Project Manager (Engineering)

HR Talent Partner SA; Somerset West; On-site; ZAR 670,000 - 770,000; Full time

Job summary

HR Talent Partner SA is assisting with a Project Manager (Engineering) vacancy in Somerset West. The role requires leading engineering projects within manufacturing, coordinating cross-functional teams, and interfacing with customers globally.

A strong foundation in project management and familiarity with MS Project are essential. Salary is around 60,000 ZAR per month on a full-time permanent basis, with a focus on cost control, milestones, and smooth handovers between development and production

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; other engineering degrees welcomed.
• Project management experience in manufacturing essential.
• Proficient in MS Project and project management tools.
• SAP experience advantageous; knowledge of global interfaces a plus.
• Experience coordinating with diverse cultures globally.

Responsibilities

• Manage contractual relationships with customers and resolve claims.
• Coordinate design iterations and changes during development and serial production.
• Maintain lessons learned processes.
• Monitor project progress and report to steering committee.
• Track costs against budgets and implement changes to reduce costs.
• Identify, analyze, and monitor project risks and provide mitigations.
• Provide regular feedback on customer projects.
• Create and manage overall project plans with milestones and responsibilities.
• Review customer purchase orders against latest offer.
• Ensure timely implementation of solutions on projects.
• Facilitate handover between Development/Industrialization and Serial production.

Skills

Project management

Cross-cultural collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Project

SAP

Job description

Project Manager (Engineering) job vacancy in Somerset West.

A renowned international engineering company is looking for a Project Manager to join their team on a full-time permanent basis in the Helderberg Area, Cape Town.

Salary: R60 000 per month.

Position Requirements and Key Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree, Engineering will be advantageous, from an accredited institution (or similar)
• Project management experience in the manufacturing industry essential
• Proficient in project management software tools (i.e. MS Project)
• Sound project management skills with project management qualification preferred
• Expertise in manufacturing processes and design is advantageous
• Demonstrated ability to work on a global level interfacing with diverse cultures
• SAP or equivalent experience advantageous

Key Responsibilities

• Manage contractual relationship to customers through effective and timely resolution of claims/warranties
• Coordinate and track design iterations and changes during development stages as well as in serial production
• Implementation and maintenance of lessons learned process capturing knowledge and understanding gained through past and current projects
• Continuous monitoring of project progress and reporting of key aspects to Project steering Committee
• Actively monitoring and reporting on project costs against budgets and generating and reviewing changes to reduce cost drivers
• Organize and provide tools to identify, analyse, prioritize, plan and monitor project risk
• Provide regular, structured and effective feedback on customer projects
• Overview of project management including identification of bottlenecks, providing of escalation guidance for identified issues, evaluate options and find alternatives
• Create and manage overall project plans incl. the definition of milestones and responsibilities as well as delegation and management of work packages
• Reviewing of customer purchase order information with respect to latest offer
• Tracking and be responsible for timely implementation of solutions to customer specified or internally observed issues/problems on projects
• Facilitate successful handover between Development/Industrialization and Serial production