Manager Projects

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd in Cape Town seeks a Manager Projects to lead and deliver complex projects within cost, time and quality constraints. You will coordinate resources, manage contracts, and ensure SHERQ compliance through Eskom's project lifecycle.

The role requires a B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma and strong leadership, risk management and stakeholder communication skills; experience with SAP and PMBOK principles is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/BTech/Advanced Diploma in Built Environment/Commerce/Human Sciences/Information Technology at NQF7 with 360 credits.

Responsibilities

• Provide project control on cost, time and quality.
• Conduct project planning and close-out.
• Provide project communication and reporting.
• Ensure project coordination and team management.
• Ensure project safety, health, environmental, risk and quality (SHERQ).
• Provide project contract management.
• Drive the Station outage performance improvement initiatives
• Manage the Station 10 yearly production/outage plan

Skills

Client focus

Analytical

Problem-solving

People management

Microsoft Office

Influencing

Interpersonal

Decision making

Communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor/BTech/Advanced Diploma in Built Environment/Commerce/Human Sciences/Information Technology at NQF7 with 360 credits

Tools

SAP

Job description

Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply

Job category: Engineering, Technical, Production and Manufacturing

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Introduction

Position: Manager Projects, Position/Task Grade: M16, Area of specialization: To manage the activities and resources allocated to projects in a cohesive, efficient manner, administer and execute projects within cost, quality and time schedules, ensure compliance with the Eskom Deliver Projects methodology, select and utilise a range of project management tools and techniques, throughout the project life cycle. Department: Work Management

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide project control on cost, time and quality.
• Conduct project planning and close-out.
• Provide project communication and reporting.
• Ensure project coordination and team management.
• Ensure project safety, health, environmental, risk and quality (SHERQ).
• Provide project contract management.
• Drive the Station outage performance improvement initiatives
• Manage the Station 10 yearly production/outage plan

Skills and Competencies Required:

Leadership

• Strategy generation and alignment
• Change leadership.
• Stakeholder mobilisation management
• Represent Eskom
• Embrace diversity
• Emotional maturity
• Business acumen
• Dealing with complexity
• Working with authority
• Providing direction through change
• Strategic thinking
• Building/develop teams
• Building cross boundary relationships

Behavioural

• Resilience and flexibility
• Professionalism
• Trustworthiness
• Honesty
• Integrity and values

Knowledge

• Scheduling tool
• Business integration
• Eskom financial systems
• Eskom Project Life Cycle Model (PLCM)
• Contracts management
• Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS)
• Areas of the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• Project integration
• Project scope management
• Project time/schedule management
• Project cost management
• Project quality management
• Project human resource management
• Project communications management
• Project risk management
• Project procurement management
• Project stakeholder management
• Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) and project management systems and tools
• Koeberg outage management processes
• Koeberg plant management processes

Skills

• Client focus
• Analytical
• Problem-solving
• People management
• Computer literate in Microsoft applications
• Influencing and persuading
• Interpersonal
• Decision making
• Communication and stakeholder management at executive level
• Judgement
• Negotiation and conflict resolution

Qualification(s):

B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Built Environment/Commerce/Human Sciences/Information Technology at NQF7 with 360 credits.

Related Minimum Experience:

Disclaimer

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