Senior engineering project manager - Queenstown

POST DESCRIPTION:

• Answers directly to the Managing Director and the UAE-based project team.
• Project manage the new lodges and supporting infrastructure development project.
• Oversee the construction process, liaising closely with architects, engineers, construction contractors, quantity surveyors, accountants, and the UAE-based project team and The Game Reserve Board of Directors.
• Chair regular site meetings and report back to affected parties on progress or departure orders.
• Ensure smooth payment schedules within agreed contractual time frames and milestones, within the approved budgets and approved, signed departure orders.
• Ensure a smooth handover from contractors and timeous remediation of snags.
• Manage a small hospitality team, including housekeepers, groundsmen, chefs, waitrons, and maintenance team.
• Business plan and manage the commercialisation process of the future lodges.
• Responsible for The Game Reserve and subsidiary companies financial statutory compliance, including preparation of annual budgets, execution of approved budget and plans, and ensuring that monthly financial reports, annual audits, and all other compliances are correct and completed in time, as required by internal management policy and South African legislation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelors degree in Commerce, Civil Engineering, Architecture or Project Management.

KEY SKILLS:

• Computer literate including Project Management Software.
• Experience in working with accounting software such as Sage.
• Experienced at managing large-scale infrastructure development and managing key role players.
• Experienced at financial management and managing large-scale capital project budgets.
• Sound commercial acumen with a strong track record in a multi-national corporate environment.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Detail orientated with sound judgement.
• Be prepared to live in a rural environment.

BENEFITS:

• Live-in, plus company benefits to be discussed.