Our client is a foremost firm in the Marine Transport Sector of the economy, with local and international repute, situated in Lagos, Nigeria. The organisation has vast experience managing, enhancing, and improving navigation opportunities for the country's waterways.
This role requires meticulously planning, executing, and effectively concluding projects within set deadlines and budgetary constraints, adept coordination with cross-functional teams, astute resource management, and unwavering commitment to achieving project goals while upholding exceptional quality standards.
Responsibilities
Project Planning
- Define Project Scope: Collaborate with stakeholders to clearly define project goals, objectives, deliverables, and requirements.
- Develop Project Plans: Create detailed plans outlining timelines, resources, budget estimates, and critical milestones.
- Risk Management Planning: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimise their impact on the project.
Resource Management
- Resource Allocation: Determine the resources needed for the project (e.g., personnel, equipment, materials) and allocate them effectively.
- Team Building: Assemble and lead a project team, assigning roles and responsibilities based on team members’ skills and expertise.
- Training and Development: Provide training and guidance to team members to ensure they have the necessary skills to perform their roles effectively.
Execution and Monitoring
- Project Execution: Oversee the execution of project plans, ensuring tasks are completed on schedule and within budget. Overseeing the day-to-day activities of the Implementation Unit related to the management and implementation of the Project, including procurement, project monitoring and evaluation, financial management, progress and financial reporting.
- Progress Monitoring: Track project progress through key performance indicators (KPIs) and regular status reports, ensuring milestones are met. Ensure regular inspections of equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects which may impact the operation of the Ferries.
- Quality Control: Implement quality assurance processes to ensure project deliverables meet established standards and stakeholder expectations.
Communication and Reporting
- Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear and open communication with all stakeholders, including team members, clients, sponsors, and management.
- Regular Updates: Provide stakeholders and project sponsors with regular project updates and reports on progress, challenges, and changes.
- Meeting Facilitation: Organize and lead project meetings to discuss progress, address concerns, and make decisions collaboratively.
Risk Management
- Risk Identification: Continuously identify potential risks throughout the project lifecycle and assess their impact on project objectives.
- Mitigation Strategies: Develop and implement strategies to mitigate identified risks, adjusting project plans as necessary.
Change Management
- Change Requests: Manage change requests from stakeholders, evaluating their impact on project scope, timeline, and budget.
- Adaptation: Adjust project plans and resources to accommodate approved changes while minimising disruptions.
Budget Management
- Budget Development: Create and manage the project budget, ensuring that costs are accurately estimated and controlled.
- Financial Monitoring: Track project expenditures, ensuring adherence to the budget and reporting any variances to stakeholders.
Project Closing
- Final Deliverables: Ensure all project deliverables are completed, documented, and accepted by stakeholders.
- Evaluation and Reporting: Conduct a post-project evaluation to assess project performance against objectives and capture lessons learned for future projects.
- Closure Activities: Complete all project closure activities, including final reporting, resource release, and stakeholder debriefings.
Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement: Identify areas for process improvement within project management practices and implement best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Knowledge Sharing: Share lessons learned and best practices with other project managers and teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Leadership and Motivation
- Team Leadership: Inspire and motivate team members, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
- Conflict Resolution: Address and resolve conflicts within the team or with stakeholders, ensuring a focus on project goals.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in civil engineering/construction management/project management or related discipline with a bachelor’s in civil engineering from a HEC recognised university. Foreign qualifications will be considered an added advantage.
- At least ten years of experience managing multiple projects with excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Certificate in construction management, project management, contract management, maintenance management, leadership or any other skills considered relevant for the position.
- Proficiency in project management frameworks like Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or PRINCE2, depending on the project's requirements
- Membership in professional bodies
- Experience managing Large public sector infrastructure projects
- Experience working with a DFI and IFI
- Excellent verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience and skills in managing relationships, facilitating meetings, engaging diverse stakeholder groups and community members, and preparing and delivering presentations.
- Excellent written communication skills, including experience preparing concise, comprehensive, and understandable policy memos, technical reports, community engagement plans, fact sheets, and other written materials.
- Positive, collaborative, and problem-solving mindset, both with internal team and external partners
Competencies Required
- Communication skills
- Conceptual thinking
- Rationale Persuasion
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Efficiency Orientation
- Project Planning and Execution
- Concern for standards
- Team Management and Collaboration
