Project Manager

JOB TITLE: PROJECT MANAGER
JOB LOCATION: NAIROBI
INDUSTRY: MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION
JOB PURSOSE: The Project Lead oversees all projects related communication with stakeholders and ensures correct and sufficient documentation both in the Project File as per the company Project Management Standards.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Leads the project to a successful conclusion by facilitating scope, managing customer expectations, monitoring day to day execution and ensuring the project is on schedule and within budget.
2. Creates and maintains standard project management deliverables leveraging appropriate methods and practices to manage and control the project.
3. Implements best practice project management principles and tools structured for the industry.
4. Manages project resources.
5. Handles communication between the project team, program manager, senior management and all impacted stakeholders.
6. Identifies and manages project risk.
7. Tracks expenditures and manages the project budget.
8. Tracks and reports project status on a regular basis, including escalating issues that require management attention
9. Manages the development and implementation process of projects involving departmental or cross functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing projects.
10. Plans and directs schedules and may monitor budget/spending.
11. Monitors projects from initiation through delivery.
12. Organizes the interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project on schedule and within budget.
13. Focuses on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders, etc.
14. May participate in the design and/or testing phases. Facilitate the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements;
15. Resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas;
16. Develop methods to monitor project or area progress.
17. Provide corrective supervision if necessary.
18. Responsibility for assembling the project staff; for their technical or functional development, performance, and/or termination during the project or projects.
19. Facilitate the definition of service levels and customer requirements.
20. Interact regularly with existing or potential clients to determine their needs and to develop plans for improving delivery.
21. Advocate on behalf of clients and represent clients' needs as appropriate to senior management.
SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
1. Ability to understand engineering product developers and quickly gain a high-level conceptual understanding by interviewing construction and engineering professionals.
2. Ability to challenge clients and stakeholders when scope expansion is attempted, timelines are at risk, or when project constraints need reinforcing.
3. Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams across multiple locations and time zones.
4. Delivers value to internal and external stakeholders by managing the initiation, planning, execution, and closure of construction and engineering projects, focused on the delivery of infrastructure, structural solutions, and site services.
5. Manages the activities of inter-functional and remote project teams, ensuring project deliverables are completed within agreed schedules, budgets, and quality benchmarks in compliance with established construction standards and regulatory codes.
6. Develops comprehensive project plans, including construction solution design, implementation methodology, phasing and scheduling, risk mitigation strategies, success criteria, milestones, budgets, and resource planning.
7. Demonstrates the ability to read, analyze, and interpret construction drawings, blueprints, and technical schematics to ensure design intent is met on-site.
Qualifications & Education
1. Postgraduate Degree in Business Management is an added advantage.
2. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Construction Management is required; a related discipline such as Business Management may also be considered.
3. Minimum of 6 years’ experience in project management within the construction and Manufacturing or engineering industry, including proven success in leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering projects on time and within budget.
4. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to respond professionally to client inquiries, regulatory agencies, and cross-functional stakeholders.
5. Possesses strong commercial acumen, with a strategic mindset to identify profitability drivers and align project execution with business goals.