Project Development & Planning Manager at Alpha Mead Group Full Time

Job Title: Project Development & Planning Manager

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Development, implementation, and keeping up to date of the Project Controls Plan.
• Coordinating all information required for reporting cost matters, such as capital investment,pre-operational costs, fees, expenditure phasing, currencies, etc.
• Development of project budget for Execute Phase.
• Review the cost baselines (benchmarks) on an ongoing basis.
• Ensuring that VOWD and commitments are within budgets with the support of Finance.
• Forecasting the Estimate at Completion (EAC) at monthly intervals during the project.
• Setting up, managing, and reporting the owner’s costs for the defined phase.
• Manage and report on Define phase contingency, and re-assess as required.
• Ensuring that the Contractor operates in compliance with project processes & systems.
• Setting up the controls requirements in the contract & verifying Contractor’s invoices.
• Participating in reviewing scope changes, extra work authorizations, change orders and the like; carrying out estimates in this context if and when required.
• Function as the focal point for Change Management.
• Initiating, coordinating, and administrating audits of Contractor’s financial, commercial and scheduling performance, as and when required.
• Coordinating all manpower planning activities of the project team and for the Contractor.
• Being the focal point for the preparation and issuing of the monthly progress report with contractor information.
• Analyse schedule performance and flag early warnings.
• Chair progress review and change control meetings.
• Analyzing and providing feedback on project cost and schedule.

Planning Engineer (Contractor Interface):

• Review of planning & scheduling procedures, etc.
• Preparation of the baseline schedule and review of contractor’s schedule, including Risk Analysis.
• Adhoc review of schedule updates.

Contracts and Procurement:

• For Lekki Pearl, Transcendence, Grace Field Project, and other projects, place all Contracts, Subcontracts, and PO’s.
• Support the evaluation of changes and trends.

Team Coordination:

• Directly accountable for the support and performance of the various roles/units listed above as direct reports.
• Schedule regularly with the team as may be required to track performance.
• Ensures that the department’s Balance Scorecard is regularly updated, tracked, and reported for optimal performance.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Building Technology / Civil Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 8cognateyears of experience in planning and overseeing projects.
• Experience in construction project is mandatory.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously without compromising quality, time and money.
• Very vast in planning and overseeing projects.
• Knowledge of technological tool such as Primavera,MS Project and other project management tools.

Skill Set and Profile:

• Strong interpersonal / Communication skills.
• Strong project management knowledge and skills.
• Able to articulate report wise.
• Relevant construction experience.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Very analytical and cerebral.
• Good sense of judgement.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardisation exists.
• Able to work independently and efficiently to meet deadlines.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team.

Attributes:

• Excellent communication skills in written and verbal.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Attention to details.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.