Project Monitoring Associate at ARM Hold Co.

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

Main Responsibilities

• Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation procedures for construction projects
• Monitor construction project activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving required project outputs
• Monitor and evaluate project timelines and overall progress of achievement of projects within specified component timelines and overall deadlines.
• Carry out random independent checks on construction processes, quality of materials used for construction and report any anomalies to the CRO.
• Carry out regular checks and provide feedback to CRO and Project Managers on their project planning, project strategies, processes and activities
• Validate the use of detailed and comprehensive checklists by the Project management team and ensure consistent use of such checklists
• Monitor all project activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving project outputs
• Identify any bottlenecks in completing projects and develop plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks
• Recommend strategies to the project management team for improving efficiency and effectiveness of the logical framework of project management
• Develop key performance indicators for monitoring and ensuring project success and regularly report on to the Chief Risk Officer on such key indicators
• Report monthly, quarterly half-yearly and annual progress on all project activities to the CRO and Project Monitoring Committee
• Prepare and maintain a database of all project monitoring reports

Deliverables:

• Project monitoring reports
• Project review plan
• Issues log and Risk logs

Time Allocation:

• Technical (80%)
• Administrative (20%)

KPI's:

• Corrective action response time (10%)
• Percentage of compliance regulations met by the required date (15%)
• Number of implemented opportunities for improvement (OFI) vs. number of raised opportunities for improvement during internal and external audits (15%)
• Percentage of critical business services not covered by risk analysis (10%)
• Savings generated and costs avoided associated with identified issues (5%)
• Overall corporate performance (10%)
• Feedback – The annual average rating from 360-degree surveys launched (10%)

Experience and Education

• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Building or relevant engineering field
• 5-7 years professional experience; 2 years within a similar role.

Skills:

• Knowledgeable, skilful and experienced about construction
• Knowledgeable about project management.
• Gathers information nationally and internationally about what could be; visualises the future and assesses what needs to change; thinks strategically, considers wider effects thoroughly, including customers, shareholders and people; promotes and builds enthusiasm for the vision.
• Good planning/project management skills
• Exceptional negotiation, problem-solving and analytical skills
• Superior communication skills, both verbal and oral
• Sets milestones and timeframes to achieve objectives and operational requirements; determines priorities and allocates responsibilities and manages workflow; establishes measures and monitoring systems; putting (joint) action plans in place to address areas of non-compliance; anticipates hurdles and has contingency plans to get around them.
• Speaking and working knowledge of French will be an advantage.