Job Summary:

The project head oversees project officers and managers who have been assigned certain tasks to complete for a given project. The project head manages all ongoing projects across the organization and follow up with contractors and vendors to ensure that each phase of a project proceeds and gets completed as planned.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the activities of project officers and managers in order to ensure that required tasks can be accomplished in due time
• Develops a timeline for the completion of certain milestones for a given project
• Creates a budget for the completion of a particular job, and monitor expenditures in order to ensure the project cost does not exceed required budget
• Recommends changes to ongoing projects in the events of unsatisfactory results
• Develops an alternate course of action for completing a project if initial plan fails
• Makes presentations to investors, business partners and company executives concerning different phases of a project
• Reviews proposals, approves or reject them
• Present progress results to stakeholders
• Implement and manage changes when necessary to meet project’s deliverables

Requirements

• Bsc or HND in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related fields. Masters Degree is an added advantage
• Minimum of 15 years Experience in Project Management with at least 10 years experience in leadership role
• Member for the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria.
• Professional certification in PMP and other relevant profession
• Other Engineering body certificate.
• Experience in negotiating and managing contracts
• Proven experience in infrastructure maintenance and optimization
• Strong leadership and team management skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholders management abilities
• Proficient in project management methodologies and tools, financial acumen with budgeting and cost control expertise
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills