Senior Project Controls Engineer

Reports to: EPCM Construction Manager

Reference Number: 154374027

Company: PerseusMINING Sotta Mining Corporation Limited

Phone: +255 758 904 888

Website: perseusmining.com

Roster: 10 days on, 4 days off

Duty Station: Nyanzaga Site, Sengerema District, Mwanza, Tanzania

Contract Type: Specified Period of Time contract

Job Description

The Senior Project Controls Engineer will demonstrate an ability to lead the planning, execution and delivery of engineering and construction projects reporting to the EPCM Construction Manager in monitoring and controlling to ensure the projects meet quality, time and budget constraints. Mentoring the project engineers and coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are met.

Management of Safety, Environment, & Community Relations

• Adhere to all company HSSEC policies and procedures
• Ensure all project engineering activities and procedures adhere to the applicable Tanzanian mining regulations.
• Ensure all standards, plans, procedures etc are conveyed to staff and contractors effectively.
• Actively engage with construction personnel to ensure that all early works for mine construction are understood and relevant permits, risk assessments etc are in place prior to works commencing.
• Monitoring and optimizing safety procedures, production processes, and regulatory compliance.

People Management

• Communicate effectively with all personnel to enable the development of the Nyanzaga Project.
• Training and mentoring of junior members of the EPCM team.

Project Delivery

• Prepare tender documents, analyse tender reply documents, negotiate work contracts and communicate with the tender applicants and check the sub contractors works
• Ensure subcontractors adhere with the tender specifications
• Manage the construction processes, coordinate construction process, monitor and report on the variance in performances and costs
• Implement system of internal cost control throughout the duration of the project
• Acts as clients advisor or representative on the meetings involving project matters.
• Do allocate costs to various cost centres and prepare weekly and monthly reports
• Process Tax exemptions on the entire project
• Liaise with the Government on project interests
• Accumulate and capitalize costs on the project on regular basis
• Verify claims for contractors and sub contractors and send them to Finance Department for payment after being appropriately approved by the relevant signatories as per the approval limits
• Deduct withholding tax on construction invoices both for EPCM and sub contractors and submit them to tax authorities
• Arrange sourcing consumables for the project team like stationeries, fuel etc and do verification for their claims
• Maintain project bank accounts and petty cash and reconcile weekly and send cash position to the EPCM Construction Manager
• Liaise with the Community around the project site for the best interests of the project
• Assist EPCM Construction Manager to ensure that the weekly or periodical construction targets are met
• Arrange capturing of costs from the main company services like catering, earthworks, fuel, payroll etc are well captured on the project cost centres
• Prepare payroll for the project employees or if the payroll is centralized verify and sign off the construction costs and ensure their relevant costs are adequately captured.
• Issue approved documents to the centralized warehouse/store to source items for the project and if supplied to the contractors then recovery or deduction from their invoices are done before payment
• Maintain asset register for the projects assets and numbering them
• Keep all the records for the costs and reconcile with the specific item like costs for mill, roads, airstrip, buildings, plant and Equipment etc have proper records as this has become a risk area when tax authorities audit the project.
• Deal with the project clearing agents to obtain original documents of the importation consignments and file them in the strong document areas.
• Obtain various governments permits in relation to the project like water rights, electricity, building permits, damp permit, Airstrip permit etc.

Qualifications/Experience

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in civil engineering
• More than 8 years experience in mining or construction industry
• Experience with Civil works, general familiarity with software
• Working knowledge of current compliance regulations, with eye on future legal changes
• Project management experience, with emphasis on direct supervision
• Registered with ERB as a Professional civil engineer.
• Valid drivers license

Application Instructions: All applications should be submitted at Igalula Ward Executive Officer (WEO)'s office together with a covering letter and education certificates.

Company Address: HR Manager, Sotta Mining Corporation Limited, P.O. Box 434, Mwanza