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Project Manager Petrochemical Maintenance (R100,000R130,000 / month)

A leading petrochemical maintenance company is seeking a highly skilled Project Manager with 1015 years of experience in M.E.I.P. (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, and Piping) to lead complex maintenance and shutdown projects at major plant sites.

Proven track record in petrochemical plant maintenance Extensive shutdown and turnaround experience Strong leadership in multi-disciplinary M.E.I.P. projects Excellent planning, cost control, and contractor coordination skills

R100,000 R130,000 / month (based on experience)

On-site at major petrochemical plants in South Africa

Immediate / As soon as available If you''s ready to take charge of critical infrastructure and lead high-stakes plant operationsthis role is for you.

To manage, coordinate, and ensure timely and effective execution of projects within Empanda. The role entails working collaboratively across change, communications, and learning projects to ensure delivery to time, cost, and quality, whilst enabling and supporting consultants.

The purpose of this job is to lead project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting activities for all assigned projects. The role will guarantee alignment with the organization's strategic objectives and will oversee communication with all project stakeholders, promoting effective collaboration and successful project delivery.

To be the key catalyst in a project, promoting the project's vision and benefits, ensuring alignment between Empanda HQ, the Client, and the Project Team. To inspire and guide project stakeholders, ensuring that everyone works together to deliver on time, within budget, and with high quality, including:

• To co-ordinate project mobilisation and resource onboarding.
• To baseline the resource planning and project toolkits for the project.
• To ensure that teams are trained and introduced to stakeholders.
• Health check and Quality Assurance
  • To run the health check drumbeat to assure project quality.
  • To identify gaps in delivery and support needs and resolve them.
  • To manage the escalation and management of risks and issues.
• Project Governance and Reporting
  • To oversee project governance and status meetings.
  • To develop and share understanding of KPIs indicating project success.
  • To facilitate decision making and action steps that drive the project forward.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • To oversee project stakeholder engagement and report on quality.
  • To ensure engagement with client sponsors and solution providers.
  • To assure quality listening and engagement on projects.
• Delivery, Resource Management, Budget, and Time Tracking
  • To consolidate project time and budgets, reporting on variances.
  • To ensure that forecasts are updated, and commercials negotiated on time.
  • To maintain the project and client roles and responsibilities.
• Project Delivery Oversight
  • To track the delivery of the statement of work and on time delivery.
  • To ensure project resources have a clear vision, objective, and approach.
  • To ensure an early, ordered, scoping of project creative services requirements.
• Benefit Realisation and Scope
  • To ensure that projects have a clear understanding of benefits and scope.
  • To ensure that there is benefit realisation coaching on the approach.
  • To identify scope gaps and opportunities for additional services.
• Project Close Out and Continuous Learning
  • To manage the close out of projects and packaging of deliverables.
  • To oversee lessons learned processes including NPS feedback sessions.
  • To plan offboarding and best use of resources rolling off projects.
• Coach for Empanda Project Ways of Working
  • Understand and apply the Empanda project management approach.
  • Promote process excellence and observe quality standards.
  • Adhere to reporting and governance requirements.

You need to be:

• An experienced project manager familiar with agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Familiar with change, communications, and learning projects and deliverables.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and organised, with strong planning abilities.
• Good at problem-solving, enabling decisions and managing risks and issues.
• Good at motivating for performance, with strong interpersonal skills.
• Experienced managing budgets, plans, status reports, and trackers.
• Adept at learning quickly and coaching, including onboarding and guidance.

Critical Skills:

• Project planning and management skills and certification.
• Able to work efficiently and objectively under pressure.
• Excellent excel and ability with planning tools such as Smartsheet or MS Project.
• Excellent visual, verbal, and written communication skills.

• Consulting

Our client consists of a group of experienced industry veterans looking to revolutionize the survey data and sampling process. Their clients include the world’s top management consultancies, market research agencies, and brands. Their mission is to make their clients’ research process easier and to be a reliable, repeatable data collection partner.

The Senior Project Manager delivers quality market research projects in a way that consistently results in the highest level of client satisfaction. The Senior Project Manager is an organized, detail-oriented individual with the ability to successfully manage multiple projects from start to finish, in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. The Senior Project Manager will work within a team of several other project managers reporting to one of their Client Experience Managers.

The shift for this position aligns with US business hours in Central Time, which equates to 3pm - 12am SAT from March to November and 4pm - 1am SAT from November to March.

• Proactively lead advanced market research projects with survey programming, sample delivery, and post-field deliverables from kick-off to successful close.
• Lead all aspects of client communication during project delivery including timelines, assigning responsibilities, updates, and issue resolution.
• Exemplify exceptional customer service by understanding and successfully delivering customer requests with proactive, effective communication.
• Lead and coordinate support from internal team members and third-party partners with clear specifications, timelines, and expectations.
• Immerse yourself in our clients’ businesses, understanding their challenges, objectives, how it is performing, and how they define success.
• Partner with leadership in driving continuous improvements to the company’s operating model including the design and deployment of new technologies, processes, and revised roles.

Required

• 3+ years of excellence in client-facing project management of advanced online sample projects.
• Functional knowledge of survey platforms, such as SurveyMonkey, Decipher, or Qualtrics.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including knowledge of advanced formulas, VLOOKUP, and pivot tables.
• Native-like fluency in business English, with a wide knowledge of various professional terms from different industries.
• A reliable at-home fibre internet connection with a minimum speed of 20 Mbps is a requirement of the position.

Preferred

• Knowledge of DIY sampling platforms highly preferred, and ample experience expected managing sample collection across a variety of panels and clients.
• Bachelor's degree.

Attributes

• An energetic self-starter with a proactive attitude who can learn quickly.
• Strong critical thinker with excellent time management, prioritization, and organization skills including the ability to effectively multi-task under pressure.
• Professional demeanour, excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced continuous learning, continuous improvement environment.
• Positive energy and ability to handle stress in the face of challenges.

HR Services, Recruitment & Selection.

Our client consists of a group of experienced industry veterans looking to revolutionize the survey data and sampling process. Their clients include the world’s top management consultancies, market research agencies, and brands. Their mission is to make their clients’ research process easier and to be a reliable, repeatable data collection partner.

The Senior Project Manager delivers quality market research projects in a way that consistently results in the highest level of client satisfaction. The Senior Project Manager is an organized, detail-oriented individual with the ability to successfully manage multiple projects from start to finish, in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. The Senior Project Manager will work within a team of several other project managers reporting to one of their Client Experience Managers.

The shift for this position aligns with US business hours in Central Time, which equates to 3pm - 12am SAT from March to November and 4pm - 1am SAT from November to March.

1. Proactively lead advanced market research projects with survey programming, sample delivery, and post-field deliverables from kick-off to successful close.
2. Lead all aspects of client communication during project delivery including timelines, assigning responsibilities, updates, and issue resolution.
3. Exemplify exceptional customer service by understanding and successfully delivering customer requests with proactive, effective communication.
4. Lead and coordinate support from internal team members and third-party partners with clear specifications, timelines, and expectations.
5. Immerse yourself in our clients’ businesses, understanding their challenges, objectives, how it is performing, and how they define success.
6. Partner with leadership in driving continuous improvements to the company’s operating model including the design and deployment of new technologies, processes, and revised roles.

Required

• 3+ years of excellence in client-facing project management of advanced online sample projects.
• Functional knowledge of survey platforms, such as SurveyMonkey, Decipher, or Qualtrics.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including knowledge of advanced formulas, VLOOKUP, and pivot tables.
• Native-like fluency in business English, with a wide knowledge of various professional terms from different industries.
• A home fibre internet connection with a minimum speed of 20 Mbps is a requirement of the position.

Preferred

• Knowledge of DIY sampling platforms highly preferred, and ample experience expected managing sample collection across a variety of panels and clients.
• Bachelor's degree.

Attributes

• An energetic self-starter with a proactive attitude who can learn quickly.
• Strong critical thinker with excellent time management, prioritization, and organization skills including the ability to effectively multi-task under pressure.
• Professional demeanor, excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced continuous learning, continuous improvement environment.
• Positive energy and ability to handle stress in the face of challenges.

• HR Services, Recruitment & Selection.