Project Manager - Western Cape at Teraco

 MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB

• Act pro-actively taking the lead on delegated projects and be the point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders with the project team, including with liaison with clients;
• The PM is not required to act as technical decision maker, but is required to involve the technical experts or functional owners on decision making where required;
• Ensure that the project outcomes and requirements are adequately defined and that the needs of the users and all other stakeholders are fully and properly understood and accounted for. This includes a detailed analysis of contractual requirements, to ensure all obligations are met in project outcomes;
• Review and understand client standards and requirements, and ensure the project deliverables are delivered in compliance with these;
• Ensure that Operations and Infrastructure Departments have the necessary processes in place to assume operational responsibility at go-live, based on the Teraco processes, client requirements and the technology;
• Establish good working relationships with suppliers;
• Work with the suppliers/subcontractors to establish integrated project plans and ensure the suppliers/sub-contractors meet the agreed project quality and project timelines
• Identify/document project risks and work with internal and external stakeholders in mitigating the project risks;
• Conduct project feedback meetings with clients, and formulary document decisions and agreed actions.
• Compile project documentation, include Microsoft Project Plan, Risk Register, Project Minutes/ Action plans/ Email trails;
• Retain a document repository for the project, based on the project scope and risk;
• Establish and communicate the overall budget and timescales for projects;
• Ensure service orders and purchase orders are raised and distributed appropriately;
• Ensure purchase orders are placed with suppliers within required timeframes;
• Ensure quality, information security, environmental, safety and energy management objectives and design considerations are implemented in all projects, and that scope and testing is compliant to the design standards and the management system objectives.
• Ensure projects are managed efficiently and are executed in accordance with Teraco’s operational project life cycle model.

Requirements

SKILLS REQUIREMENT

• Good written and verbal communication skills;
• Active listening — ability to understand requirements
• Proactive problem solver
• Ability to work independently & a positive team player
• Self-motivated, self-confident and self-driven, High level of energy, Ability to multitask
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure
• Conducts self professionally, exhibits high levels of tolerance and patience
• Responsible for continued learning and self-development

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Technical qualification (BTech,BSc. Electrical/Mechanical Engineer)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in project management in infrastructure projects (not IT or software dev projects)
• Data Centre Certified Profession / Practitioner would be advantageous
• At least 1-2 years’ experience in data centre operations advantageous, but not essential
• Fair understanding related to most of the following but not limited to:
• Environmental monitoring
• Generator deployment
• UPS systems
• LV/MV Installations
• Fire systems
• HVAC/Cooling systems
• Biometric and CCTV Security Solutions / Electronics
• Networking and switching projects
• Experience in Integrated System Test
• Microsoft Project experience
• Driver’s licence and own vehicle (note, the PM will be required to drive between the various sites, as required)