Construction Project Manager jobs in South Africa

Frankfurt, Germany

The Client

Datacenter People is partnering with one of the world's largest datacenter operators. Their global platform spans more than 20 countries and regions, including the Americas, Asia Pacific, and EMEA and offers access to multiple cloud providers, a large variety of internet exchanges, and telecommunication network providers.

What The Job Involves

• Coach, measure, and manage NTT's appointed professional services and General/Sub-Contractor teams to ensure consistency in delivery against these standards.
• Ensure appropriate and demand-oriented project sourcing during the delivery and value for money when appointing professional services.
• Govern, measure, and if required, correct project performance against key performance indicators and commitments across Safety, Schedule, Quality, and Cost targets.
• Drive close stakeholder alignment with the Commercial, Operations, and Commissioning Teams, creating a positive and transparent working environment.
• Perform general Construction management tasks, including but not limited to Project, Cost, and change management meetings, controls, and reporting.
• Collaborate with peers in the NTT EHS and Security Organisation to implement industry best practice Health, Safety, and Security standards onsite.
• Provide timely and accurate reporting of project status to the Senior Regional Construction Program Manager and wider business.
• Pro-actively identify, assess, and mitigate risks that arise during the course of the projects.
• Collaborate with your peers across EMEA to continually assess, align on, and improve our delivery methodology.
• Align with NTT's pre-sales, sales, and commercial teams to continuously assess and implement value add opportunities for our existing and prospective Clients.

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Experience in a site-based management role within the construction industry, overseeing a portfolio of concurrent capex projects.
• Extensive experience in the planning and delivery of large capex projects, varying delivery methods (Management Contracting, Traditional, D&B) and forms of contract (i.e., FIDIC, JCT).
• Demonstrated Data Center construction experience.
• Proficient in the use of project and commercial management tools and processes.
• Experience in presenting to senior leadership both internally and within our Clients' Teams.
• Experience in managing and developing direct and vendor teams.
• Excellent project management experience and skillset, with the ability to operate within a multi-cultural environment.
• Good knowledge of HOAI/RIBA/VOB/CAD/BIM.
• Business fluent in German and English.
• Ability to undergo full security checks to BS7858:2019.