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Employer: SMEC

Our Company, SMEC is a professional services firm with Australian origins and a global footprint that provides high-quality consultancy services for major infrastructure projects.

SMEC is ranked among the world's top infrastructure design firms and continues to win industry awards for technical excellence, design innovation and the management of environmental and social risks.

►Job Title: Regional Manager West Africa
 ►Job no: 493979 
►Location: Nigeria

Job Descriptions

We are currently seeking a talented Regional Manager West Africa to provide leadership, co-ordination and strategic direction to the activities of the region and collaboration with the wider SMEC business.

The holder of this position will be a role model of the SMEC values, ethics and code of conduct and all aspects of this position will be carried out according to these guiding principles.

Key Activities

Effective strategic planning and management of the region

Achieve sustainable growth of the region through targeted client relationship management and business development activity

Provide project governance, at project director level, of project management in the region to achieve reliable project performance in terms of sophistication, timeliness and quality.

With support from functional management, provide leadership to the employees located in the region to ensure cohesion, optimal performance, resourcing, retention and professional development

Maintain up to date knowledge of the local industry, identify emerging trends and feed this information to the Regional Functional Managers and other stakeholders

Communicate frequently and effectively across the SMEC business to understand the internal business factors

Interpret knowledge of the external and internal factors into a documented business plan for the region that is aligned with the business plan and synchronised with the functional business plans

Understand the 'whole of business' risks within the region and escalate to RD level when identified

Maintain knowledge of the capability within the region to be able to source and propose the best possible teams when required

Plan the CRM and BD activity for the region with the functional managers and other key stakeholders

Monitor local client relationship health and discuss with the Functional Regional Managers

Identify and build relationships with the target clients

Ensure tender submissions are of high quality

Oversight and governance of projects in the region to resolve project issues and ensure project product is of high quality

Promotion and application of internal project management requirements

Provide coaching and support to project managers

Technical problem solving

Ensure the regional structure supports the delivery of the business plan

Ensure projects are adequately resourced with appropriately qualified and experienced staff

Participate in recruitment and retention activities as required

Implement targeted development opportunities within the allocated budget

Accountable for regular people management activities as required, including the salary review and performance management processes

With a track record of achievement in a similar role, you will have gained your experience in an engineering design consultancy and have a passion for building trusted relationships to drive positive change and win new work.

Requirements
Suitable applicants will have/be:

Tertiary qualifications in Engineering or a related discipline

Tertiary qualifications in business management (eg. MBA) highly regarded

At least 10 year consulting experience in managing road/infrastructure/related projects successfully to budget and client specifications;

At least five year experience in the co-ordination, design and delivery of major projects within multi-disciplinary engineering projects

At least five years Experience in the coordination and development of major bids – with proven success

Experienced in Managing and developing and resource diverse teams effectively

Proficient in client management

Experience in West Africa is an added advantage

Remuneration

In return, SMEC offers you the benefits that come from working in a global multidisciplinary consultancy in an environment where your fresh ideas and enthusiasm will be welcomed and rewarded.

Application Closing Date
30th November, 2014

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click here to apply online

Note: Please do not apply if you are not an engineer and don't have any experience with consulting Engineering background