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Group Projects Manager

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Kempton Park, South Africa
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Group Projects Manager

  • Location: Spartan, Kempton Park
  • Employment Type: Permanent
  • Reporting To: Operations Executive

Our client is seeking an experienced Group Project Manager to provide strategic leadership and manage project capabilities that enable the successful execution of multi-disciplinary system projects. The role will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within scope and budget, while also supporting business development across the organisation's product range and project capabilities.

The successful candidate will lead the project office, oversee Project Managers, establish effective project governance and drive project execution, commercial performance, engineering design and customer engagement within a mining and minerals processing environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership and direction to the project office and project management capabilities.
  • Develop and maintain policies, standards and procedures for project-related activities.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, national safety legislation and customer-specific safety requirements.
  • Ensure project-specific safety procedures and risk assessments receive the required customer approvals before implementation.
  • Maintain compliance with ISO Quality Management System requirements and contractual quality standards.
  • Ensure all contractual obligations are clearly understood and managed throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Establish and maintain effective project cost management systems to monitor project costs, progress and profitability.
  • Ensure supplier quotations and selections comply with contractual and commercial requirements.
  • Oversee Project Managers to ensure projects and programmes are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
  • Develop and implement project execution strategies and delivery plans.
  • Define project office scope, objectives, goals and deliverables aligned with business requirements.
  • Establish and maintain a robust project governance framework.
  • Prioritise and align projects to maximise operational efficiency and resource utilisation.
  • Identify project opportunities in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Compile project budgets and commercial proposals.
  • Coordinate site surveys, measurements and scanning activities to support conceptual designs and accurate project costing.
  • Review and approve proposal drawings, costings and project schedules.
  • Evaluate technical and commercial risks associated with tenders and proposals.
  • Facilitate the involvement of internal and external subject matter experts to enhance engineering and design capability.
  • Review and approve conceptual, process and engineering designs where required.
  • Manage project issues, risks and dependencies and ensure appropriate mitigation and resolution plans are implemented.
  • Select, allocate and manage resources across the project office and individual projects.
  • Drive continuous improvement across project management processes, systems and delivery methodologies.
  • Support business development initiatives related to the product range and project capabilities.

Minimum Requirements:

Qualifications

  • Advanced Diploma, BTech equivalent or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Minerals Processing Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline.
  • Formal Project Management qualification.
  • Mechanical Engineering qualification and Pr Eng registration would be a distinct advantage.

Experience

  • Minimum 10 years' Project Management experience within an EPC, EPCM or multi-disciplinary engineering project environment.
  • Minimum 5 years' experience managing a department or project management function.
  • Proven experience managing complex multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
  • Strong experience in project execution, delivery, governance, cost management and commercial risk.
  • Proven experience within the mining and minerals processing environment.
  • In-depth understanding of ore processing and equipment and solutions used to improve processing performance.
  • Demonstrated experience managing project teams and multidisciplinary resources.
  • Strong understanding of the complete project management lifecycle, methodologies, techniques and tools.

Technical Knowledge

Strong understanding of:

  • EPC and EPCM project environments.
  • Multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
  • Project execution and delivery strategies.
  • Project governance frameworks.
  • Project cost control and commercial management.
  • Engineering design and design approval processes.
  • Tendering, proposals and project costing.
  • Risk, issue and dependency management.
  • Mining and minerals processing environments.
  • Ore processing equipment and process improvement solutions.
  • Project scheduling and resource planning.
  • Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Microsoft Project.

Key Competencies:

  • Strong leadership and people management capability.
  • Ability to build, develop and lead high-performing project teams.
  • Collaborative and customer-focused approach.
  • Strong project planning, organising and coordination skills.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong commercial and financial awareness.
  • Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
  • Strong follow-through and accountability.
  • Continuous improvement mindset.
  • Strong safety awareness and commitment to quality.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
  • Ability to work effectively within a complex, multidisciplinary engineering environment.
  • Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices.
  • Ability to deliver projects safely, on schedule, within scope and within budget.

What is on offer:

  • Senior management opportunity within a multidisciplinary engineering and project environment.
  • Opportunity to lead a project office and high-performing project management teams.
  • Exposure to major mining, minerals processing and engineering projects.
  • Opportunity to influence project governance, engineering capability and business development.
  • Strategic role with responsibility for project delivery, commercial performance and resource management.

If you are an experienced Project Management Leader, Engineering Project Manager or Group Projects Manager with strong EPC/EPCM, mining, minerals processing and multidisciplinary engineering experience, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today by submitting your detailed CV.

Please note: Should you not be contacted within two weeks, please take your application as unsuccessful. Shortlisted candidates will only be contacted.

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