Project Manager

360 Degree Habitat Limited, is currently seeking to employ suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:


Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities 

• To lead and direct a project team consisting of design & construction, commercial, planning, testing & commissioning and support personnel throughout the project life cycle
• Responsible for the development and execution of processes and documentation necessary to properly execute requirements, and project management.
• To create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Provision of a professional, first class, consistent and effective project management service to clients
• Act as client contact and retain overall responsibility for successful delivery of projects on time and to budget
• Arrange client start up meeting and act as principal client contact
• To apply the clients methodology effectively and enforce project standards.
• Ensure regular effective communication with clients and project teams
• To minimise company exposure to risk on the project.
• To win work by leading, managing and coordinating bids/estimates
• Ensure project costs are regularly reviewed and invoices are raised on a regular basis
• Work closely with Project Engineers in order to ensure client requirements are properly met
• Capture project requirements and prepare a business case to justify investment in a project.
• Develop and implement a schedule of project activities and key milestones to achieve the project objectives.
• Maintain communications with stakeholders and the project team/organisation to satisfy their differing needs.
• Handover and closure of the project in a controlled manner highlighting any areas for improvements or elements of good practice to be considered in future projects.
• Liaise with Commercial and Planning teams to provide appropriate support to the bid/project
• Ensure that projects comply fully with all statutory and regulatory provisions
• Support and adhere to policies, procedures and operational guidelines related to established project management system.
• Review and approval of reports and drawings for remit compliance
• Ensure that all health, safety and welfare obligations associated with the project delivery are met.
• Maintain working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner and distributed to team.
• To ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Monitor emerging issues and identify and implement solutions.
• Through the team, ensure the delivery of the project within the given constraints of time and cost and quality and in accordance with the Integrated Management System
• Assign, lead and motivate the project team to ensure all project (time, cost, quality, health and safety and environmental and heritage) objectives are achieved.
• To ensure that relations with the client and all stakeholders in the project are maintained and managed to an appropriate level.
• To identify the necessary resources and assign individual responsibilities.
• Resolve conflicts over resource allocation
• To actively liaise with Team Leader Project Management to identify and resolve any problems in project delivery, including anticipated problems as well as over-spend and late delivery
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Basic Qualifications/Requirements/Skills

• Degree or HND in Civil Engineering or related discipline, Preferably, Engineering Degree (or equivalent)
• 3-5 years hands on Project management experience and proven success in the management of projects.
• Experience of interfacing with or managing construction projects
• Robust knowledge of project management processes and systems
• Ability to plan and conduct meetings.
• Good understanding of commercial and financial matters aswell as extensive knowledge of current market conditions.
• Knowledge of planning software, techniques and tools to assist in management
• Good knowledge of contract and health & safety law.
• Excellent IT skills including Excel, Word and other MS office applications.
• A solid understanding and knowledge as well as broad technical capabilities and experience covering civil, infrastructure and building related works, including an appreciation of environmental constraints
• 20% Travel required.
• Creativity & Innovation: Able to generate creative ideas to solve problems and improve work methods; apply novel approaches to situations; independently apply professional expertise in ways that are unique or innovative; collaborate with team members to brainstorm creative approaches; rethink situations to create new opportunities or overcome obstacles.
• Flexibility & Achieving Change: Able to positively deal with changes that affect project requirements; adapt to shifting priorities in response to the needs of the Project, quickly recognize situations/conditions where change is needed; work to clarify situations where information, instructions, or objectives are ambiguous; support organizational change; effectively communicate to team members.
• Problem Solving & Analysis: Able to gather appropriate data and diagnose the cause of a problem before taking action; separate causes from symptoms; apply lessons learned from others who encountered similar problems or challenges; anticipate problems and develop contingency plans to deal with them; develop and evaluate alternative courses of action.
• Technical/Functional Expertise: Able to demonstrate mastery of the technical/functional skills necessary for performing own job; maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the advances in field; regularly publish or present on leading-edge issues; conduct leading-edge research or similar work that has organization-wide impact; play a key role in advancements in profession.
• Leadership: Ability to adapt and promote project development improvements through positive influence; improve and communicate process and related process improvements; provide clear and concise direction and objectives for team members; establish an honest and open team environment to foster a team work ethic; continually promote a corporate growth path for team members.A team player capable of leading and focusing team members to achieve objectives
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