Engineer - Stormwater

The Construction Project Manager is responsible for a broad span of construction functions, covering all areas of project management including planning, cost and time management, quality management, contract administration, and safety management in accordance with best practice project management methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

1. Construction Project Management Functions: Responsible for the project management of assigned Infrastructure Delivery projects including:
1. Project initiation, planning, monitoring.
2. Develop project charters and execution plans in line with the project requirements.
3. Coordinate and manage deliverables from key role players including professional service providers and consultants.
4. Draft, review and update the project schedule and work plans incorporating the project milestones, activities, and deliverables.
5. Manage the planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure of the project.
6. Identify and implement expediting measures to prevent and mitigate project delays.

1. Project Coordination and Team Management: Serve as a key link with the Programme Manager and client's representative, review the deliverables prepared by the team before submission to the client. Coordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, including professional service providers, contractors, sub-contractors, and labour. Develop team spirit and ensure that staff involved in the project are committed to the same goal. Identify and negotiate assignment of resources to ensure efficient utilisation of resources. Implement the project office framework with objectives and goals of the team members and assign individual responsibilities.

1. Project Control on Cost, Time, and Quality: Ensure that control measures for cost, time, and quality are in place. Conduct regular status meetings with the principal agent teams. Conduct periodic inspection visits at project construction site(s). Ensure that construction activities follow the predetermined schedule and critically monitor project milestones. Oversee project accounting including budget management, approval of progress payments, tracking of team expenses, and minimising exposure to risk. Ensure invoices/claims submitted by contractors and/or professional service providers are checked, verified, and forwarded to the Programme Manager. Maintain strict adherence to budgetary guidelines as well as project management, quality, and safety standards.

1. Project Communication and Reporting: Ensure an effective communication system is in place to provide timely feedback for management, client, and customer. Issue site meeting minutes and action plans. Compile monthly and weekly project progress reports for stakeholders. Conduct project close-out reviews. Manage project communication in line with agreed communication channels and timelines.

1. Contract Management: Manage contracts in accordance with the provisions of the agreement, including monitoring and tracking of performance and timelines. Identify areas of concern, escalate with legal, technical and finance, and provide resolutions in line with contractual obligations. Measure progress against the contract's performance and ensure adherence to the contract conditions and timelines. Issue contract instructions in accordance with the conditions of the contract (in consultation with the Legal expert).

1. Project Commissioning: Confirm the commissioning and transfer of new assets. Confirm the availability of all site handover documentation. Facilitate the submission of as-built drawings and user specifications where applicable. Manage the commissioning, handover, and sign-off by the client.

1. Programme Health, Safety, and Environment Quality: Ensure the implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and any recommendations from audits carried out within the project environment. Monitor and enforce compliance with the project Environmental Approval (EA) conditions. Instil a culture of health and safety within the project environment by promoting the aims and benefits of proactive safety and health interventions. Conduct effective control, management, and follow-up of incidents. Advise and evaluate contractors on compliance with the approved safety.

1. Stakeholder Management: Develop project stakeholder management plans and map critical stakeholders that are instrumental to achieving project plans and objectives. Manage relationships at various levels with the relevant project stakeholders and partners, in accordance with the project's development objectives. Manage stakeholder expectations for project deliverables, communications, and implementing effective systems of project governance, within the team and with strategic partners, both internally and externally.

Minimum Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree in the built environment (Engineering, Civil, Structural, Water, Building Science; Construction Management or Quantity Surveying). A minimum of 8 years' experience in infrastructure project management or advisory service or consulting experience working within a project management environment. Professional Registration with the Built Environment professional bodies such as Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP). Registration as a Pr.CPM with South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) is a pre-requisite. Proven track record in construction monitoring and evaluation of civil engineering and building infrastructure projects in high value and performance environments. Sound knowledge of the Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC), New Engineering Contracts (NEC), Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) and other relevant building contracts. In-depth understanding of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations regarding infrastructure development. Understanding of infrastructure markets. Understanding of government priorities, systems, and processes at national and provincial levels.

Desirable Requirements

Postgraduate degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Architecture, or Construction Management will be added advantage. Professional Registration with Project Management Institute (PMI) or Projects in Controlled Environments (PRINCE). Postgraduate qualification in Project Management. Qualifications in health and safety.

Required Personal Attributes

1. Teamwork & Cooperation: Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts. Creates opportunities for cross-functional working. Encourages others to network outside of their team/department and learn from their experience.
2. Driving Delivery of Results: Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have a long-term impact on the business. Monitors progress and adapts the plan, if necessary, to ensure optimal benefit to the business.
3. Achievement Orientation: Undertakes challenging assignments and strives to complete them. Sets priorities and chooses goals based on calculated costs, anticipated benefits, and improvement of performance.
4. Customer Orientation: Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and match these needs to available or customized products and services.
5. Integrity: Is willing to end a business relationship because it was associated with unethical business practice.
6. Self-awareness & Self-control: Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations. Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.

The Development Bank of Southern Africa will endeavor to make appointments in line with its Employment Equity Policy and Plan. Applications from suitably qualified designated groups, especially people with disabilities, are encouraged. The DBSA corporate culture fit requires clear, logical, and analytical thinking grounded in good interpersonal skills, a sense of urgency, and results-oriented execution of duties. The ability to work collaboratively and find practical yet innovative solutions is critical to success in a work environment that demands emotional resilience, accountability, and responsible risk-taking and management.

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