Section Manager – Urban Development – JHB needed at SMEC
Job title : Section Manager – Urban Development – JHB
Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg
Deadline : May 16, 2024
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Key Responsibilities
- Market development and proactive approach in developing work or being aware of what projects are likely to come up from clients – generating repeat business
- Assist FM in developing business strategies for the section in conjunction with the Functional Group’s Business Plan and objectives
- Develop and maintain existing key client relationships and maintain client satisfaction
- Submission of tenders, EOIs and proposals for the section and to provide input into large infrastructure projects as required in line with Instrument of Delegation
- Win and deliver projects for the section
- Ensure projects within the section are completed on time and on budget
- Ensure appropriate technical standards, and Quality Assurance Management System requirements are maintained on projects
- Monitor staff utilisation levels and ensure staff are fully utilised
- Ensure projects are adequately resourced in terms of numbers, capabilities and specialists
- Establish and maintain internal contacts within SMEC South Africa to source the appropriate skills
- Development of staff – this includes keeping them informed, providing suitable training, mentoring, suitable opportunities, planning career paths, maintaining professional ethics and professional standards of behaviour
- Ensure documentation, reporting and communication is to the required quality
- Manage or be part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver project milestones
- Maintain professional development and remain abreast of advances in chosen technical field
- Offer clients technical innovative solutions
- Project-related construction administration
- Administrative project-related duties e.g. budget capturing on BST, administration of said budgets, time sheets etc.
- Invoicing to clients, updating progress and follow ups on invoicing
- Directly responsible for project budgets
- Directly responsible for achieving revenue target
- Indirectly responsible for the sections financials as per the IOD
- Cross-selling of other functional groups when possible
- Responsible for making sure the local function is profitable (managing overheads and budgets)
- Monthly financial reporting.
- Monitoring Project Manager performance on local function projects
- Drive quality and management procedures in the local function
- Drive innovation changes within the local function
- Ensure good relations exist within the team to facilitate efficient project delivery
- Develop and maintain key client relationships
- Meeting budgetary and time constraints of various projects whilst maintaining appropriate technical standards and QA requirements
- Responsible for assigning tasks, reviewing work and performance management of direct reports
Qualifications, Skills and Experience Required
- Bachelor of Engineering degree/higher degree from accredited university/college
- Engineering degree/higher degree from an accredited university/college
- 5 – 10 years of practical experience in the relevant discipline
- Experience in design using appropriate software, documentation and delivery of major projects involving related civil design
- Experience in management of large civil design projects involving small teams of civil designers and CAD operators
- Experience in Government standards, codes and documentation
- Knowledge of web-based project cost control and financial systems (BST)
- Ability to maintain a consistent and manageable workload
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