Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Randburg, Johannesburg

Salary:Negotiable

Contract/Perm: Perm

Discipline:Mining

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PROJECT MANAGER
Short Role description:
• Serves as liaison between the company and the client during a project ending with the installation and acceptance of capitalized equipment, enterprise software systems, or system integration or consulting projects/engagements. May work at client site on a day-to-day or periodic basis. Ensures customer satisfaction of information technology/solutions by managing the details of overall project schedules, budgets, and deliverables. Typically uses more project management skills than technical skills. Services may be provided on a fee-for-service basis or be included as part of the purchase price for company products. Usually involves extensive interaction with sales, systems engineering, product development, and other members of cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products to clients. Plans and directs schedules and may monitor budget/spending. Monitors the project from initiation through delivery. Organizes the interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/production schedule and within budget constraints

Reporting structure:Project Manager Team Lead
Required education:
• BSc Engineering qualification
• Project management qualification
• Further education in business administration or operations, an advantage
• Excellent English language(verbal and written)

Experience required for Professional Level:
• Industry application knowledge is a pre-requisite
• Conversant with MS Project and all MS software products Excel, Access, Word, etc
• Typically min 5 years’experience in a systems, software, process automation or application engineering capacity
• 3 years of proven documented project management experience

Core Competencies
• Contributes professional& technical expertise
• Collaborates& teams effectively
• Communicates effectively
• Adds value for customers& partners
• Attains results
• Drives productivity
• Drives growth
• Demonstrates business& financial acumen
• Builds our global business& inclusive culture
• Creates focus& motivates others
• Thinks& acts strategically
• Leads change
• Develop people and teams
• Fosters innovation
• Acts courageously
• Principal duties and responsibilities:
• Overview
• Extensive experience with direct customer contact.
• Able to work and co-ordinate in a team environment
• Typically possesses application or technology knowledge relevant to assigned business or geography.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment where constructive feedback from others is encouraged.
• Must have excellent conflict/ negotiation resolution skills.
• Must be available and willing to work overtime, weekends and holidays to meet customer project commitments.
• Must perform duties in the office or outside the office as part of a project team.
• Must be able and willing to travel and work at customer sites, including industrial plants, ships, etc., which may require climbing, working in confined spaces and other unusual work environments.
• Responsible for the preparation and presentation of quotes, sales proposals, and contracts to the customer in compliance with company policies and standards, obtaining the appropriated approvals
• Consult with other functions on issues like pricing, product specification, warranties and product adaptation to ensure that we provide the appropriate business and technical solution to the customer needs

Functional
• May participate in development of business team strategic plan.
• Performs all aspects of project management functions.
• Manages execution of assigned projects within margin targets.
• Manages and reports all resource demand and financial aspects of assigned projects.
• May apply complex and advanced project management and scheduling techniques.

Leadership
• Leads efforts of project personnel on complex projects.
• Coaches and mentors less-experienced engineers assigned to projects.
• Leads project teams typically employing up to 30 engineering professionals and coordinates activities with support teams and other capabilities.
• May lead internal project process improvement efforts

Interpersonal
• Responsible for resource scheduling to meet project plan requirements.
• Negotiates and prepares change orders with customers.
• Serves as the primary interface with customer for assigned projects.
• Supports an environment conducive to successful team interaction.
• May lead internal project process improvement efforts.
• Must have excellent negotiation skills.

Business
• Acts as Company’s representative for assigned projects.
• Complete responsibility for successful outcome of projects. Manages single projects up to 1 M€and a multiple project portfolio of up to 20 projects.
• May manage subcontracts that include labour and/or fixed price deliverables.
• Responsible for meeting project schedule, margin, and customer satisfaction targets.
• Builds partnerships at the business management level of key customers.
• Often leads efforts to prepare commercial strategy for complex system applications
• Responsible for following all applicable corporate, company, governmental and regulatory policies and procedures as appropriate for this position.
• Deliver projects to the quality standards and constraints dictated by the business and the customer’s industry
• Ensure that all project administration is completed and project files are maintained
• Work with the internal Proposal team to generate priced proposals for existing and future customers
• Primary P&L responsibility for managed projects
• Full stake holder management of all projects



"You must be able to attend a local interview to be considered for this role"
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Contact
donna.lee.agrella@trsstaffing.com
za.trsadd@trssa.com

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