Project Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - Jacobs

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2 days ago

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Your Impact:


Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed - today and into tomorrow.

Our Critical Mission Solutions business - we are invested in you and your success.

Everything we do - whether Aerospace, Defense, Intelligence, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Nuclear, Automotive, or Telecommunications - is more than just a project.

It is our challenge as human beings, too. That is why we bring a thoughtful and collaborative approach to every one of our partnerships.


It is our promise to challenge the status quo as we redefine how to solve the world's greatest challenges and transform big ideas into intelligent solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.


About the Opportunity


Jacobs Clean Energy SA (Pty) Ltd, in Cape Town, who predominately work in the Nuclear (Energy) Industry, are looking for a Mechanical Construction Project Manage, with a passion to lead our project teams to achieve successful delivery of our portfolio of on-site, Mechanical and technical, EPC construction projects.

Ideally you will have fixed price EPC project management experience, be suitably qualified (engineering / technical / project management qualifications), with field of experience to draw upon


Key responsibilities will be:

  • Project and construction site management throughout the project lifecycle
  • Strong leadership and ability to structure and manage the project resources. Lead the team and hold everyone in the project team accountable and responsible
  • Project scope control and change management scope definition and distribution, NEC Compensation Events (notify, track, calculate, quote, assess, defend, motivate), claims, impact assessments, change orders and instructions


  • Risk Management

  • Early Warnings, Risk Registers, Risk management, mitigating and costing
  • NEC contract and commercial management correspondence and notifications
  • Project finances and cost engineering (estimating, quoting, budget tracking, forecasting, reporting). Proposal, bids, quotes and tender development and pricing
  • Project Planning management ensure schedule compliance and tracking, liaise between planning and technical team, providing updates and reporting on the plan, understanding and interrogating the plan. Decide and give direction on planning actions (acceleration, crashing, resource loading and optimization)
  • Subcontractor management and control (progress tracking, interface management, scope and quality)
Governance and QA - ensure the project follows all Jacobs and client procedures on heavily regulated projects


Here's What You'll Need:


  • Degree or equivalent in an engineering, construction, or other technically related field (preferably Mechanical, Mechatronics or Electro-Mechanical, QS, construction)
  • Technical on construction site Project experience (mechanical, piping, valves)
  • NEC Contract management experience
  • Early Warnings, Compensation Events
  • Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility
  • Experience of managing contractors throughout complex construction projects, in a regulated environment (costs, schedule, compliance)
  • Knowledge and / or practitioner of Project Management Practices (PMP)
  • Demonstrate success in developing and managing:
  • Multi-discipline EPC projects (Engineering design, Procurement, field execution)
  • Control of costs; risk; schedule and change
  • Close out of commercial claims and the associated negotiations, budgeting, quotes and cost controls
  • Strong planning and organising skills including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously
  • Determination and focus to drive projects through to implementation

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