About Purpose of Position: Senior Manager: Project Controls Jobs at Transnet

Position Purpose:
To enable the delivery of the Programme/ Project Management Office (PMO) by ensuring support to Transnet Pipelines (TPL) Capital and Strategic Projects with regards to all Programme/ Project Controls functions. In addition ensuring that project cost and schedule tools are fully utilised and maintained to assist all project management to measure, forecast and track programme/ project related work.
To manage the Programme / Project Controls team in accordance with best practice standards, corporate governance, policies, processes, systems and controls implemented within TPL.
Develop and implement applicable reporting, schedule management, cost & change control / cost engineering, estimating/quantity surveying, project risk & opportunity management, project
contracts management and strive for continuous improvement.
The Senior Manager Project Controls will provide management and guidance across the multiple
disciplines within the Programme/ Project Controls department within TPL.
The Project Contracts management department that reports directly to the GM: Procurement and the Project Risk management department that reports directly to the Head of SHEQ & Risk will by matrix management be informed of PMO contract and risk requirements by the Senior Manager: Project Controls at the portfolio level and on the Programmes/ Projects by the respective Project Controls Managers

Transnet Senior Manager: Project Controls Job Requirements

Transnet Senior Manager: Project Controls job requirements are following:-

Qualifications & Experience:
# Bachelor’s Degree in Quantity Surveying/ Building Science/ Engineering/ Construction/ Business/ Finance.
# Min 12 years experience of which 5 years at managerial level in a complex large multidisciplinary project environment, managing project controls.
OR
# B Tech/ National Higher Diploma in Quantity Surveying/ Building Science/ Engineering/ Construction/ Business/ Finance.
# Min 15 years experience of which 5 years at managerial level in a complex large multidisciplinary project environment, managing project controls.
# Experience in presenting and analysing project cost, schedule and related data to both project level team and Senior/ Executive management.
# Professional registration in project controls discipline (e.g. PrQS/ CO/ PMISP/ CRMP).
# PMI or equivalent will be an added advantage
Competencies:
Strategy and sustainability
Inspirational Leadership
Business Performance and Delivery
Relationship Management
Corporate Governance and Compliance
Personal Mastery

Senior Manager: Project Controls Job Responsibility for Transnet Job Vacancy

Position outputs:
1. Produce, communicate and roll out the strategic level programme/ project controls approach, including documentation of programme/ project controls procedures that  supports the approach, as set out by the TPL PMO.
2. Accountable for successful management and implementation of each programme/ project controls strategy or plan as per Programme/ Project (reporting and forecasts for costs including exception reports, cost control, change management, estimates, quantity surveying, schedule management, risk  and opportunity management).
3. Provide TPL management and leadership duties to all key discipline managers within the corporate project controls team, ensuring that specific controls teams at both a corporate and project level are functioning and delivering to a high standard, that accuracy is achieved at all times, and integrated
reporting reflects actual current status of projects based on the limitation of the project control tools.
4. Provide the primary point of contact with the TPL PMO for all matters relating to project controls process, data, and  reporting and support.
5. In conjunction with Finance and Project Execution, provide input to establish, maintain and continuously enhance an integrated project critical controls framework for all aspects of control and project reporting across TPL.
6. Oversee and guide the peer review, governance and assurance of projects by active participation of the Project Control team in peer reviews and audits within TPL Capital
and Strategic Projects, project review meeting, providing of clear, accurate project assessments and giving proactive advice to drive successful project completion.
7. Work closely with Project Directors, Principal Project Managers, Senior Manager Projects Portfolio, Principal Construction Manager within the function and contract management,
risk management, and engineering/ technical (outside the function) to define detailed measurement and scheduling criteria.
8. To be the communication link to the respective Project Directors/ Principal Project Managers and Project Controls Managers running the large Programmes/ Projects and relevant other functional management.
9. Drive the implementation of the controls principles through support and training for the project management and operational community as required by TPL.
10. Support and implement any client specific process as identified by the TPL PMO.
11. Management of Project Control staff recoveries (owners team cost – hours and direct costs) against specific projects as part of the project cost management and optimise the utilisation of available resources.