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Job Family: Project Management

Req ID: 418665

Job Title / Role: Project Manager RSS EPS

Organization: Lead Country South Africa

Location: Midrand, South Africa

The Business

Siemens Smart Infrastructure combines the real and digital worlds across energy systems, buildings, and industries, enhancing the way people live and work and significantly improving efficiency and sustainability. We work together with customers and partners to create an ecosystem that both intuitively responds to the needs of people and helps customers achieve their business goals. It helps our customers to thrive, communities to progress and supports sustainable development to protect our planet for the next generation.

Role Headline

The Sr. Project Manager is responsible for supervising the delivery of an EPC contract involving construction and building works in a multi-contractor environment. The Site Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the project is completed safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

Position is for a project specific need which is expected to last 24-28 months, but a well-qualified candidate will be considered for a permanent position with the local team or a global role ahead of project completion.

Responsibilities of the Role

Empowerment:

· Drives own empowerment with adequate signature authorization and target agreement to manage the on-site project as entrepreneur according to the organizational standards.

· Supports the POO (Project Office Organization) Project Manager with responsibility on project results including budget, financial management of risks, opportunities, claims, scheduling and EHS; acts as owner of his/her project.

· Provides direct leadership for the site project team (i.e. performance reviews, coaching, development, and training) of matrix organization.

Develop strategies for the project:

· Progress reporting to POO Project Manager. Acts as advisor to support POO Project Manager reporting to management.

· Develops and considers strategic targets for project site in line with responsible POO Project Manager.

· Supports the POO Project Manager to represent the project site in the relevant decision boards internally and externally.

· Identifies/creates additional opportunities within his/her ongoing projects.

Develop project plan:

· Work with the project team to develop a project plan that supports customer requirements and project milestones.

· Work with the project team to develop a procurement plan to support timely initiation of site subcontractors to support schedule.

· Oversee project logistics plan to assure all equipment and materials arrive on site to support construction.

· Review project engineering to support constructability and local capability and material availability.

Manage project site team:

· Agrees targets and work packages with project team and delegates defined work packages.

· Holds and seeks feedback pro-actively (e.g. team members, managers, customers).

· Demonstrates leadership to functionally assigned intercultural staff.

· Takes responsibility for own and supports team-members' work life balance.

· Supports team-members' personal development.

· Fosters ownership culture within the project team.

· Cooperates closely with line managers and experts.

· Facilitates and monitors effective team collaboration also in virtual environment.

· Regularly performs lessons learned activities and feeds the results into own project and organization.

Manage project construction:

· Ensures proper ramp-up and execution on site.

· Develops action plans and handles relevant planning elements and work results.

· Work with the POO PM, and Scheduler to Monitor Project Schedules and do regular periodic assessment of the complete project, for keeping the project within targets with respect to time, cost, quality, and system performance.

· Holds regular project site status meetings and organizes acceptance of work results.

· Manage and oversee contractors on site to comply with Siemens safety program requirements.

· Oversee site contractors to initiate and implement construction to comply with engineering specifications, on time and within budget.

· Work with subcontractors to identify non-conformance and minimize cost.

· Oversee site commissioning personnel to safely, commission equipment on time and within budget.

· Manage compliance to the requirements of local authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ’s).

· Documents all work results according to the valid standards.

· Manages site acceptance (tests), commissioning and final project handover/closure in a timely manner.

Manage project finances:

· Support periodic review of Project cash flow & financial review sheets (cost monitoring).

· Supports regular financial controlling and reporting along the complete project lifespan.

· Identifies non-conformances and takes measures to minimize the impact.

· Supports project risk assessments to appropriately reflected in project calculation.

· Fosters change order approach consequently with adequate margin contribution.

Manage stakeholders:

· Support the POO PM, leading the coordinated project communication with customer.

· Work with the POO PM to conduct stakeholder analysis and manage efficient communication with relevant stakeholders (e.g. customers, partners, suppliers, authorities).

· Monitor and respond to implementation-related issues and work with clients to improve client satisfaction when escalated.

· Actively manages and solves conflicts.

· Drives intercultural communication and collaboration.

· Selects and involves partners/subcontractors based on project needs.

· Involves procurement at an early stage and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. legal, compliance, EHS).

Manage contracts, risk/opportunities and change orders/claims:

· Follows the relevant LoA process as designated Project Manager.

· Assesses and manages contracts including supplier contracts.

· Manages project onshore part according to the New Collaboration Model if applicable.

· Negotiates with stakeholders on change requests and incorporates them into contracts.

· At an early stage, identifies claim potential and works on mitigation/avoidance strategies.

· Proactively drive and negotiate opportunities.

· Ensures monitoring and management of risks and opportunities.

· Devises suitable strategies for risk mitigation and ensures the implementation of the risk mitigating measures.

Manage compliance to standards, rules, and regulations:

· Leads project members to act according to the Business Conduct Guidelines following the rules (e.g. tax regulations, delegation of employees, guarantees and export control).

· Sets necessary measures to ensure zero harm policy in environment, health and safety.

· Involves the necessary corporate governance units.

· Complies to local standards and law of countries directly affected.

· Ensures the overall quality of works, products, and deliverables.

Qualifications and Experience

· Relevant territory Degree/Diploma, preferably an Electrical Engineering qualification or similar.

· A Project Management qualification.

· 10 years’ + experience in project management of proven experience in successfully handling large cross-functional and cross-cultural projects with full profit and loss responsibility.

· Advantage is PMP certification.

· Project management in the Civil works, Electrical and General contractor space

· Strong Administration and time management skills.

· Advanced interpersonal skills

· Ability to lead virtual project team/s to a successful implementation across countries.

· Excellent intercultural skills to cooperate with customers throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

· Must be willing to travel. Hands-on experience with MS project on large scale turnkey projects

· Experienced in multiple suppliers and subcontractor handling.

Our culture:

Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. That is why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.

The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets under the Employment Equity Act will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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Closing date 20 May 2024