Project Manager - Freight & Shipping at Bridge Talent Management

Job Purpose

• Run the Projects on a day-to-day basis
• Manage Mombasa Heavy Lift Department including assets
• Manage AGL Workshops in Mombasa and Nairobi incl Internal Handling
• Maintains and/or optimizes profitability as per the business plan of awarded projects
• Manage Oil & Gas vertical Ex Mombasa to hinterland
• Ensure profitability of the asset is being achieved according to the budget

Key Responsibilities:
Project Management

• Deliver projects according to contractual KPI’s
• Prepare commercial offer for specific break bulk and abnormal loads falling within the criteria of a project definition
• Ensure that projects are performed with clear business plans in place by maintaining the project’s budget/sales quote or contract
• Maintain the project PNL with the responsibility of delivering projects within defined budgets
• Manage contractual obligations of awarded project contract
• Maintain & Coordinate quality control of delivery to destination with strict QHSE standards as per the client's and company expectations
• Utilize company tracking system for project activities
• Assist and manage the teams in checking/controlling documentation (e.g. Invoices, disbursements, cost control)
• Identify, analyze, and manage potential and actual issues and risks, taking corrective action by tackling day-to-day issues head-on and reviewing how more serious issues and risks might impact scope, schedule, quality, and cost
• Identify the need for resources, and should subsequently take on team management responsibilities in relation to the resources available to the project
• Prepare SOP and necessary method statements requested by clients for specific project inquiries
• Plan, monitor and control the project's processes
• Where necessary, propose cost-saving measures
• Where necessary and for technical expertise assist other departments

Heavy Lift

• Responsibility for the assets under projects departments
• Provide commercial support on the heavy lift and OOG RFQs or tenders
• Manage fuel consumption of the assets
• Ensure asset utilization is prioritized over subcontracting to 3rd parties

 Workshop

• Oversee the Maximo system identified to manage workshop activities
• Ensure periodic service and maintenance of BTL assets arriving at the workshop
• Manage fuel reserves and distribution from the workshop for BTL activities
• Checking the proper execution of the preventive and/or curative maintenance of BTL assets
• Assessing the monthly cost of consumables and the workshop charges, and implementing all the measures that enable these costs to be minimized enabling inefficiencies to be reduced

 Alert/Inform Management

•  Alert customer in case of any operational or administrative issue
• Alert the Head of the business unit in case of any operational or administrative issue
• Report to the head of the business unit about the progress of the processes

Requirements

• At least 5 years experience in Project Operations & Management
• Good knowledge of computing (Microsoft Office/Outlook)
• Excellent communicator
• Good knowledge of transportation operational aspects, OOG cargo movements
• Operations process
• Good analytical skills