Senior Project Manager

HENSOLDT South Africa; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the execution of complex multidisciplinary engineering projects, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, budget, and quality parameters.

The role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and governance throughout the project lifecycle to achieve successful outcomes for customers and the organization.

Qualifications

• Must have a Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering; a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 6 years of project management experience.
• Formal Project Management training required.
• Experience in development, integration and evaluation of complex multidisciplinary systems.
• Experience in aerospace or radar systems advantageous.
• Proven track record of leadership and stakeholder management.
• Experience defining, implementing and leading project risk management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and governance of complex engineering projects with defined scope, schedules, budgets and milestones.
• Drive project execution across multidisciplinary teams, procurement activities and technical reviews to meet cost, schedule and quality targets.
• Manage project risks, issues and stakeholder engagement to enable informed decision-making and smooth delivery.
• Coordinate engineering, systems, quality assurance and supplier activities to ensure compliant outputs meeting standards.
• Oversee project handover and closure with lessons learned and formal closure reporting.

Skills

Project Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Communication

Education

Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Project Management training

Tools

PRINCE2

PMBOK

Agile

Project Planning

Scheduling

Governance

Cost Control

Procurement Management

Quality Assurance

Job description

About The Role

The Senior Project Manager leads the execution of complex, multidisciplinary engineering projects to ensure delivery within agreed scope, schedule, budget, technical and quality requirements. The role drives cross-functional collaboration, manages project risks and stakeholder expectations, and maintains effective governance throughout the project lifecycle to achieve successful project and customer outcomes.

Qualification and experience

• Minimum Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering; a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification is preferred.
• Minimum 6 years' project management experience.
• Formal Project Management training required.
• Experience in the development, integration and evaluation of complex multidisciplinary systems.
• Experience within the aerospace or radar systems environment will be highly advantageous.
• Proven track record of successful team leadership and stakeholder management.
• Experience defining, implementing and leading project risk management processes.

Key technical skills

• Project Management Methodologies, including PRINCE2, PMBOK and Agile
• Project Planning and Scheduling
• Project Governance
• Cost and Budget Control
• Project Risk Management
• Procurement Management
• Engineering Data Pack and Technical Documentation Management
• Project Reporting and Performance Monitoring
• Technical, Commercial and Operational Risk Management

Project Planning and Governance

Lead the planning and governance of complex engineering projects by defining scope, schedules, budgets, resources and contractual milestones to establish effective project control, resulting in structured and compliant execution against approved project objectives.

Project Delivery and Execution

Drive project execution across multidisciplinary teams, procurement activities and technical reviews to control cost, schedule, quality and delivery performance, resulting in achievement of project milestones and customer commitments.

Risk and Stakeholder Management

Manage project risks, issues and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle to maintain alignment, enable informed decision-making and address delivery constraints, resulting in controlled project exposure and effective stakeholder outcomes.

Technical and Quality Assurance

Coordinate engineering, systems, quality assurance and supplier activities across project delivery to ensure technical solutions meet operational, maintainability and production requirements, resulting in compliant outputs aligned with engineering and quality standards.

Project Closure and Continuous Improvement

Manage project handover and closure through technical and financial reviews, lessons learned and formal closure reporting to confirm completion and capture improvement opportunities, resulting in effective project close-out and strengthened future project performance.

Our recruitment values

HENSOLDT South Africa focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion in our organisational strategy. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive corporate culture that benefits our employees and delivers better outcomes for our clients. In line with our commitment to equal employment opportunities and our focus on diversity in the operational environment, we welcome applications from all ethnic groups. In line with HENSOLDT's commitment to equal employment opportunities and our focus on diversity in the operational environment, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups.

Application Deadline

11 September 2026.