Senior Project Manager - Wadeville at Komatsu Mining

Job Specification

• Leading and managing the project management office (PMO) to achieve organizational goals safely, on time, within budget and at the required quality standards.
• Management of the wholistic project management process and department in accordance with world class standards and best practices.
• Identify and use leading indicators to avoid potential negative business performance and drive mitigating actions proactively to ensure on time delivery, at the right cost, and right quality.
• Creating and coordinating action plans and preventative plans and drive continuous improvement initiatives within the project management department to improve delivery, cost and quality metrics.
• Manage team members and their career paths through the development and execution of individual development plans (IDP’s) and training interventions.
• To ensure a clear and detailed scope of work (SOW) and obtain clear specifications and build instructions for OE (Original Equipment), Rebuilds and Interventions.
• To initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control and close all projects whilst adhering strictly to the parameters of time, quality, and cost.
• To create a detailed project schedule for all projects and to ensure signoff and commitment to the schedule by all key stakeholders.
• To plan, lead, organize, coordinate, and execute according to the master build plan.
• To ensure on time delivery (OTD) of projects at the right cost and quality, and to manage customer expectations (both internal and external).
• To perform project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management as per Project Management best practices.

Minimum Skills Required

• A Degree (Technical, Operations, or Engineering) and/or similar qualification at a similar level. 
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Project Management with experience managing multiple large projects valued at R10M – R50M each, as well as managing multiple Project Managers.
• Must possess at least 8 years’ experience in a complex operations/manufacturing environment.
• Project Management certification (e.g., CAPM, PMP, PRINCE2) or similar post graduate qualification relevant to job function will be advantageous.
• ERP (SAP) software knowledge and work experience is required in order to effectively manage projects and personnel.
• Must be at an advanced level in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly in MS Projects, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.