Project Order Fulfilment Manager - Johannesburg at Weir Minerals

Purpose of Role:

• The Project Order Fulfilment Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management and delivery of project orders and contracts, ensuring execution excellence across scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and cash.A critical component of the role is people leadership - leading, developing, and managing cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects in a demanding engineering environment

Key Responsibilities:

• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
• Ensure full compliance with Weir policies, project governance frameworks, and standard operating procedures

People Leadership (Critical Role Requirement):

• Provide strong, visible leadership to project and order fulfilment teams.
• Lead and manage performance, capability development, and accountability within the team.
• Proactively manage conflict resolution, workload prioritisation, and stakeholder tensions to maintain delivery focus.
• Coach, mentor, and support team members, creating a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement

Customer & Stakeholder Management:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Lead engagement on technical and commercial matters, including site visits and customer meetings.
• Implement effective communication plans to ensure alignment, transparency, and proactive expectation management.
• Manage complex customer interactions and resolve issues professionally while honouring contractual commitments.

Project & Contract Execution:

• Carry overall accountability for the successful execution of capital project orders, from initiation through to close-out.
• Integrate services across cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams, including sales, planning, engineering, production, branches (local and regional), suppliers, and customers.
• Ensure project delivery within contractual scope, budget, and schedule.
• Develop and communicate high-level project execution plans and objectives.
• Participate in annual strategy planning sessions for the Projects Department

Project Management Excellence:

• Drive continuous improvement and governance through the application of best-practice project management frameworks (PMBOK, PRINCE2, ISO 21500).
• Provide project management support to other business units, including tender development and technical deliverables.
• Ensure effective management of project time, cost, quality, risk, and change

Financial, Risk & Commercial Accountability:

• Own project risk management with a strong commercial focus, safeguarding delivery commitments through early risk identification, mitigation planning, and recovery actions to prevent liquidated damages and protect project profitability.
• Accountable for achieving project milestones and cash collection targets, in close coordination with the Project Controller/Administrator.
• Manage change control processes, ensuring timely identification, evaluation, approval, and implementation of variations.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
• MEng in Project Management or PMP certification (PMI) or actively working toward certification
• Qualification or experience in Engineering and/or Technology Management is advantageous

Job Experience Requirements

• 5 -8 years’ experience in a multidisciplinary engineering or project-house environment
• Minimum 5 years’ proven project management experience, managing projects from initiation to close-out (small, medium, and large-scale)
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in team leadership, including Performance management (setting goals, monitoring progress, conducting reviews), Conflict management (resolving disputes, fostering collaboration) ​
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams, managing performance, and navigating complex stakeholder environments
• Experience in contractual law within an engineering/project management context
• Knowledge of NEC and FIDIC Yellow Book contracts is advantageous

Technical & Professional Skills

• Strong commercial and business acumen
• High level of computer literacy (Microsoft Office Suite)
• ERP system experience (e.g. SAP, Infor LN) is advantageous
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage difficult customers and high-pressure situations effectively

Additional Requirements

• Valid Driver’s Licence
• Willingness to travel extensively to mining and project sites within the region