Quality jobs in South Africa

Minimum Requirements:

• Must have a tertiary qualification in a property and/or construction discipline, and/or have undertaken post-graduate qualifications in business management, property, or financial investment.
• Experience as a Property Development Manager or Developer’s Project Manager with a strong financial management and cost control mandate.

About:

The role entails coordinating, managing, and administering elements of specific establishment projects from the launch phase of a project, during construction, and through to snagging post-completion. It focuses on project management and aspects of the Principal Agent within the development space. The role requires detailed attention to managing the cost, quality, and returns on the projects whilst ensuring compliance and improvements to the established internal processes. This encompasses a variety of key functions including site administration, program management, budget management and coordination, quality control, and key establishment decision-making on-site and within the project and professional coordination.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate market sectors in terms of emerging opportunities.
• Monitor market/competitor trends.
• Define and review project goals and constraints.
• Develop strategies for further review.
• Liaise with approval authorities and relevant parties.
• Negotiate/gain approvals in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Advise and liaise with all other stakeholders.

• Prepare EOI or tender documentation.
• Liaise with management and consultants to ensure appropriate financial, commercial and legal risks are documented.
• Manage tender process within probity guidelines.
• Run meetings with construction professionals (Architects, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, etc.).
• Manage evaluation process and negotiate formal documentation such as development leases, etc.
• Negotiate amendments to legal documentation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant documentation, leasehold or freehold.
• Monitor progress and keep management advised of cash flow and scheduling issues as they arise.
• Resolve legal/financial issues in consultation with management.
• Manage the approval process for all applications including development approvals.

• Instruct and manage external project management consultants.
• Review the preparation and negotiation of bid packages.
• Review the preparation of contract documents.
• Oversee the management of each contract, reporting progress on a regular basis.
• Manage the completion/approval stages and the issue of construction certificates.
• Monitor progress and oversee practical completion and final certificates in consultation with management and the appropriate Certifier.

• Ensure accurate and timely information is available for monthly and weekly management reports, covering all aspects of each project.
• Implement the establishment’s policies and procedures.