Senior Project Manager

About The Role

About The Role

The Gleeds business in Africa has enjoyed much success and growth in recent years, and we are looking to recruit a Senior Project Manager with experience in managing and contributing to construction projects in one or more of the following sectors. [Industrial Projects, OR Top notch residential, OR Hospitality, OR shopping malls].

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Supporting Business Unit Directors in delivering business objectives.
• Positively engaging with Customers and developing, growing and maintaining Customer relationships.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project teams, ensuring efficient collaboration.
• Delivering high quality services and ensuring that project management deliverables meet Customers’ requirements.
• Managing projects to deliver high quality services and deliverables in accordance with the business procedures.
• Administrating contracts as Contract Administrator, Employer’s Agent or Project Manager.
• Producing and presenting reports to Customers.
• Mentoring and coaching employees to their full potential.
• Identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Units activities.
• Advising Directors promptly of any issues that have risen, or might arise, on projects.

About You

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate significant experience in leading project teams, in one or more of the targeted sectors, throughout the entire lifecycle of the project with demonstratable understanding of the relevant norms and standards of the targeted sector, stakeholders management, team leadership, and management of construction contracts.

About Us

Be part of the extraordinary

Every day at Gleeds, we influence the way people around the world live, work and travel. Delivering on the world’s most iconic projects for globally renowned clients, our teams solve complex problems that shape the future of the built environment.

One of the qualities we value in people, is the ability to think creatively about the solutions we offer to clients. With 71 offices spanning the Americas, Europe, MENA and Asia Pacific our ability to innovate and improve is a product of the varied backgrounds and experience of our people. We welcome new perspectives and ideas.

Above all, we believe that quality relationships sit at the heart of good business. We strive to be the people that seek to understand and bring people together. Wherever we are in the world, our aspiration is to leave a positive legacy for people and local communities, whilst living and breathing our three core values :

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, or gender.

We recognise the importance of work / life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.

Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.