Construction Project Manager

SUMMARY:
Construction Project Manager / Contracts Manager

POSITION INFO:
Qualifications required:
- Degree in Construction Project Management
or Quantity Surveying.
- 7 to 10 years of working experience in a
Project Management role.
- Competent in MS Projects and project
programming.
- Competent in managing cash flow,
forecasting, and budget management.
- People and Employee management
experience

MANAGEMENT QUALITIES AND SKILLS
- Project Management,
- Contract management,
- Leadership / Professional
- Time management
- Delegation
- Project & deadline driven.
- Detail orientated.
- Ethical
- High Standards
- Works well under pressure
- Strategic Thinking
- Problem-solving – critical thinking
- Drive Company Objectives

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Experience and qualification in Health &
Safety will be advantageous.
- Dealing with the professional team.
- Managing different projects
simultaneously
- Contract Negotiation
- Experience and knowledge in
Procurement.
- Purchasing
- Document control.
- Budgeting
- Pricing structures
- Planning and Coordination
- Exceptional analytical and problemsolving ability.
- Excellent verbal and written
communication skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Proven track report to provide strong
leadership.
- Strong ability to implement contract
policies and procedures.
- Developing and reviewing customer
service standards
- Customer satisfaction levels are met.
- Sourcing contractors to execute specialist
aspects of the scope of works.
- Manage preventative and corrective
maintenance as per the contractually
allocated time.
- Drafting maintenance schedules and
ensuring schedules are communicated
timeously to end users.
- Compiling monthly reports indicating the
performance in terms of contract
- Training staff to execute certain portions
of the scope of work.
- Ensure that the construction project is in
accordance with the company’s quality
standards.
- Identified areas of cost savings.
- Performed bidding and negotiated rates
with sub-contractors and suppliers
- Worked with technical and construction
teams to finish projects within budget.
- Manage client escalations and
expectations.
- Work as per stated quality standards.
- Engaging with stakeholders and
continuously updating on progress on site
- Identify project risks and develop
mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate tasks according to priorities
and plans.
- Ensures adequate resources to achieve
program deliverables.
- Monitoring of plant usage and output
- Responsible for the day-to-day
management of operations on site to
ensure that a construction project is
completed.
- Analyse, manage and mitigate risks.
- Communicate, manage, and motivate
people at all levels.
- Review existing contractor operations,
assessing both the strengths and
weaknesses, implement changes, and drive
contractor workforce to deliver.
- Monitor progress and sort out any
problems that could hold up work as they
arise.
- Writing up site progress reports and then
presenting these to senior managers and
directors.
- Organising day-to-day tasks for
subcontractors.
- Acting as the first point of contact for
members of the public and sub-contractors.
- Managing staff for the project.
- Dealing with any unexpected problems
that may occur during the project.
- Conducting staff performance reviews.
- Giving project plans their final approval.
- Representing the company at meetings.
- Inspect project sites to monitor progress
and ensure design specifications, as well as
safety standards, are met.
- Oversee all construction, maintenance,
and operations activities on project sites.
- Estimating the quantities and cost of
labour, equipment, and materials.
- Oversee all construction, maintenance,
and operations activities on project sites.
- Authorized and procured construction
materials, and responsible for preparing
daily progress reports on the attainment of
materials to the Construction Manager
- Managed and submitted end-of-month
payment invoices to clients.
- Monitored sub-contractors in the
completion of daily operations to ensure
project progress and optimal performance