About the position
Our Client is looking for a Project Manager (Energy/Gas/Water – Metering and Utilities) to Join their team
Location: Cape Town
Description
Working within the Delivery team, this role requires a proven Project Manager to drive success across virtual teams within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The position offers the opportunity to contribute during the pre-project lifecycle before taking ownership of customer delivery projects, typically overseeing schedules, performance, and budgets to ensure goal attainment. Strong project management and technical skills are essential, as a solid technical background is often required to balance competing priorities. Projects are typically focused on the delivery of new or enhanced products, ensuring customer satisfaction through the realization of business benefits.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee all data preparation and collection for the project. This would include all project documentation.
- Utilize Project Leading management methodology and activities in the development and execution of project plans, schedules, budgets, control points, risk assessment and monitoring, resource allocation and status reporting.
- Responsible for day-to-day scope management, including meetings, status coordination, schedule and project plan, and project financials.
- Foster a strategic image of company capability.
- Inform management of any deviations from set schedule, scope and budget, with suggestions on how to bring the project back on track.
- Multi-task across all projects related activities and multiple projects.
- Actively participating in solution design, testing, and training.
- Identify appropriate resource needs, assigning project responsibilities.
- Comply with Solution Delivery and corporate policies/procedures implemented by the company
- Protect the company and customer information assets to safeguard confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Ability to interact with various stakeholders, such as sales, systems engineering, service provider, product development, and other members of cross-functional teams.
Requirements:
- This position requires a minimum of 7 years project management experience.
- Tertiary qualification is essential.
- Professional membership (PMP, PMI certification) is required.
- Working knowledge of MS Projects is required.
- Effective communications and collaboration skills.
- Willingness to travel (nationally and/or internationally)
- Experience within the utility industry (advantageous)
- Exposure to software projects and working internationally (advantageous) both considered a distinct advantage
Desired Skills:
- Project Manager
- Program Manager
- Project Lead
