Programme Manager: Water – REF: REGMAINMAN- JW382/2023 at Johannesburg Water

PURPOSE

Responsible for the successful delivery of the Capital Investment Program on time and within budget, including overseeing the planning, organisation, implementation, and monitoring.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensuring that the project purpose, scope, objectives, constraints, and risks are fully understood and documented and complied with. 
• Develop and review long term operational plans for the department, Review the structure for the section and make recommendations for possible improvements.
• Ensure the development and implementation of systems, policies and procedures for the department. 
• Control departmental expenditure by ensuring spending is appropriate and necessary for achievement of objectives.
• Attend regular meetings with department heads to brief on Johannesburg Water policies and performance progress, Approve the training needs of the department after the performance appraisal.
• Ensure that the project purpose, scope, objectives, constraints, and risks are fully understood and documented, ensure that all practices conform to the necessary legal requirements such as Health and Safety, Environmental, legislation and other requirements as governed through Act.
• Maintain performance control of adherence to contract warranty and guarantee, ensure proper close-out of projects by: monitoring the process quality, checking that all issues are covered.
• Manage and monitor the Project Engineers to ensure quality control Assist in resolution of differences or problems between departments or groups on assigned projects.
• Ensure that proper auditing, monitoring and controlling in all areas of functional responsibilities by checking and approving all payments of certificates and fees.
• In conjunction with Project Engineers, determine the risks associated with projects and setting up of contingency plans, to manage it, assess risk on projects, i.e. political risks, social risks, financial risks, etc. before any project commences.
• Facilitate the appointment process for consultants by: Monitoring the progress of the appointment letters, setting up standard appointment letters.
• Prepare the call for proposals (Technical and financial proposals) before inviting proposals and adjudicating the proposals for appointment.
• Bid Special meetings. Arrange approval from BEC, submit to Adjudication Committee (Executives).
• Tender documents. Latest tender, FIDEC forms (for Mechanical, contracts, etc). Also, Financial Management Act specifics, CID (Construction Industry Development Board regulations).
• BWW projects (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrument, etc.)

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Essential qualifications and experience:

• BSc (Civil) or BTech (Civil) degree. (NQF 7). Registered Pr. Eng or Pr. Tech (Eng.).
• 8 years’ experience in civil engineering of which 3 years project management experience. 2 years managerial experience.