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Senior Construction Project Manager - Knysna
540000.00 - 720000.00
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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Company information
- Company
- Synergy Human Resources
- Location
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South Africa, Western Cape, Eden
South Africa - Posted
- 1 week ago
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