Senior Project Manager- South Africa at Vestas

The Construction Department oversees all wind farm projects from start to completion. The team takes responsibility for a wind farm once a contract has been signed and remains responsible until the final tests are completed. Working closely with the sales, legal, logistics, procurement and finance departments, the construction team must keep the project on budget, on schedule and to ensure our optimal safety and quality standards are met.

Responsibilities 

• Reporting to the Head of Construction the main responsibilities are:
• Full project life cycle ownership
• Work creatively and strategically demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Coordinate the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership
• Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration or litigation, as needed
• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and program team
• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques
• Performance reviews and staff development
• Monitor the performance of staff

 Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Civil. Master's in project management, MBA will be also welcomed.
• At least 9+ years of experience in project management teams and construction, preferably acquired in the wind industry or in the energy sector.
• Experience in installation and EPC contracts. International experience will be a considered as an asset.
• Financial and Contract Management skills 
• Skilled proficiency in spoken and written English

Competencies

• Coaching
• Leadership skills
• Proactive
• High flexibility
• Problem solving-oriented,
• Customer and Business oriented
• Self-management
• Cross Functional leadership skills