Construction Manager - Centurion, GP Gauteng
Profitability
- Cost control aligned with budget expectations.
- Identify production efficiency and cost improvement initiatives.
- Prepare and provide regular project progress reports, financial status updates, and compliance documentation to internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage project budgets, track expenses, and work to optimize project costs while maintaining a focus on quality management system (ISO9001) and Environmental Management System (ISO45001)
- Utilize cost performance index
Business Development
- Initiate input on tender research and estimating.
- Recognize possible hazards supplementary with construction accomplishments and develop policies to mitigate these risks, minimizing disruptions and backlogs.
- To present new ideas effectively and assist others in the latest procedures.
- Develop strong communications plans, establish and report on key project metrics and key control documents to engage and motivate team members
Safety
- Guarantee compliance with Health and Safety regulations on site.
- Enforce inflexible safety procedures and monitor adherence to health and safety regulations on construction sites.
- Ensure monthly reports are submitted.
- Compliance on Occupational Health and Safety as per ACT No:85 of 1993
Finance
- Monthly project forecast and work in progress reporting
- Accurate and timely submission of substantiated information to finance for monthly profit and loss calculation.
- Manage project budgets, attention on tracking project expenses, and work to enhance project costs while maintaining a focus on quality and safety.
- Monitoring investments and exerting corporate governance after providing finance
Process Excellence
- Manage and lead project teams, providing guidance, support, and direction to ensure the project's overall success.
- Proper research on latest technical packages.
- Planning, organizing, and strategizing the daily operations within CMS, to ensure efficient and smooth operations
- Managing day to day operations, including allocating tasks to employees, managing entire process to completion
- Work closely with CEO to support project delivery and overall success
- Finding new ways of improving customer service
- Managing budgets and forecasts
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety and Company policies
- Ensure continuous improvement of knowledge and skills by maintaining memberships with appropriate associations or organisations and ensuring knowledge of new industry methods
- Finding ways to make workplace, workers, processes more effective and efficient
- Oversees the supervision of personnel including training, problem solving, employee and client grievances
Data Reporting
- Maintain accurate records and documentation related to employee affairs,
- Maintain accurate records of project costs and expenses
- Oversee and ensure that the Company Data Management System is accurately updated and stored throughout each aspect of the project phases. This includes all site information, dims, photos, sub-contractor payment records etc.
- Assist in maintaining a client, supplier and materials library including new or modified contractor accreditation related information
Technology
- Utilise cost management software to execute construction project costing
- Present summaries of requested information using presentation software
- Assist relevant administrators to maintain records on the contractor accreditation database
- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders using verbal and written communication platforms
Customer Service
- Liaise frequently with project team such as site managers, projects managers and site engineers to ensure that projects are completed within budget and to high standards
- Provide consistent pricing/estimates/ bills of quantities/claims that meets both internal requirements and external expectations
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with clients through personal contact to improve current contract performance and maximise the possibility of securing future profitable work
- Provide frequent projects updates to stakeholders, including expected or unexpected changes, or any potential risks or areas of improvement
- Oversee adherence to desired expectations and service level agreement
- Maintain links and good relationships with industry organisations, suppliers, and subcontractors
- Improve CMS delivery of services by providing relevant information, technological advancement or process which may assist CMS in developing the business or achieving better financial results
Skills
- Project planning
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Organisation
- Critical thinking
- Management
- Contract management
- Risk management
- Client communication
- Stakeholder coordination
- Cost control
Knowledge
- Construction oversight
- Safety compliance
- Reporting
- Project documentation
- Proficiency in construction management software and tools
- Microsoft Projects
- High level of versatility
- Project optimization
Attributes
- Strong Leadership
- Self-starter
- Excellent communication, negotiation skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Situation Report
- Interpersonal skills
- Team player
Minimum Qualifications required
- Matric
- Construction management, or a related field
- Relevant regulatory body registration
- Must be computer literate
Experience
- 13 years Engineering and Production experience.
- 8 years Management experience as a Team/Projects Leader/Supervisor
Monthly Salary: Market related