PROJECT / CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Industrial Roofing, Cladding & Structural Works Project
Company: Vectorcore Partners (Pty) Ltd
Project Area: Southern Free State / Northern Cape border region
Contract: Approximately 7-month project-linked fixed-term appointment
Vectorcore Partners is recruiting an experienced Project / Construction Manager for an upcoming major industrial roofing, wall-cladding and structural works project within an operational industrial environment.
The successful candidate will act as the senior resident construction-management representative and will manage the physical works, site resources, programme, subcontractors, quality, safety interfaces, access constraints and construction coordination.
This position is intended to combine appropriate Project Manager, Construction Manager and Site/Construction Manager responsibilities.
MANDATORY PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must have:
- A recognised built-environment qualification in one of the following or a closely related field:
- Construction Management;
- Civil Engineering;
- Building / Building Science;
- Construction Project Management; or
- equivalent recognised construction qualification.
- Current registration with SACPCMP as either:
- Professional Construction Manager – PrCM, or
- Professional Construction Project Manager – PrCPM.
- Minimum 5 years relevant construction-management experience.
MANDATORY SUPERVISORY / SHE COMPETENCIES
Because this person will also perform the senior site-supervision function, applicants must hold, or be able to produce prior to mobilisation where client/site-specific:
- HIRA / Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment training.
- Incident Investigation training.
- Supervisor Training / Construction Supervisor competency training.
- Legal Liability training.
- Authorised Person competency / training, where applicable to the operational facility and access system.
Where an Authorised Person appointment is facility-specific, the successful candidate must be willing and able to complete the required client/site process before undertaking the relevant duties.
OTHER MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum 5 years' relevant building, civil, industrial or structural construction experience.
- Proven experience managing site labour, subcontractors and supervisors.
- Ability to interpret drawings, specifications and method statements.
- Construction-programme and progress-monitoring experience.
- Experience managing QA/QC requirements.
- Strong understanding of OHS requirements applicable to construction.
- Valid South African driver's licence.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to work full-time in the project area during active construction.
- Ability to pass project/site medical-fitness requirements.
HIGHLY ADVANTAGEOUS CERTIFICATES / EXPERIENCE
Preference will be given to candidates with:
- ECSA registration or candidate registration.
- NEC3 contract experience.
- MS Project competency.
- Working-at-Height training.
- Fall Protection awareness/training.
- MEWP awareness or operator training.
- Scaffold safety awareness.
- Lifting and rigging awareness.
- First Aid.
- Fire Fighting.
- ISO 9001 quality-management experience.
- ISO 45001 knowledge.
- Industrial, energy, mining, petrochemical or power-generation construction experience.
- Roofing and cladding replacement experience.
- Structural-steel and remedial steelwork experience.
- Experience in live operational facilities.
- Permit-to-work and controlled-access experience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Overall management of the construction works.
- Acting as Vectorcore's senior site representative.
- Construction programming and progress management.
- Site mobilisation and construction sequencing.
- Managing the Site Agent / Engineer.
- Managing subcontractors and direct labour.
- Managing productivity and resources.
- Coordinating access, permits and operational interfaces.
- Managing temporary works and construction-access arrangements.
- Coordinating procurement and deliveries.
- Monitoring technical compliance.
- Managing inspection and test requirements.
- Managing quality documentation.
- Coordinating closely with the full-time Health & Safety Officer.
- Attending client, progress and technical meetings.
- Maintaining proper construction records.
- Managing snagging and close-out.
- Supporting measurements, valuations and commercial records.
- Managing handover and completion.
DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT WITH APPLICATION
Applications must include:
- Detailed CV.
- Copy of ID.
- Academic qualification certificates.
- Current SACPCMP PrCM or PrCPM validation certificate.
- HIRA certificate.
- Incident Investigation certificate.
- Supervisor Training certificate.
- Legal Liability certificate.
- Authorised Person certificate, if already held.
- Any Working-at-Height / Fall Protection certificates.
- Other relevant construction or SHE certificates.
- List of relevant completed projects.
- Minimum two contactable references.
- Current residential location.
- Current / most recent remuneration.
- Expected monthly CTC.
- Availability / notice period.
Applications without current SACPCMP PrCM/PrCPM registration will not be shortlisted for the primary position.
Candidates from the Southern Free State, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape interior and surrounding regions are particularly encouraged to apply.