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Project Manager (Project/Man/25)

Overview

Reference
Project/Man/25

Salary
ZAR/month

Job Location
- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Metro -- Port Elizabeth

Job Type
Permanent

Posted
23 July 2025

Closing date
22 Aug 2025 22:59


Basic Requirements:

Formal Schooling/Degree:

  • Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Mechatronics
  • Qualified Artisan
  • Project Management degree advantageous

Languages:

  • English (speak, read, write)
  • Afrikaans (speak, read, write)
  • German (Advantageous)

Driver’s License: Code 08 required

 

Skills:

Computer Literate (MS Office)

Good communication

Organizational skills

 

Experience in Project Management Environment:

• Project lifecycle planning

• Resource allocation and management

• Control and analysis reporting

• Financially literate with a proven track record in:

• Budget Monitoring

• Control and Analysis

 

Job Objectives:

To work within the Projects department team, as a Project Manager:

To successfully manage and co-ordinate the process of operations from when the orders are received from customers, to obtaining full project sign-off and payment by the customer for such orders. Managing risks, ensuring project as well as payment milestones are met, while maintaining a good customer relationship.

 

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Technical / Project Risk:

o Liaise with project sales department in establishing cost and time effective concepts for customer beneficial use.

o Establish full understanding of the scope of work on project inception.

o Obtain all the customer’s requirements for the order received.

o Assess the feasibility of requirement for the order received.

o Continually liaise with customer ensuring project requirements e.g., technical specifications, drawings, etc. are made available timeously, as well as supplying updated project status reports.

• Project Milestones:

o Establish a project plan, accommodating the financial and timing constraints supporting order requirements.

o Determine resource requirements for the established project plan.

o Liaise with customers to consolidate and finalise the project timing and delivery arrangements.

o Through the duration of the project, any date changes on the project schedule, are to be managed and effected by the Project Manager.

o With the support of a structured Project management team (Hod’s), the Project Manager is to ensure the successful completion of the project, as established and determined by received order.

o Chair weekly scope of work meetings, to consolidate project status with project management team.

• Quality:

o Support JQS (Jendamark Quality System).

o General Management, supporting the company Code of Conduct and all company policies.

o To supporting the wellbeing and the best interests of the company.

Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998

Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted three weeks after the submission/closing date.


Contact information

Nikita Moodie