Project Manager Engineer at Housing Development Agency (HDA)

Key Performance Areas:

Project Development

• Conduct detailed site inspection(s) and data analysis
• Develop and maintain the programme
• Align programme to HDA strategic direction, policy, and plans
• Take into account and accommodate sector development and changes in the programme approach and strategy tailored for specific service offering to organs of state

Project Management Support

• Ensure that the established planning and scheduling methodology is followed in developing project schedule.
• Develop project milestone and progress tracking baselines.
• Ensure projects are viable, feasible and all projects go through the stage gates as defined by Engineering Council South Africa, South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers and National treasury regulations.
• Assess compliance of projects with HDA policies and standards.
• Support the development of the Work Breakdown Structure to support project delivery.
• Perform analysis of schedule data; identify trends, issues, and areas requiring attention to the relevant department.
• Contribute to schedule reporting, including schedule forecast updates and schedule contingency management.
• Support schedule performance updates, analysis, and reports in a timely manner.

Programme Support and Services to Clients

• Develop project plans to ensure achievement of agreed services
• Define project feasibility factors, resourcing requirements and project deliverables and time frames
• Develop project plans in line with HDA’s project service offerings
• Develop appropriate terms of reference for appointment of project resources
• Reporting in terms of service(s) to client
• Accommodate any changes and/or specific related client request as part of programme offering

Programme Resource Management and Alignment

• Procure required project resources by meeting the requirements of HDA SCM policy
• Monitor performance and provide feedback to identified resources on performance
• Ensure alignment of external resources to project, regional and internal capacity support on the programme
• Perform close out of contracts – (ensuring proper month end, quarterly and year end close-outs)
• Oversee multiple integrated product development teams – (through Preliminary Design, Detail Design, and Verification and Validation)
• Establish, manage and track project plans for the new development programmes
• Determine, manage, and mitigate any programme risks

Programme Budgeting and Financial Management

• Develop project/programme budgets in line with agreed feasibilities and available funding
• Monitor project schedule, expenditure against budget and project deliverables
• Address any project budget variance
• Provide feedback and input to overall HDA budget

Develop support tools, products, lessons learnt and Best Practice

• Identify project design, planning, implementation, management and monitoring best practices that emerge from HDA projects and programmes interventions
• Identify and develop possible support tools and product and opportunities
• Identify and develop opportunities to enhance and improve any existing support tools and products
• Review best practices developed and amend to accurately reflect lessons learnt
• Integrate lesson learnt into new project design, planning, implementation, management, and monitoring methodologies.

Qualifications & Experience

• Civil Engineering Degree Qualification: (BSc in Civil Engineering / BEng Civil Engineering/ B-Tech in Civil Engineering)
• Registration with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) or relevant professional body (i.e. SACPCMP)
• Project and programme management qualification required
• At least 5 -10 years’ experience in related construction sector and/or government programmes in the Human Settlements sector and policies required
• Must have knowledge of Construction Contracts
• Willing to travel extensively
• Computer literate