An opportunity to work toward powering a sustainable future for the people of South Africa Manager, Projects Details Closing Date 2024/05/06 Reference Number EXX240424-1 Exxaro Reference Number P40146547 Job Title Manager, Projects Business Unit / Division Grootegeluk Coal Job Type Classification Permanent Location - Town / City Lephalale Location - Province Limpopo Location - Country South Africa Job Advert Summary PURPOSE: • To direct and manage medium to large project development and execution plans and risk for duration of project phase whilst ensuring adherence to Project Management and business performance standards. QUALIFICATIONS: • B Eng (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum) • PG Diploma in Project Management (Essential/Minimum) • Management Development Programme (Essential/Minimum) • Government Certificate of Competence (Recommended/Desirable) EXPERIENCE: 8-10 years Relevant experience within a heavy industry, mining or production environment and Project Management (Essential/Minimum) Operational REQUIREMENTS: • Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum) • Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum) • Project Management Professional (Recommended/Desirable) • Engineering Council of SA (PrEng) (Recommended/Desirable) Duties&Responsibilities Best Practice and Knowledge Management • Establish project management protocols • Support implementation of appropriate knowledge management for projects in line with business needs • Benchmark best practice and ensure application of appropriate technology on projects • Generate new knowledge of fundamental significance that will influence current procedures/practices/policies/designs/ strategies and ideas • Provide expert advice/guidance Business Performance and Operations • Conduct audits/reviews of projects in various phases within specialist area input from Manager, Project Governance&Compliance and team where required • Lead investigation of project management problems and develop solutions toward optimising/assuring project delivery • Communicate project plans and outcomes with senior management, other disciplines and within project Compliance, Governance and Assurance • Ensure statutory compliance of new projects • Assess and communicate impact of legal developments on project strategies • Ensure legal compliance within project by implementing appropriate systems • Participate in and implement governance systems for large to major sized projects • Conduct assurance reviews • Ensure services from Business Unit (BU) Project support services and insourced providers adhere to Corporate Governance with regards to processes, systems, guidelines and templates • Establish project management protocols in area of responsibility • Implement Safety Health Environment and Community (SHEC) management and quality management systems to ensure delivery of high quality projects within budget (cost, time, quality) Customer, Stakeholder and Client Relationship Management • Support core business by ensuring appropriate stakeholder relationships toward enhancing corporate profile • Manage internal and external relations within region, including interface with service providers, applicable and other functions responsible to ensure that business needs are met, and employees are satisfied • Manage project interfaces within project environment and with clients • Maintain internal and external professional networks Functional Excellence • Develop project strategy and systems to efficiently implement, manage and coordinate BU projects • Ensure proper prioritisation process in place at BU for all projects • Ensure proper monitoring and control of all BU projects on site • Manages projects with a broad impact across Business Units, which can lead to paradigm shifts in changes of strategic direction of Commodity • Develop and implement risk management processes to mitigate high level risk, in alignment with corporate practices and requirements • Coordinate optimal utilisation of resources for project • Act as the "intelligent buyer" of outside competencies, skills and technology to fulfil required deliverables if and when required • Identify and solve tactical and strategic problems across disciplines • Support implementation of appropriate knowledge management for projects in line with business needs • Benchmark best practice and ensure application of appropriate technology on projects • Participate in best practice development with Corporate Project function and ensure selection and application of appropriate methodology, processes, technology for medium to large projects • Provide expert advice/guidance People Management • Culture/functional climate: Embody, translate and entrench the culture and values in function, address behaviours that undermine values. Foster effective teamwork and unity. Manage functional climate in which diversity is appreciated, high performance thrives, people are involved, energised, committed, motivated and recognised. Demonstrate and encourage collaboration including cross-functionally and create culture of collaboration. Create an environment in which people are inspired to perform and a high-performance culture • Talent development: Actively manage talent (including insourced) through regular assessment of employees’ strengths, development needs and development progress. Provide ongoing mentoring, coaching and development feedback to employees. Promote culture of continuous learning. Encourage and empower team to make decisions. Direct professional development, succession planning, staffing, out sourcing, Competent Person (CP) development and graduates and Professional in Training (PIT’s) • Change leadership: Provide direction, guidance and support to people having to adapt to change, keep them committed throughout. Actively support, advocate for and embrace functional/organisational change and reinforce/role model the change. Address resistance, beliefs, mind-sets, behaviours and emotions to help people adapt to change • Communication/engagement: Encourage open expression of ideas/opinions and foster dialogue. Seek out different opinions. Inform people of decisions, changes and other relevant information. Proactively address conflicts, initiate difficult conversations Planning Optimisation and Support • Ensure contract compliance, administration, finance, cost control and client and contractor project coordination • Take comprehensive approach to identifying problems, understanding implications and creating solutions that support overall project progress and success • Provide project consulting regarding capital improvement and renovation projects including project review, planning, cost assessment, design, bid award process, scheduling and construction Project Management • Develop, direct, coordinate and integrate implementation of medium to large to major projects across BU • Manage interdependency of deadlines on multiple projects and preserve integrity of deadlines/overall project progress • Implement project management principles and practices for planning, design and implementation of project outcomes • Conduct complex analysis of project systems and processes • Select, design, integrate and commission new technology impacting on entire BU Safe and Healthy Work Environment • Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with applicable Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards • Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in operations Strategy, Planning and Project Management • Develop a project strategy and systems to implement, manage and coordinate BU's projects • Manages projects with a broad impact across Business Units, which can lead to paradigm shifts in changes of strategic direction of Commodity • Develop and implement risk management processes to mitigate high level risk • Coordinate optimal utilisation of resources for project • Identify and solve tactical and strategic problems across disciplines Behavioural Alignment Demonstrates the following: • Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem • Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical • Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions • Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic • Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective The appointment will be made in accordance with Exxaro’s Employment Equity policy. 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