Synergy Human Resources
1 month ago
Senior Construction Project Manager - Knysna
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Company information
- Company
- Synergy Human Resources
- Location
- South Africa, Western Cape, Eden South Africa
- Posted
- 1 month ago
Job description
Duties:
- Oversee, manage and take responsibility for the project, site and all sub-contractors
- Manage and coordinate all site activities
- Drive timelines and project schedule for timeous completion
- Manage budget and budget reports
- Proactively identify delays and implement corrective measures
- Maintain firm control of the critical path and sequencing
- Be the Liaison and communicate with and between the Architect, Quantity Surveyor, Engineers, consultants and the client. Lead meetings
- Work closely with the QS to ensure accurate cost tracking and reporting, proper management of variations, and alignment between budget and program
- Review subcontractor pricing, claims, and valuations
- Lead and manage subcontractors
- Quality control
- Maintain and enforce company building standards
- Ensure quality of finishes
- Manage snag list properly ensuring quality
- Health, Safety & Compliance:
- Ensure full compliance with Occupational Health & Safety Act and site safety requirements
- Report directly to the Directors on program progress, budget and cost status, and risks, delays, and solutions
Requirements:
- BSc / BTech in Construction Management, Building, or equivalent (essential)
- Minimum 10+ years experience in the construction industry
- Proven ability to independently run and deliver projects
- Must have experience with up-market residential construction and finishes
- Experience in managing full site operations and professional team coordination
- Solid understanding of QS principles and cost control
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to take control of a site
- Decisive and solution-driven approach
- Excellent programme and planning capability
- High attention to detail and quality
- Strong commercial awareness
- Confident in engaging with professional teams at a senior level
- Hands-on, accountable, and results-focused
- Contactable references
Required skills
- communication
- attention to detail
- quality control
- leadership
- project management
- health and safety
- planning
- risk management
- site management
- cost control
- architect
- quantity surveyor
- btech
- sequencing
- construction management
- critical path
- consultants
- building
- budget management
- bsc
- valuations
- subcontractor management
- claims management
- client communication
- liaison
- commercial awareness
- cost tracking
- engineers
- solution-driven
- project timelines
- site safety
- occupational health & safety act
- cost reporting
- variations management
- construction project manager
- project schedule
- decisive
- delay management
- results-focused
- building standards
- contactable references
- budget alignment
- budget reports
- 10+ years experience
- subcontractor pricing
- senior level engagement
- program alignment
- quality of finishes
- snag list management
- program progress reporting
- cost status reporting
- up-market residential construction
- residential finishes
- site operations management
- professional team coordination
- qs principles
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