Senior Project Manager at Lycopodium

• Lycopodium is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Senior Project Manager to join our dynamic, growing team, the successful candidate will be responsible for the management of the overall project delivery in accordance with Company, Client and industry requirements.

The tasks you'll perform

• Manage the timeliness and accuracy of the project controls (reporting, costs, schedule, trends, change management) in terms of both direct and indirect costs in accordance with Company, Client and project requirements.
• Develop and maintain the various project specific procedures, work practices, plans, systems and protocols to enable the project team to work efficiently and maintain a consistent approach and high standard of work.
• Drive the projects under your control to achieve contractual KPI’s and exceed Client expectation.
• Ensure commercial compliance to Company, Client, and statutory requirements.
• Implement and coordinate auditing of policies, procedures, standards and plans applicable to the Group in order to improve the quality and professionalism of services.
• Ensure safety, environmental, community and industrial relations and quality procedures and plans adhered to on all sites.
• Drive business development activities through engaging and maintaining Client relationships and key prospect development.
• Work in conjunction with a range of internal and external stakeholders to meet project design criteria and deliverables.
• Contribute to engineers in trainings professional development by providing consistent mentoring and identify avenues of development.
• Suggest methods to improve operational efficiency.
• Develop and contribute to the delivery of improvement initiatives which support business priorities for continuous improvement.
• Proactively support other team members as required to ensure Project deliverables are met.
• Undertake regular site visits to review progress, methods, cost controls, safety, quality, environmental, risks, changes and claims, etc.
• Travel on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and its operations.

The expertise you'll bring

• University degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil, Electrical or equivalent.
• A minimum of 10-15 years of experience in mineral processing and/or related industries.
• A minimum of 5years of experience in Project Management, preferably leading large-scale mining projects.
• Experience in progressively responsible positions within mining or heavy industrial capacity.
• End to end project delivery experience, in both greenfield and brownfield projects.
• A strong track record of delivering projects on time, within scope, and under budget.
• Understanding of open-pit or underground mining methods.
• Proficiency in using or reviewing tools like Primavera P6 or MS Project.
• Strong Financial acumen: CAPEC/OPEX planning, cost tracking, cash flow forecasting.
• Coordinate long lead items, construction timelines, and resource management.
• Familiarity with mineral processing, exploration and geotechnical engineering.
• Experience managing full project life cycles; feasibility, FEED, detailed engineering design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Knowledge of EPC/EPCM contract and delivery methods.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams. 
• South African Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Cape Town based
• Extremely well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers.
• Display the core values and ethos of the business.
• Solid technical aptitude, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Provide mentoring and identify avenues of professional development and succession planning for personnel within your business unit.
• Capacity to delegate appropriately.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision whilst consistently producing a high quality of deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve consistently high standards within both budgetary and schedule constraints.
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility and commitment.
• High attention to detail and exceptional knowledge of process optimisation.
• Demonstrate a strict practice of confidentiality, personal responsibility and discretion.