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ROBERT JANSE

ROBERT JANSE

Auckland,AUK

Summary

Looking to fill a senior project management role with a great company. I have over 20 years of experience in the construction industry and am confident in my ability to lead and manage teams, ensuring successful project delivery on time and within budget.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Project Manager

Kainga Ora
03.2022 - Current
  • Oversee project financials, ensuring profitability.
  • Provide technical oversight to ensure project success.
  • Collaborate with leadership to secure potential future projects.
  • Coordinate with contractors and consultancy companies, ensuring effective communication and timely information exchange.
  • Proactively problem-solve with a focus on innovation and strategic implementation.
  • Ensure all site-specific projects are executed on time and within budget.
  • Ensure all site-specific requirements are captured in individual job plans and that these requirements are incorporated into schedules.
  • Manage and oversee the management of project schedules, ensuring all aspects of the project are captured.
  • Organizing and management of contract agreements, quantity surveying, and payment schedules.
  • Drive to payment schedules.
  • Keep up with trends and updates.
  • Engage necessary resourcing for payment schedules.
  • Drive site progress to be in line with customer expectations and requirements.
  • Procurement of materials as well as sub trades.
  • Tracking of the projects to the project program.
  • Tracking of forecast projects to the project in execution.
  • Procurement of materials and sub trades.
  • Ensure compliance to management and client requirements.
  • Ensure there is a maintained throughout contract as well as on board health.
  • Apply and produce all council documentation.
  • Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.

Senior Project Manager

Access Partners in Property
01.2020 - 03.2022
  • Monitoring of on-site health and safety documentation.
  • Ensuring all site-specific health and safety procedures are adhered to.
  • Drive to payment schedules.
  • Keep up with trends and updates.
  • Engage necessary resourcing for payment schedules.
  • Drive site progress to be in line with customer expectations and requirements.
  • Procurement of materials as well as sub trades.
  • Tracking of the projects to the project program.
  • Tracking of forecast projects to the project in execution.
  • Procurement of materials and sub trades.
  • Ensure compliance to management and client requirements.
  • Ensure there is a maintained throughout contract as well as on board health.
  • Apply and produce all council documentation.

Senior Project Manger

Gaze Commercial
11.2018 - 01.2020
  • Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
  • Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
  • Presented regular status reports to executive leadership, providing insights into progress made toward achieving key milestones.
  • Mentored junior project managers and team members to enhance their skills and career growth.
  • Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
  • Sourced, vetted and managed vendors needed to accomplish project goals.
  • Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress, and technical problems.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Developed and implemented project plans and budgets to ensure successful execution.
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
  • Negotiated conflicts within project teams to ensure smooth project execution and maintain high morale.
  • Cultivated culture of innovation within project teams, encouraging exploration of new ideas and approaches to problem-solving.
  • Achieved substantial cost savings by renegotiating contracts with key suppliers and optimizing resource allocation across projects.
  • Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
  • Nurtured strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, building trust and credibility that facilitated smooth collaboration on shared goals.
  • Crafted and maintained project plans and schedules to meet organizational objectives.

Contracts Manager

Matrix Group
08.2017 - 10.2018
  • Site preparation and set up.
  • Ensure all client rules and regulations are adhered to prior to site set up.
  • Set up site folders and follow through to sub trades as well as site set up.
  • Ensure site folders and ensure client health and safety procedures are captured through to sub trades.
  • Attend all pre-start meetings to ensure that head over of all projects are captured and handed to the client.
  • Set up project team and ensuring follow through.
  • Work with companies and set up of certain projects.
  • Ensure all aspects of the project are captured.
  • Ensure all aspects of the project are handed over to the client.
  • Work to provide Construction Methodologies and programs which accurately reflect the project and comply with the necessary standards.
  • Work with the Quantity Surveyor for the Approval of payment to sub trades and suppliers, both through quotations and by taking off quantities.
  • Manage safety inspections and ensuring construction and site safety compliance.
  • Checking and preparing site reports, designs and drawings.
  • Producing work to agreed standards and in line with the program.
  • Prepare and submit all CCC and CCC documents to Council.
  • Established strong relationships with external partners, fostering trust and collaboration on future contractual engagements.
  • Negotiated favorable contract terms for clients, resulting in cost savings and risk reduction.

Project Manager

Cemac Auckland
03.2016 - 05.2017
  • Site preparation prior to commencement.
  • Site set up, operations and storage schedules.
  • Liaising with clients, project managers and sub-contractors.
  • Communicate between on-site trades to ensure the smooth running of the project.
  • Programming and planning of the project.
  • Procurement of materials to be captured from head foreman to ensure all aspects of the project are captured.
  • Procurement of project budgets.
  • Monitoring of projects through to completion.
  • Ensure all documentation is collected and forwarded onto the necessary local authorities.

Site Manager

Cape
08.2014 - 03.2016
  • Managing the S H E Q Health and Safety procedures and processes prior to commencement.
  • Site preparation prior to commencement.
  • Work with operations and ensure hand over of materials to site.
  • Liaising with clients, project managers and sub-contractors.
  • Communicate between on-site trades to ensure the smooth running of the project.
  • Programming of the project as well as report back to head foreman.
  • Final quality control to the project for head handover to ensure all aspects are captured.
  • Ensure that project proposals are on time and to budget.
  • Ensure all documentation is handed to council.

Managing Director

RJ Contracting
01.1998 - 01.2014
  • Managing Director of AV Contracting.
  • Started as a contracting company from scratch to a annual turnover of $3 million.
  • Managing company budgets, health and safety, business development, and operations with a hands-on and strategic approach.
  • Managing and growing from 2 to 40 employees.
  • Successfully tendered and growing from residential and commercial projects.
  • Project managing with clients, architects, engineers and consultants.
  • Ensuring all aspects of all projects are produced and completed on time.
  • Controlling of all payments to contractors to ensure continued cash flow.
  • Ensuring productivity and quality standards continue to priority.
  • Ensuring clients are handed successful projects.
  • Implementing procedures and programs to ensure all aspects of the project are captured.
  • Managing budgets, budgets of labor, materials, plant and equipment, and overheads.
  • Ensuring all aspects of the project are captured.
  • Overseeing work schedules as well as payment schedules for the local council.
  • Ensuring the legal and operational aspects of the above standards.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Applied Mathematics

University of Stellenbosch
South Africa
12-1995

Skills

  • Relationship and growth management
  • Project management
  • Contract negotiation
  • Financial management
  • Interpersonal and verbal communication
  • Technical scheduling
  • Leadership
  • Policy changes

LANGUAGES

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Accomplishments

We did the fitout for the Orbit restaurant(Sky City) within difficult time constraints and within Budget.

Transferred the old Heritage Hotel "tea room" into a penthouse suite which was televised on Grand designs.

COURSES

    ST JOHN FIRST AID LEVEL 1

    SITE SAFE

    RISK MANAGEMENT

   CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT

   CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCompany Culture

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Software

MS Projects

Timeline

Senior Project Manager

Kainga Ora
03.2022 - Current

Senior Project Manager

Access Partners in Property
01.2020 - 03.2022

Senior Project Manger

Gaze Commercial
11.2018 - 01.2020

Contracts Manager

Matrix Group
08.2017 - 10.2018

Project Manager

Cemac Auckland
03.2016 - 05.2017

Site Manager

Cape
08.2014 - 03.2016

Managing Director

RJ Contracting
01.1998 - 01.2014

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Applied Mathematics

University of Stellenbosch
ROBERT JANSE