Junior Project Manager

• Prepare governance reports, project status reports, presentations, agendas and minutes, and issue logs and change control registers
• Monitor, analyse and report on budgets and forecasts to the Senior Project
• Manager / Technical Manager, highlighting any variances, and providing suggestions for resolution
• Attend client meetings as and when required, and assist with determination of project requirements
• Ensure quality inspections during/after new installations
• Assist the Senior Project Manager / PMO in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, budgets, cash flows and preliminary schedules
• Ensure that all project documentation is delivered as per the ISO process
• Assist the Senior Project Manager / Technical Manager / PMO with technical vetting of projects if and when required
• Track the progress and quality of work being performed by employees and sub-contractors
• Effectively manage site managers and employees under your control for the project duration
• Use project scheduling and control tools to monitor projects plans, work hours, budgets and expenditures
• Ensure clients’ needs are met in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Prepare substantial completion/acceptance certificates and ensure all required project close out documents are obtained
• Commission software and hardware for in-house workforce systems as well as those systems that might be used from time to time.
• Ensure as Built drawings are done and signed off by the client
• Ensure project quality signoffs are completed
• Ensure project equipment register is sent to the Soc to update the CMDB
• Assist peers with systems that might be problematic and requires a higher level of knowledge

• At least 8 years overall experience in a Security and Building Technology environment.
• At least 2-3 years of experience supporting Project Managers / Technical
• Managers in the delivery of projects in a coordination and support role
• Proficient in MS Project and the MS Office Suite of products

• Matric (Grade 12) or equivalent diploma
• Project Management Certification / Diploma - Prince2 or Project Management Diploma
• Diploma OR B Degree (

• PSIRA Certified (Grade E and B)
• Need to be of sound body and mind as the role require physical work.
• Preferred qualification:

• Project Management – (Prince 2/PMBOK/Other project related courses)
• Project Management Institute(PMI) membership
• Clear understanding of ISO Processes

• Effective communication skills including verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Proven ability to work effectively both independently and in a team-based environment with a solid understanding of SHERQ requirements
• Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills to ensure stock, subcontractors, and emplyees with stakeholders on a site can work together to deliver a specific outcome
• Ability to operate in an environment of uncertainty and incomplete information and make well-reasoned decisions
• Project Management – Demonstrated/proven knowledge and experience in working on and supporting project management to deliver business

• Communication – Accurately and clearly convey timely information and ideas, using a style and manner of presentation appropriate to the target audience
• Problem resolution – act on identified needs and expectations, and resolve issues and problems of stakeholders ensuring that action and decisions address stakeholder needs expectations
• Research, analysis and decision making – comprehensive reaching, analysing and summarising of information, making sense of large amounts of information and complex situations and getting to the heart of the problem

• Permanent Position
• Location:Â Durban
• Travel: Occasional basic traveling

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