Project Manager
Executive Placements · Centurion, Gauteng
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Start free — we apply for you →REQUIREMENTS Minimum education (essential):
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field (Electronic or Mechanical Engineering Degree would be advantageous)
- MBA or PMP certification preferred
Minimum applicable experience (years)
- 57 years' experience with a proven track record of successfully managing complex projects
Required nature of experience
- Managing complex projects within the defence, aerospace, RF, microwave, or related engineering industries
- Delivering technical products and solutions within highly regulated, standards-driven, and quality-controlled environments
- Project experience delivering hardware products within an electronics-related field, particularly electromagnetics or microwave/RF engineering
- Managing customer-facing projects, documentation, reporting, and deliverables
- Managing multiple projects concurrently
- Exposure to international customers, particularly European customers, is advantageous
Skills and Knowledge (essential)
- Project planning, coordination, and management
- Leadership and team management
- Budget, resource, and risk management
- Strong stakeholder and customer relationship management
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Quality assurance, standards, compliance, and governance awareness
- Customer documentation, reporting, deliverable, qualification, and acceptance process management
- Process management and continuous improvement
- Project closure, evaluation, and lessons learned management
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS AND OBJECTIVE S
Project Planning & Management
• Develop project plans, scope, timelines, budgets and resource requirements. • Coordinate and manage project activities from initiation to completion. • Lead and motivate cross-functional project teams. • Ensure projects remain on track and within scope and budget. Customer & Stakeholder Management
• Maintain strong relationships with customers, project teams and senior management. • Manage customer requirements, expectations and commitments. • Coordinate customer reviews, meetings and project updates. • Provide regular project progress and financial updates. Project Governance, Quality & Compliance
- Maintain accurate project documentation and records.
- Ensure compliance with customer, contractual and industry requirements.
- Monitor quality standards throughout project delivery.
- Coordinate q
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