally, the Project Manager is responsible for the quality, budgetary, schedule, and commercial performance of the project.
• The Project Manager conducts adequate risk management and FTC planning for the project.

Your profile

Qualification

• Engineering degree or equivalent
• Project Management certification such as PMP registration or equivalent. Competency in Microsoft Office and planning software. Good contractual experience in NEC suite of contracts and bespoke contracts (minimum – additional contract types e.g. FIDIC, an advantage.

Years of Experience

Min 15 years relevant PM experience. +20% preferred

Required Skills

• Communication and written communication to a high level of competency
• Good negotiation skills
• Strong leadership abilities

Personal Attributes

• The ability to thrive on challenges against demanding time schedules
• Decision-making
• Influencing and leading
• Team player
• Conflict managements

Important to us

• Health and Wellness

• Health & Safety

• Highest health & safety standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities.

• Highest health & safety standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities.

• Pension and Retirement

• Pension

• We have various financial models to give you individual support.

• We have various financial models to give you individual support.

• Collaboration and Teamwork

• Collaboration

• Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation.

• Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation.

• Professional Development

• Development

• Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally.

• Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally.

• Compensation and Salary

• Compensation & benefits

• Fair working conditions and competitive pay are an important basis for us.

• Fair working conditions and competitive pay are an important basis for us.

• Diversity and Inclusion

• Diversity

• We promote an open and tolerant work culture.

• We promote an open and tolerant work culture.

• Work-Life Balance

• Work-Life Balance

• Work-Life Balance: we guarantee regular working hours to support work-life balance.

• Work-Life Balance: we guarantee regular working hours to support work-life balance.

• Creative and Innovation

• Creative leeway

• We offer a work environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no blame culture.

• We offer a work environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no blame culture.

• Vacation and Time Off

• Vacation and paid time off

• Vacation and paid time off: Paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.

• Vacation and paid time off: Paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.

• Sustainability and Environment

• Sustainability

• We act with responsibility and environmental awareness. We support sociopolitical initiatives and focus on resource efficiency.

• We act with responsibility and environmental awareness. We support sociopolitical initiatives and focus on resource efficiency.

• Onboarding and Training

• Onboarding

• Onboarding: individual and personal support to help you get started in your new job.

• Onboarding: individual and personal support to help you get started in your new job.

We value diversity

• We value diversity. Therefore we welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, disability, age, or sexual orientation and identity.

Company

Established in South Africa in 1959, thyssenkrupp Uhde South Africa is the local subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Uhde. Underpinned by a global footprint with local presence, we are a market-leading technology, engineering, construction and service partner for industrial plants and systems.

Combining over 100 years of global experience with over 60 years of local African know-how, thyssenkrupp Uhde Africa is a specialist provider of a range of advanced chemical technologies and integrated, environmentally friendly EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) solutions and services.

As an environmentally-responsible company, our vision is to create a livable planet through engineering green solutions

From receiving your documents to acceptance: the application process

Step 1

Online application

Have you found an interesting vacancy? Then apply online. You won’t need more than 10 minutes. The entire application process – from initial contact to response – usually takes between four and six weeks.

Step 2

Receipt of your application

You will receive confirmation that we have received your application – within a few minutes if you apply online; it may take a couple of days if you apply by email. Our recruiters check your application documents and get in touch with you. For some positions we will conduct a preliminary telephone interview with you.

Step 3

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