Project Manager at Decrown West Africa Company Limited

Reporting Directly to: Project Director

Job Description

• The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope.
• They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.

Responsibilities

• Conduct day to day management of the services of the company under contract with the client in accordance with the overall policies formulated by the Project Director
• Provide support to the Project Director in the following areas - Contract Management, Claims Management and Dispute Resolutions
• Coordination of design engineers/experts on the review of EPC design for adherence to contract conditions
• Coordinate and provide support to the Chief Resident Engineer and the resident site team on the supervision and adherence to quality assurance on the project
• Coordination of the liaison between the company and client on all aspects of the project
• Track progress of work for compliance with agreed project schedule/deliverables, perform critical path analysis in order to flag project slips, develop/analyse S-curves to determine effect of work program changes to project schedule/deliverables
• Evaluation of the contractor's monthly IPC and recommendation for approval of the client
• Develop processes/procedures/systems for effective collaboration/engagement with the client and all other stakeholders on the project
• Coordination of all project meetings and preparation of minutes of meetings
• Preparation of Monthly Progress Report on all activities on the project
• Preparation of Monthly Timesheets for approval and issuance of corresponding Consultant Invoice to the client on the project
• Preparation of Monthly Local Content Report that collates the impact of the project along the following metrics - Employment, Capacity Development, Technology Transfer and Local Supply Chain
• Preparation of Project Resource Plan (Personnel, Cashflow etc) of the company for the duration of the Project
• Coaching and mentorship of junior engineers of the company for the development of project management and planning/execution mindset and skills
• Conduct quarterly performance evalution by monitoring project deliverables of the entire team on the project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering (Power) or Civil Engineering
• Minimum of 25 years relevant experience in the Engineering Consulting in the development of Dams, Powerplant or Transmission Line Infrastructure
• Strong acumen in project planning and management
• Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills
• Recent publication in engineering journals.