Job Description

Location - Karachi Pakistan

Perform Program Management activities on site and coordination for the timely implementation of projects within project objective targets, working under the direction of Group Planning & Project Management Dept., HO Dubai.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Leadership:

• Act as an ambassador for DP World at all times when working; promoting and demonstrating positive behaviours in harmony with DP World’s Principles, values and culture; ensuring the highest level of safety is applied in all activities; understanding and following DP World’s Code of Conduct and Ethics policies;
• Demonstrates and articulates what a safe working culture is and means. Applies these principles in the way work is done;
• Establish project management leadership by building and motivating project stakeholders and engaged team, promoting collaboration to meet project objectives and adhere to their responsibilities and project milestones;
• Prepare estimates and detailed project budgets supporting AFE’s for all phases of the projectMaintain cost monitoring of committed funds against approved budgets applying EVM methodology;
• Ensure project financial activities align with business processes;
• Review/ amend/ approve payments to consultants and contractors;
• Flexible, open and determined to identify project cost savings at all levels while not compromising project ‘fit-for-purpose’ outcomes

Project Engineering:

• Manage day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs project management team meetings where appropriate;
• Assist in the acquiring of, consolidation, interfacing and compliance with End User requirements;
• Manage and/ or develop scopes of work, technical specifications, tender documents and related documentation;
• Review designs with respect to ‘Safety in Design’ principles
• Undertakes prequalification selections of Vendors, Engineering Consultants and Contractor selections for evaluation;
• Provide expert Civil Engineering advice on design, specifications and tender evaluation;
• Ensures design and construction complies with appropriate regulations, standards and codes of practice;
• Manage project scope, changes and variations
• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables

PMO Documentation:

• Develop and maintain GPPMD - PMO documentation (*within a PPM system), including:
• Maintain a project Organization Breakdown Structure;
• *Maintain a Stakeholder Register;
• Prepare, maintain and control a project schedule;
• *Create and maintain a project assumptions and constraints register;
• *Prepare, populate, own and review monthly a project risks & issues register;
• *Maintain a project Change Log;
• *Maintain monthly project cost reporting;
• *Maintain weekly and monthly progress reporting;
• *Maintain a record of lessons learned.

Financial:

• Prepare estimates and detailed project budgets supporting AFE’s for all phases of the project;
• Maintain cost monitoring of committed funds against approved budgets applying EVM methodology;
• Ensure project financial activities align with business processes;
• Review/ amend/ approve payments to consultants and contractors;
• Flexible, open and determined to identify project cost savings at all levels while not compromising project ‘fit-for-purpose’ outcomes;

Governance:

• Coordinate and report with GPPMD on the strategy and direction to be implemented on the Projects
• Maintain the GPPMD online Project, Portfolio Management System;
• Ensure procurement activities align with business processes;
• Fully understand and manage all contracts to ensure deliverables meet project objectives;
• Manage project and program expectations while delegating and managing/ integrating deliverables with project stakeholders;
• Assist in dispute resolution, negotiation, arbitration or litigation, as directed by HO PM;
• Identify and communicate risks and issues impacting project objectives;
• Provide and implement strategies to control, reduce or eliminate project risks;
• Follow up securing of permits, approvals and licences;
• Assure proper implementation of QA/QC procedures on the projects; as well as Environmental, Health and safety.
• Ensure self and team members always act in a professional manner to ensure integrity of project objectives

Reporting:

• Provide status reporting regarding project progress, milestones, deliverables, costs, budgets, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across Strategic/ Tactical/ Implementation teams;
• Establish systems to manage the flow of accurate information provided to project stakeholders.
• Perform other related duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Training/Qualifications

• Bachelors degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering;
• PMP, Post graduate qualifications in Project Management or related disciplines;
• Knowledge of structured Project Management frameworks and methodologies, preferably PMI, PMBOK 6th Ed..

Experience

• 20 years’ experience in Project Management including the setting up and delivery of project management frameworks from concept to handover;
• Experience in managing large sized project management implementation teams;
• Demonstrated experience delivering Civil Engineering Infrastructure projects, quay walls;
• Managing civil design, construction standards, consultants, tenders and Pakistani Standards./ FIDIC forms of contract;
• Demonstrated experience of applying civil engineering principles to review, question and challenge concepts, design and application.

Skills/Techniques:

• Well developed technical management skills and experience of Projects;
• High level scheduling, computer literacy (MS Office, AutoCAD, MS Project) and report writing skills;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Building budgets, monitoring cash flow and costs in professional systems;
• High level of relationship building and engagement;
• Team approach and recognition of others;
• Well developed data analysis skills;
• Mentoring and development of people.

Competencies:

• Conceptual thinking;
• Strategic planning;
• Information seeking;
• Analytical thinking;
• Attention to detail
• Initiative
• Organizational awareness
• Impact and influence