Job Summary:
Project director / General Manager Projects to provide innovative approaches to
management and coordinate with partners, executives and stakeholders. Will supervise
diverse teams across various projects while overseeing project implementation, financial and
administrative oversight, monitoring and reporting, as well as continuous evaluation of
operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides strategic leadership and technical, operational and managerial leadership and coordination for successful implementation of projects
- Makes sure projects are aligned with overall strategic goals and objectives of the organization and, if not, revise plan to make them so
- Oversees all project implementation related to project management, including monitoring and reporting and execution of project plans and performance
- Ensures projects deliver specified results and meet quality expectations
- Carry out a review of work progress on a regular basis
- Recommend changes to keep projects on track
- Make alternative plans if initial project planning is inadequate
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
- Regularly updates clients, stakeholders and executives with reports on the progress and performance of projects
- Identify and mitigate project risk to avoid delays, non-compliances and alleviate risks
- Take proactive measures and anticipatory solutions
- Follow all regulations related to projects and ensure they're in compliance
- Guides individual project managers across a portfolio of projects
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all parties are aligned with the project's direction.
- Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors.
- Selects and manages the training of project teams, assigning clear roles and responsibilities, providing effective supervision and managing performance
Requirements:
- Advanced degree preferred in a relevant field from an accredited university
- Project management certification preferred
- At least 10 years of experience in a leadership position managing more than one project
- Experience managing, designing, implementing and evaluating multiple projects
- Technical proficiency with industry practices
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, management and communication skills
- Excellent time management skills, since construction projects must be completed within a given timeframe
- Good decision-making skills, as these enable a director of construction to make effective plans and decisions to avoid problems, as well as solve emerging ones
- Good physical strength and stamina, since he/she may be required to move from one place to another on the construction site and also endure long hours of work
- Good project management skills
- Strong oral and written skills.
- Computer literate and proficient in use of softwares such as Project Management Software and AutoCAD.
