Senior Advisor Prof Project Development

To provide technical and business inputs to the conceptualisation, pre–feasibility studies and business planning of new capacity projects and existing plant capacity upgrades

• Skills and Competencies Required
•  Behavioural
• o Passion
• o Patience
• o Perseverance
• o Explorative nature
• o Integrity
• o Honesty
• o Trustworthiness
• o Professionalism
• o Self-driven
•  Leadership:
• o Team player
• o Motivating teams
• o Coaching, mentoring and development of young professionals.
•  Knowledge:
• o Areas of project management body of knowledge (PMBOK)
• o Project lifecycle models
• o Environmental requirements for infrastructure projects
• o Occupational, health and safety (OHS) Act
• o Technical or commercial project development
• o Relevant processes, procedures, policies, guidelines and legislation
• o Cost analysis and economic evaluation
• o Project management
• o Contract compilation and management
•  Skills:
• o Analytical
• o Technical problem-solving
• o Communication and presentation
• o Negotiation
• o Budgeting
• o Financial decision making
• o Technical report writing
• o Computer literate and proficiency in Microsoft applications
• o Learn and adapt to change

•  Research new capacity concepts
•  Conduct pre-feasibility level analysis of potential capacity projects
•  Compile feasibility studies and business cases
•  Interaction with other disciplines and departments and management of interfaces,
• business requirements and queries, problems, etc.
•  Coordinate and prepare documentation related to project development deliverables
•  Provide training and development