Project Engineer (Port Elizabeth) at Aspen Pharma Group

Description
Overview

• Plan the implementation of the project from tender stage to completion.
• Drive service excellence and mitigate risks to gain increased value from project contractors.

Responsibilities

• Project and Vendor Management
• Manage the end-to-end process of identifying and contracting contactors through following due process.
• Participate in project specifications and prepare cost estimates.
• Determine and maintain project schedule, communicating timelines to contractors.
• Perform vendor management through monitoring performance, spending, risk management, etc.

Operational Activities

• Control project plan by reviewing design, specifications, and plan and schedule changes; and recommending actions.
• Participate in design and feasibility analyses.
• Anticipate any potential project risks, identifying and establishing corrective actions.
• Control project costs by approving expenditures and administering contractor agreements.

Planning and Processes

• Provide technical and operational input when drafting plans.
• Asset/Resource Management
• Determine resource needs of the team and/ or own area of work.

Technical/Functional Experience

• Apply advanced understanding of discipline / specialization.
• Analyze concepts and prepare procedures to operationalize new ideas.

Reporting / Reporting & Record Keeping

• Provide information for reports on weekly/monthly basis.
• Compile standardized reports and consolidate documents.

Supervision 

• Provide staff with day-to-day direction and tasks.

Requirements

Skills required

Background/experience

• 4 – 6 years’ experience
• B.Sc./B.Eng. or BTech in Mechanical, Chemical or Megatronic Engineering

Specific job skills

• Project management
• Infrastructure Design
• Procurement
• Familiarity with design software

Competencies

• Information Gathering
• Interrogating Information
• Offering Insights
• Managing Performance
• Finalizing Outputs
• Creating Clarity