Project Manager (Construction) - DRC

BACKGROUND INFORMATION 

Career Options Africa Group is a HR Consultancy firm specializing in Recruitment, HR outsourcing and Immigration support in Africa with offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Nigeria, South Africa and South Sudan. 

Our client, a leading global professional services company that partners with clients to deliver major projects and programmes that transform businesses, is seeking a project manager to be based in DRC. 

THE JOB 

The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of multiple construction projects, ensuring compliance, quality, cost control, and timely execution through effective stakeholder and governance management. 

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chain to deliver compliant projects.   
• Analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.   
• Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized.   
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.   
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required.   
• Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are being applied correctly.   
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.   
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.   
• Forecast and update key project milestones.   
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.   
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.   
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.   
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.   
• Strategic Thinking - provide advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.   
• Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured.   
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.  
• Identify business development opportunities with both existing and new clients, including potential cross-selling opportunities.  
• Responsible for all project manager functions in D365 [internal system] for all your commissions  

Time to Answer

2 open days

Process

1 Phone Call

1 Onsite Interview

Days to get an Offer

4 Days after Interview