About the position
Our clients are looking for a project manager to join their team
Job Description:
The Project Specialist is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and closing out the wash bay construction project to ensure safe, compliant, timely, and operationally ready delivery. The role covers project planning, contractor coordination, progress reporting, risk management, commissioning support, and final handover.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the project plan, programme, milestone tracker, risk register, action log, and close-out tracker.
- Coordinate design inputs, procurement interfaces, contractor mobilisation, site readiness, work sequencing, and construction activities.
- Monitor progress against agreed scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
- Coordinate communication between company stakeholders, suppliers, contractors, consultants, and client representatives where applicable.
- Prepare regular written progress reports covering status, risks, issues, decisions required, overdue actions, and next steps.
- Oversee wash bay-specific requirements, including civil works, drainage, wastewater containment, oil-water separation, water supply, electrical interfaces, equipment installation, environmental controls, and operational readiness.
- Support safety, quality, environmental, legal, and company compliance during project execution.
- Manage commissioning readiness, snag close-out, final inspections, documentation handover, and practical completion.
Key Deliverables:
- Approved project plan, programme, milestone tracker, risk register, action log, and issue register.
- Progress reports, meeting minutes, decision logs, and stakeholder communication records.
- Site inspection records, commissioning support documentation, snag list, close-out tracker, handover readiness report, and final handover pack.
Qualification:
- bachelor’s degree or National Diploma in Project Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Construction Management, Operations Management, or a related field
- A project management certification (e.g. CAPM, PRINCE2 Foundation, or PMP) advantageous.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3–5 years' experience in project coordination or project management,
- preferably in an industrial, manufacturing, logistics, or construction environment.
- Experience coordinating contractors, suppliers, consultants, and multiple stakeholders.
- Experience in project planning, scheduling, reporting, budgeting, and project
- Experience working on site-based projects and ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Strong contractor, supplier, consultant, and stakeholder coordination capability.
- Working knowledge of project planning, reporting, risk management, issue management, and project documentation.
- Understanding of occupational health and safety, environmental compliance, quality controls, and site-based work requirements.
- Strong communication, follow-up, problem-solving, documentation, and the ability to work independently.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Experience using project management software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, or similar tools will be advantageous.
Core Competencies and Compliance:
- Strong planning, organising, and time management skills, with excellent attention to detail.
- Commercial and operational awareness, with the ability to manage competing priorities and maintain disciplined documentation control.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively coordinate contractors, suppliers, consultants, and other stakeholders.
- Strong follow-up, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to identify, escalate, and mitigate project risks.
- High level of accountability and ownership for delivering agreed project outcomes within scope, budget, and timelines.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Commitment to compliance with all applicable legislation, occupational health and safety requirements, environmental regulations, site rules, personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, company policies, and confidentiality obligations.
- Maintain professional and ethical conduct in all interactions and ensure compliance with corporate governance standards
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Desired Skills:
- construction
- steakholder
- project
