Hidden Hlabangwane
Lakefield
Summary
As a thriving Project Manager with 17 years solid experience in project management, I get the best out of both people and projects. As a Leader in Project Management, I offer expertise in overseeing all aspects of project planning, from budgeting, risk management and resource allocation to ensuring quality deliverables while achieving complete compliance to contract terms and conditions. As a result, I capture high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty for my employers. I have 16 years solid experience in Project Management running various complex projects and programmes from retail projects, industrial projects, civil projects, energy projects, general building projects and railway projects. Project managers are the driving force behind the success of every key project your organisation seeks to accomplish. Day to day, I align projects with business goals, develop business cases , construct detailed work plans, manage teams, achieve milestones, and communicate the result across a stakeholder audience. I provide expert problem solving and creative solutions to overcome obstacles and achieve business goals. My project teams achieve top performance and delivery success.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Acting Senior Project Manager
Transnet Capital Projects
- Current
- Plan the project
- Develop Business Cases, Project Charter and conduct viability and feasibility studies
- Work closely with project sponsor, cross-functional teams, and assigned project managers to develop the scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new initiatives
- Identify key requirements for cross-functional teams and external vendors
- Develop and manage budget for projects and be accountable for delivering against established business goals/objectives
- Analyze, evaluate, and overcome program risks, and produce program reports for managers and stakeholders
- Identify stakeholders (external and internal) and obtain owner’s requirements.
- Define the scope of Transnet property projects in collaboration with various stakeholders
- Create a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project.
- Determine the resources (time, cost, quality, etc) required to complete the project.
- Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities
- Review the project schedule with Project Managers and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required.
- Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion.
- Plan portfolio of project in terms when it will be executed, sourcing project funding and organisational approval process.
- In consultation with the appropriate manager, recruit, interview and select staff and/or with appropriate skills for the project activities
- Manage project staff such as Project Managers, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Environmentalists, Safety Officers, and Construction Managers according to the established policies and practices of the organization.
- Ensure that personnel files are properly maintained and kept confidential
- Ensure that all project personnel receive an appropriate orientation to the organization and the project
- Ensure a relevant procurement and contract and risk strategy is employed for the project.
- Select and contract qualified consultants and contractors to work on the project as appropriate
- Ensure compliance to Environmental, Quality Standards, Occupational Health and Safety requirements and other relevant standards.
- Execute the project according to the project plan.
- Develop forms and records to document project activities.
- Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured.
- Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project.
- Monitor and control project performance using earned value management systems
- Manage change requests or variation order and implementing procedures of approving change requests.
- Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project.
- Review and control the quality of the work with Engineers, Architects to ensure that completed within the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project requirements.
Project Manager
Eskom Power Generation
08.2012 - 09.2014
- Manage projects and programmes
- Manage contracts of different forms (NEC)
- Planning, scheduling and costing of projects and programmes
- Provide input into the commercial process
- Manage quality requirements of projects (ISO9001)
- Manage project support staff and project teams
- Monitoring & controlling project cost
- Manage project, programme and department budget
- Manage relevant aspects of plant commissioning with relevant staff
- Approved all relevant detailed progress and completion reports
- Project control on cost, time and quality by: Ensuring that control measures for cost, time and quality are in place
- Conducting regular site meetings
- Applying quantity surveying measures
- Ensuring holding points for inspection purposes
- Issuing site instructions to correct quality or time misalignments
- Recommending progress payments on completed work
- Applying all agreed project management standards and practices
- Project planning by: Developing a project plan from project approval to completion using Ms Project and Primavera software
- Ensuring project activities are scheduled on equivalent intervals
- Costing all activities in line with a work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Confirming milestones with stakeholders and customers
- Implementing design freeze and project baseline
- Project communication and reporting by: Ensuring that an effective communication system is in place to provide timeous feedback for management, client and customer
- Issuing site meeting minutes and action plans
- Compiling weekly project flash reports submitted to stakeholders
- Compiling monthly reports
- Implementing project close out reviews
- Project coordination and team management by: Develops team spirit and ensuring that staff involved in the project are committed to the same goal
- Negotiating the assignment of team members on a matrix basis for projects
- Implementing the project office framework with formal project goals supported by team members
- Conducting regular project meetings with the team
- Resolves disputes and conflict among team members
- Applying the NEC principles and contract conditions
- Escalating unresolved disputes to the next level or mediation
- Project contract management by: Draft and ensure that contracts are managed in a way that is fair to both Eskom and the contractor using NEC3 Suites of Contracts
- Actively measuring progress against the contractual programme baseline.
- Ensuring adherence to the contract conditions and timelines requirements.
- Issuing contract instructions on non-adherence to standards or agreements in the contract
- Project commissioning by: Ensuring the commissioning capturing of new assets into CO
- Ensuring the availability of all site documentation and inspection sheets
- Submitting As built drawings and single line diagrams
- Planning all outage
- Implementing a commissioning plan for all stakeholders
Construction Project Manager
Umbutho Civils and Electricals
06.2010 - 06.2012
- Perform cost estimates and value engineering in the project.
- Perform key role in project planning, fiscal control, contract and quality control provisions.
- Project Planning (Primavera P3 and P10 and Ms Project).
- Co-ordination of sub-contractors and other resources on site.
- Act as the communication pivot between sub-contractors and the professional team.
- Monitor progress of construction activities on site and hold regular status meetings with sub-contractors.
- Maintain strict adherence to budgetary guidelines, quality and safety standards in terms of OHSA
- Ensuring that project communication, documentation and administration is done accordingly.
- Ensure that construction activities move according to the construction programme.
- Cost Control and Budget Management of the project on site
- Consults Architects, Engineers and other technical personnel to ensure that design intentions are met.
- Control payment to sub-contractors by valuating completed works.
- Control cost estimates and documentation of contract bids.
- Manage the scope of works on site and manage Change or Variation Orders on site works.
- Establishment of payment procedures to all sub-contractors on site.
- Contract Management using JBCC and NEC
- Awarding of contracts and do risk assessment of the contracts.
- Resolution to sub-contractors claims and extension of time claims
- Manage the tendering processes and adjudication of all sub-contractors tenders
- Issuing and writing contractual communication to sub-contractors and the professional team
- Managing project scope and minimize changes to the scope during project lifecycle
Junior Project Manager
SiVEST Pty Ltd
01.2008 - 02.2010
- Prepare Progress Status Reports and Project Change Requests for the client.
- Develop technical plan with the Engineers, Architects to come up with works information.
- Develop, consolidate and finalize project’s scope of works.
- Programme Management and Project Planning (Primavera P3 and P4 and Microsoft Project)
- Develop, Monitor and Manage Project Risk.
- Formulate procurement process by developing contract strategy relevant to the project.
- Organize Steering Committee Meetings to present contract strategy and feasibility study to seek approval.
- Maintaining records of expenditure, accounting, costing and billing.
- Participate and facilitate site visits, meetings, discussions and project hearings and workshops.
- Contracts Administration of the project using applicable contract i.e. FIDIC, NEC, JBCC
- Maintain and Keep records of all project documentation in hard copies and electronically.
- Tender Adjudication and Evaluation of contractors and sub-contractors bids.
- Monitor and manage Project Scope and ensure that work is carried out in line with project’s objectives.
- Monitor and manage project budget and schedule.
- Organize Steering Committee Meetings and ensure all minutes and matters discussed are documented and circulated to relevant parties.
- Plan an organizational structure to bring about ease and flow of tasks in the project.
- Prepare contractual bids documentations and proposal to sub-contractors and contractors and to the client.
- Negotiate and resolve issues across the project as they arise across areas of the project especially where they impact on project systems and activities.
- Develop Project Plan and manage Project’s resources.
- Ensure that decisions are taken on project within time to avoid causing delays on the project.
- Interact and interface with all members of the professional team to ensure all quality reports are issued by these professionals and that their design intentions are followed.
Assistant Project Manager
Focus Project Management
01.2007 - 09.2008
- Assist in the development of project plans, proposal, cost estimates, budgets and schedules.
- Follow up on agreed dates on site i.e. confirmation of delivery of materials on site by contractors.
- Prepare Progress Status Report for the Project Manager
- Co-ordinate and assists in the development of electronic and written material for project management proposals, presentation and status updates.
- Acts as a liaison between the Project Manager and all parties involved in project implementation.
- Ensure that work on site is satisfactorily carried out according to specifications.
- Assist in the co-ordination of contractors, sub-contractors necessary in the completion of the project.
- Assist the Project Manager in drafting Tender Adjudication and Evaluation reports.
- Accountable for co-coordinating snagging works completion certificates and documentation in accordance with contractual standards.
- Inform the Project Manager of all critical issues on site and provides professional and technical input at all stages of the project.
- Attend Site Meetings and provide the Project Manager with all matters arising from the Main Contractors meetings.
- Monitor the execution of the project and ensure consistency with the project scope.
- Monitor and track progress on site according and document all project risk on the project
Education
Management Advanced Programme (MAP) - Business Strategy and Operations Management
Wits Business School (WBS)
Johannesburg, GP01-2015
BSc. - Property Development Engineering, Quantity Surveying
University of KwaZulu-Natal
01-2006
Matriculated with an Exemption -
Khanyisa College
Skills
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Budget management
- Risk assessment
- Contract administration
- Project planning
- Compliance management
- Performance monitoring
- Procurement strategy
- Resource allocation
- Project lifecycle knowledge
- Conflict resolution
- Change management
- Quality control
- Team collaboration
- Communication strategy
- Project scoping
- Root Cause Analysis
- KPI review and management
- Quality Management
- Financial Forecasting
- Strategic planning
- Data review and analysis
- Risk mitigation
- Budgeting control
- Time management proficiency
- Project scope defining
- Project oversight
- Multi-unit operations management
- Portfolio Management
Custom
- New Engineering Contract Analysis (NEC3 and NEC4)
- Project Life Cycle Model (PLCM)
- NEMA
- PMBOK body of Knowledge
- CIDB Regulations and Systems
- Budget and Cost Control
- Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1993 & Construction Regulations 2014
- PFMA
Timeline
Project Manager
Eskom Power Generation
08.2012 - 09.2014
Construction Project Manager
Umbutho Civils and Electricals
06.2010 - 06.2012
Junior Project Manager
SiVEST Pty Ltd
01.2008 - 02.2010
Assistant Project Manager
Focus Project Management
01.2007 - 09.2008
Acting Senior Project Manager
Transnet Capital Projects
- Current
Management Advanced Programme (MAP) - Business Strategy and Operations Management
Wits Business School (WBS)
BSc. - Property Development Engineering, Quantity Surveying
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Matriculated with an Exemption -
Khanyisa College