Manager – Projects Execution – Botswana Power Corporation

Main purpose of the position

To manage and provide strategic leadership for medium to large projects involving multiple stakeholders and overall planning, direction, organization, budgeting, control, co-ordination, and completion of all the various project work to the highest safety and quality levels within time and budget constraints

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee all consultant and contractor qualification processes through creation/negotiation of all long term contracts to ensure that competent, safety-orientated external resources are available to assist in transmission project delivery
• Manage execution and on-time delivery by setting priorities and milestones, translating initiatives into plans and schedules, and coordinating activities.
• Monitor the demands on a process or operation and match resources to ensure business continuity.
• Acquire and ensure optimal utilisation of resources by considering constraints, peaks and troughs.
• Develop and implement monitoring, measurement and tracking processes and/or systems.
• Benchmark quality and productivity against best practice.
• Monitor productivity measures and data, as well as create synergy amongst teams, to increase productivity.
• Implement programs and initiatives aimed at improving quality.
• Manage multiple projects impacting on the total organisation, using sophisticated program management methodologies and tools.
• Oversee and execute multiple projects in line with set time and quality management standards by developing a master programme and sub-programmes, creating contractors/supplier contractual conditions and incorporating them into tender documents.
• Report on progress of multiple projects, controls change to the quality plan and time program and manages implementation of corrective actions.
• Establish quality management plan and persons responsibilities for implementation, monitors implementation of quality assurance and reports on obligations.
• Establish management structure for each project depending on the complexity and structure of contract including other relevant agreements such as joint venture and consortium agreements.
• Implement the agreed contract payment terms and conditions into invoicing guidelines and verify adherence by other groups
• Coordinate the EPCM contract pricing and inflationary adjustments during all project phases including rate schedule, labour costs and other expenses.
• Implement the change management strategy for the project to ensure maximum positive utilization of changes within the contract provisions.
• Identify the necessary budget requirements for the provision of consultant, contractor and project management processes with the application of industry best practices.
• Manage performance of the team by working within the prescribed performance management system.
• Implement the Environmental Health, Safety (EHS) and Policy and Plans
• Manage and authorise all commitments (subject to agreed delegation) and approve payment of invoices including trade contractors’ invoices, manage claims response and settlement process.
• Lead negotiations on contract commercial terms & legal issues associated with the contracts.
• Analyse and report projects health metrics as a basis for improvement.

Qualifications

• Recognised Bachelors Degree in Electrical Power Engineering or equivalent.
• Membership of the Engineering Registration Board (ERB) is required.
• Relevant Project Management qualification (PMP, APM, ACP etc) is required.
• Additional management qualifications will be an added advantage.

Experience

Ten (10) years post qualification experience in the managing of projects, five (5) years of which will have been in project management in a power environment.

Competencies