January 2022 – July 2022
City of Cape Town
Provide overall directive for water management Operations and Laboratory services, contract management, stakeholder management, private developments, and project management.
Water and Sanitation Senior Professional Officer
Duties And Responsibilities
- Manage 4 Regional Managers(Senior Superintends) that manage 4 Meter Management Regions City Wide
- Manage the day - to - day operations of the Meter Management in line with City of Cape Town Municipality.
- Provide strategic leadership and personnel Management to operational staff i.e.Senior Superintendents, Superintends Technical staff and their staff personnel.
- Member of the Bid Committees i.e.Bid Specification Committee and Bid Evaluation Committee in procuring of Tenders for Meter Management.
- Responsible for verifying compliance and implementing policies, procedures and practices and instituting
- Manages implementation of Water Meter projects i.e.New Connections, Replacements and Maintenance related.
- Participate in the identification and implementation of the appropriate a R3billion, multi - year(7 to 10 years) AMI project solution for Cape Town; this programme of Upgrading 660 000 meters to remote reading technology.
- Manage staff i.e.verification Officer that are to ensure accurate water meter testing and verification
July 2020 – December 2021
City of Cape Town
Manage Project Development of Capital Projects total value > 500 million.
Water and Sanitation Senior Professional Officer
Duties And Responsibilities
- Co-ordinating all capital programmes and projects within the Catchment River Storm Water Implementation Branch, by providing financial, administrative, logistic and project management support
- Monitoring expenditure trends on all capital projects and ensuring adequate budget provision for the various stages of different projects
- Performing contract management functions in line with the relevant City guidelines and directives
- Managing the reporting functions
- Monitoring legal compliance and minimizing financial risk
- Maintaining records of agreements / approvals in respect of grant funding applications
- Ensuring compliance all City policies and procedures.
- Manage the integrated planning of cross - cutting aforementioned projects and programmes to ensure an effective, efficient and integrated approach to service delivery.
- Undertake project scoping, including risk identification and mitigation / contingency measures
- Performs the full range and accountable for all project phases and aspects within the regulatory framework and project management principles
- Track and review the progress and performance of a programme and project
- Manages all resources involved in the programme and project.
- Exert influence across departments, liaising with internal and external stakeholders
- Apply an integrated body of knowledge and an understanding of governance and legislative processes.
- Compilation and presentation of reports
- Ensure successful implementation of projects within the confines of the relevant laws, policies, standards, systems and procedures.
- Provide input into the preparation of project specific tender documentation and the evaluation of tenders by participating in the Bid Specification and Bid Evaluation Committee Processes Providing support, advice and guidance
processes to project team.
Nov 2019 – June 2020
PMO
Transport Capital Projects monitoring.
Project Manager
Duties And Responsibilities
- Perform project monitoring and evaluation functions to ensure adherence to project plans and attainment of project outputs.
- Transport Capital projects screenings i.e.Financial Planning, Procurement, Demand Planning, Contract Management, Project Life cycle, Project Risks, Project Benefits, Project Scope and Schedule and Governance.
- Provide project management decision support behind successful project implementation.Managing Land Acquisition information matters.
- Coordinating project processes to ensure collaboration and integration across multiple departments and stakeholders.
- Implement Projects and Programmes: Implementing projects in accordance with the necessary project management technical skills and knowledge areas, including: Planning, Financial, Procurement & Contracts, Risk, HR, Stakeholder,
Legal, Technical, Quality and Information Management aspects; Issue Resolution; Information Management, Project Administration, etc.
- Managing project related resources and capabilities within respective projects for greater efficiencies and impact.
- Project decision support: Researching, analysing and disseminating factual information to inform or support the decisions, choices and direction of projects controlled and closed using agreed upon methodologies, systems
and standards.
- Provide the necessary project administration and support services during project execution.Such services include amongst others: administrative, logistical, knowledge management, financial and contract management support
services.
- Project Management maturity: Developing, implementing and monitoring initiatives to improve the project management maturity level of the organisation.
Oct 2007 – October 2019
City of Cape Town
Managed the District 5 Capital and Ward projects including stormwater projects.
Project Manager
Duties And Responsibilities
- Manage Ward allocation projects and Capital projects.
- Responsible for the projects from inspection until completion.
- Manage site program / project financials, resource commitments and deliverables
- Managing co - ordination of the partners engaged in the project.
- Detailed project planning and control.
- Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan.
- Manage delivery dependencies, risks and issues
- Liaison with Stake holders i.e.Councilors, rate payers associations, public and etc.
- Manage work by service providers including contractors
- Worked with Superintendents and Depot staff in projects that involve maintenance
- Planning and initiating capital projects
- Project cost estimations
- Manage funds i.e.Ward allocation funding and Capital funding
- Contract drafting and appoint service providers
- Administer contracts