Job Description - Project Manager

Job Summary

Reporting to the COO, the Project Manager is responsible for leading teams to deliver projects that span across one or more business units. The role involves managing resources, schedules, and financials while adhering to company control guidelines throughout the project life cycle.

The Project Manager is also responsible for managing issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and timely project delivery, while contributing to process improvement initiatives related to project execution and delivery.

The Project Manager has the authority to manage the project on a day -to -day basis and is responsible for ensuring that projects deliver the required outcomes with the expected quality, within defined time and cost constraints, and in line with the objectives established in the business case.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple projects.

  • Provide on -site leadership for project teams by building and motivating team members to achieve project goals, while ensuring adherence to responsibilities and project milestones.

  • Manage the full project life cycle, including successful project delivery from initiation through deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously.

  • Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

  • Report on project success criteria, results, metrics, testing, and deployment management activities.

  • Work creatively and analytically in a problem -solving environment, demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.

  • Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature project management capabilities within the organization.

  • Prepare estimates and detailed project plans for all phases of the project and secure adequate resources to achieve project objectives within planned timelines.

  • Manage daily project activities and resources and chair project management team meetings.

  • Monitor staff performance and complete performance reviews.

  • Provide status reporting on project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues, communicating effectively with leadership.

  • Understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business requirements.

  • Demonstrate functional knowledge to support how solutions address client objectives while maintaining alignment with industry best practices.

  • Manage project scope and change requests.

  • Participate in and/or lead feasibility studies, vendor selections, and proposals for evaluation by key stakeholders.

  • Act as an internal quality control checkpoint for projects.

  • Manage ongoing quality control activities and participate in quality issue resolution.

  • Assist in dispute resolution, negotiation, arbitration, or litigation processes as required.

  • Support formal and informal schedules to manage engagement contracts.

  • Define Statements of Work (SOW) and specifications for requested goods and services.

  • Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement, including planning, vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, changes, risks, and issues.

  • Interface with the Engineering team during the design phase and participate in Change Committees, updating documents as a result of approved changes.

  • Perform any other duty as assigned by management.

Key Performance Targets

The responsibilities will involve achieving the following targets:

  • Ensure projects under responsibility remain profitable and aligned with approved project budgets.

  • Ensure timely submission and approvals to support procurement activities in line with project specifications.

  • Identify and implement value engineering opportunities.

  • Ensure timely valuation and submission of project claims.

  • Ensure timely project closure with complete documentation and formal sign -off.

  • Conduct bi -annual performance reviews of assigned project team members.



Requirements

Education

  • First Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related Engineering discipline.

Professional Certifications

  • PMP or PRINCE2 certification is preferred.

Experience

  • Minimum of 10 years' project management experience in engineering, construction, or MEP projects as an Expat.

  • Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

  • Project planning and scheduling.

  • Budget and cost control.

  • Contract administration.

  • Risk management.

  • Value Engineering.

  • Leadership.

  • Strategic thinking and critical decision -making.

  • Communication and presentation skills.

  • Negotiation and conflict resolution.

  • Client relationship management.

  • Fluent in English (written and spoken).



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