Project Manager

Job description / Role

Role & Responsibilities:

1. Reporting to the CDC Projects Director, provide day-to-day direction to the following Departments: Construction; Tender/ QS Department; EMP; Machinery and Transportation.
2. Provide overall direction to project teams in technical, commercial, legal and operational matters. Provide general direction to various support departments.
3. Work with project teams to develop and manage budgets, schedules and deliverables for each project phase and functional area.
4. Manage the preparation of equipment and vendor specifications and the preparation of vendor contracts.
5. Supervise several Project and QA/QC engineers overseeing project design, scheduling, QA/QC and construction activities.
6. Through site Supervisors and project Engineers, oversee the work of all contractors and sub-contractors.
Define and implement Project Safety Plans.
7. Monitor all project agreements to ensure compliance with approved cost and quality standards, schedules and safety
8. Coordinate the resolution of engineering design, procurement, scheduling, issues with site Supervisors and Engineers.
9. Provide monthly project and budget updates to the Projects Director. Provide project updates to relevant external agencies - financial institutions, regulatory bodies, etc.

Requirements

Candidate Profile:

1. Degree in Civil Engineering. Supplementary training in Project costing and scheduling; Contract Management and Procurement. Safety Management is an asset.
2. Professional engineering certification from a recognized jurisdiction
3. Minimum 15 years of civil or commercial construction management experience, including several years as a Site Construction Manager, specialized in high rise office, hotel, resort, shopping and similar complexes.
4. Proven project management skills gained on domestic and foreign project assignments.
5. Thorough knowledge of project costing, bid preparation, tendering and awarding of contracts.
6. Thorough knowledge of project scheduling, procurement, financial management and quality control.
7. Strong leadership and communication skills.
8. Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
9. Ability to plan and execute complex negotiations.
10. Ability to anticipate and respond to design and schedule changes
11. Familiar with the norms of ISO standard 9001:2000, 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:1999.

About the Company

Leap29 is a Global Recruitment Business established in 2000. In line with our success and vision we have grown organically to our current size, where we source professional applicants for clients around the globe in Oil & Gas, Construction & Engineering, Power, Mining, Legal & Finance and Pharmaceuticals. With new offices recently established in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, USA and Malaysia we are now even better placed to service our clients & candidates around the world. Organisations in 89 countries have used Leap29's quality controlled and audited service to source candidates which they were unable to access through their own network. As an organisation, we strive to deliver a highly professional and effective search solution to all our customers. We achieve our greatest success through our highly evolved referral network of senior professionals and our ability to source expatriate, repatriate or local candidates. Tailored Business solutions are offered to our partners depending on their specific need. These are predominantly retained, contingency & interim services. Leap29 continues to successfully deliver to large multinationals and small SME niche businesses alike.