Program Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - Mastech General Trading
Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Program Managers need to be professional specialists with a significant level of expertise, exercising independent professional
- Work will require professional expertise and/or experience to develop and implement revised or new
- Programs that are managed will require planning and operations over a timescale of years and these managers are therefore
- Program managers are required to ensure that projects under these programs are effectively executed from inception through to
delivery.
- The work includes implementing operational plans and contributing to the longerterm plans for the area to fit with broader
- Programs managed are of strategic importance to the organisation for an expected timescale of 5 or more years.
- Liaise with international SKA consortia on programs that are related to the SARAO program under their control.
- Implementation and management of activities in support of agreed to processes and procedures (including providing inputs and
- Stakeholder coordination and management as required and agreed with the Head of Engineering (this includes the international SKA
- Define strategy and roadmap for current and future projects related to the program under their control to ensure projects are
- Ensure all program documentation is complete, uptodate, and easily accessible to project team members and stakeholders, with a
- Implement communications standards across a portfolio of projects including executive and key partner communications.
- Appoint and manage engineering consultants and other specialist consultants as and when required.
- Ultimately responsible for managing the schedule and budget for programs with the assistance of Project Managers and the project
- Risk and Change Management.
Key Requirements:
Qualification:
- Btech (Eng.) with 13+years relevant experience; OR
- B.Eng with 9+ years relevant experience; OR
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- M.Eng with 7+ years relevant experience; OR
- Ph.
- With either PMP (or equivalent) or Pr Eng or MBA
Experience:
- Working on sciencerelated projects
- Proven history of delivering on large projects
- Systems Engineering/ Product development processes
- Configuration Management and Maintenance of Product Configuration
- Production processes relevant to their functional area
- Development and implementation of operational plans
- Project management
- Writing technical proposals/documents
- Developing and implementing revised or new work methods, designs, policies and processes
- Acting as chairman for PDR/CDRs on their programmes
Knowledge:
- Project and Programme Management
- Government procurement processes
- Supplier Management
- ISO9001 Quality System
- Knowledge of national and international standards where applicable
- Work methods, designs, policies and processes related to their program
- Systems Engineering best practices
Additional Notes:
- Proactiveness
- Strong leadership qualities
- Organised and systematic way of working
- Focus on quality
- Documentation rigour, quality and maintaining configuration
- Adherence to development processes and quality systems, leading a governance structure that drives effective executive decisionmaking
- Planning and time management
- Display problemsolving skills
- Display excellent interpersonal skills. (developing operational relationships with internal and external customers while demonstrating
- Work independently as well as in a team environment
Salary:
R50, R65,000.00 per month
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cape Town,
Western Cape:
Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)
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