Job Title: Project Manager
Organisation: Hariss International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Hariss International Limited is one of Uganda’s leading manufacturers of food and beverages. Since its inception in 2005 the production of both food and beverages have been operating under the brand name RIHAM.
Job Summary: The Project Manager coordinates and oversees all aspects of Construction and Industrial related projects from start to finish. (Any project that has a Start and a Finish can be under project Manager). Responsible for managing the Scope, Budget, Plan and execution by sub-contractors from Start to finish (including but not limited to ordering materials, negotiating terms of agreements, tracking progress, and ensuring the project is completed in a timely and cost-effective manner)
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Defining and scoping all projects.
- Capex Applications and Justification development
- Understands and implements all design, technical specifications and engineering requirements for projects from concept to detailed design level of detail so that RFQ’s can be prepared and detailed design supported.
- Ensures that Final designs are implemented in the project Build Phase and any significant changes that may affect quality, cost, time or outputs are documented and approved via the project management system with decision support notes.
- Review and approve packaging specifications that form part of OEM equipment supply.
- Participate as required in the technical supplier adjudications to assist with appropriate appointments that meet the Companies operational performance, usage and safety KPI’s
- After supplier appointments have been made, provide support to the Implementation team to ensure that detailed process integration work can be carried out between the various contractors.
- In conjunction with the rest of the stakeholders, review and optimise plant layouts, to ensure lowest cost installation and operation of process and packaging equipment. Enables a value engineering mindset to the design review process.
- Participate and/or arrange for suitably qualified process personnel to participate in FAT’s Hazop’s and quality assurance interventions as required.
- Regular update of project development tracker
- Project status reports as per routine
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with 8-10 years work experience
- At least 5 years beverage project management experience.
- Design experience regarding packaging and process equipment in a FMCG environment on projects more than $3.5m
- Solid understanding of project management tools and techniques such as PMBOK.
- Experience in plant operations
- Good understanding of best-in-class process solutions and able to technically review and accurately adjudicate pros and cons of contractor’s bids.
- Experience in FMCG Industry preferred.
Key Requirements:
- Good communicator with the Stakeholders to ensure that design requirements are defined timeously by other disciplines to ensure designs are completed on time.
- Process orientated and assertive to ensure that projects are executed in accordance with well proven and established practices and safety requirements
- Proven experience in solving packaging project related problems with pragmatic solutions.
- Excellent organisational skills that enable systematic prioritisation to logically complete tasks and deliver results.
- General commercial and financial understanding.
- Leadership skills, interpersonal skills and strong team player
- Ability to manage people and conflicts
- Computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, etc)
Note:
- Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
- Hariss International is an equal opportunity employer Minorities/Females/People with Disabilities/Protected Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.
How to Apply:
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60