Senior Manager, Projects

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To lead the Real Estate Development and Project Management function on capital projects within South Africa and African Regions towards the successful delivery across the full project life cycle, from an effective decision-making perspective in terms of project and portfolio planning, financing, initiation, resourcing, execution, governance, risk monitoring, and integrated control through to completion and finally handover. We are looking for you to lead complex projects, manage internal and external stakeholders, have a commercial focus and balance working across major projects.

• A recognized Degree qualification relating to a technical field: Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Architecture or similar. A further qualification in Project management would be an added advantage .

Experience: 

• More than 10 years Construction Project Management experience is preferable.
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion.
• Contract administration experience.
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths.
• Experience in running multiple projects
• Technical ability to lead and manage complex projects and programs as the key client interface
• Excellent command of written and spoken English with excellent report and bid writing skills.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead and develop a team.
• Microsoft Package (Outlook, Excel, Power Point and Word, MS Project), knowledge of share drive.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the project team is established and is fit for purpose, in order to adequately deliver the project.
• Coordinate the whole project team and serve as a key link with the Head of REDPM and client’s representative and review the deliverable prepared by the team before passing onto the client.
• Manage and develop team spirit and ensure that staff involved in the project are committed to the same goal Identify and negotiate assignment of resources.
• Control project in respect of cost, time and quality Implement and ensure control measures for cost, time and quality are in place.
• Facilitate and ensure that all activities follow the predetermined schedule and critically
• monitor project milestones.
• Conduct regular status meetings with the Project Management team.
• Conduct periodic inspection visits to project site(s).

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Things
• Embracing Change
• Following Procedures
• Generating Ideas
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions
• Meeting Timescales
• Showing Composure
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Building Engineering
• Economic Research
• Project Definition
• Project Management (Project Mgmt)
• Project Planning
• Requirements Risk Management