IT Project Manager
UCS TS
Total years of experience :38 years, 3 Months
Employer 1: UCS TS
Date: July 2012 to Current
Position: IT Project Manager
Clients: Engen, Shell, BP, Fuel Independents, FNB, AMIC (Toys R Us & Reggies), Crazy Plastics, Jam, Jumbo, YDE, The Heaven Group, Pick n Pay, Pioneer Foods, Street Fever, American Foot Gear, Moresport, Bride & Co, Clicks
Duties:
- Provide monthly status reports on projects
- Provide monthly financials and projections for projects
- Project Management Office documentation (templates)
- Documentation write-up: project document, risk analysis, responsibility matrix, processes, business
Analysis, process flowchart
- Assist PMO Manager and other staff
- Proofread documents
- Copy-write material
- Edit documents / advertising posters
- Facilitate project meetings: internal and client
- Take minutes of meetings
- Compile and manage roll-out schedule
- Communicate with internal/external stakeholders
- Client liaison
- Resource management: request technicians
- Cost management and tracking
- Maintain and distribute site cut-over statistics
- Track stock to ensure availability
- Project documentation: write, proofread, edit, updates, version control and sign-off
- Technical documents: proofread, edit, version control and assist with updates
- Dissemination of information to stakeholders (internal/client)
- Issue management ( client)
- Site visits
- Track critical items: countdown plan
- Manage queries and resolution of issues
- Project close-out feedback
- Liaise with Bank Manager re pin pads
- Stock checking of equipment for pilot sites
- Track installation progress and feedback to stakeholders
- Assisting with process of project up and running
- Contact sites to confirm installation and training dates
- Manage training company (Netcampus)
- Ensures technicians on site
- Liaison with 3rd party contractors: roll-out
- Escalates issues
- Compiles installation information letter to client
- Training venue management: booking
- Manage training venue logistics
- Client communication: timeous set-up of venues
- Track training equipment asset register
- Ensure SOTI (Security Agent) Deployment & Lockdown completion
- Draw up end-to-end process for Handheld Device provision: store stock-taking
- Facilitate Mobility Services meetings
- Ensure deliverables are met
- Business Analysis
- Business Analysis log: real-time activity
Employer 4: PetroSA
Date: March 1991 to December 2010
Position: Project/Technical Co-ordinator/Manager
Duties:
- QC :drilling and production report data
- Follow up on reporting discrepancies with OIM, PetroSA representative and Production Supervisor
- Trend check/analysis of production data. Query discrepancies
- QC incident reports and follow up where further investigation required
- Go to drilling rig /FPSO to assist engineer with daily reports
- Assist engineer with boat logistics and manifests
- Manage projects (cost, time, resources)
- Manage, QC and QA: daily production data
- Process Owner - IT infrastructure project on Orca FPSO
- Process Owner - VSAT installation on Orca FPSO
- Project Manager - Export Riser installation (Oribi/Oryx)
- Project Manager - ISO9001, 14000 and 18000 implementation on Orca FPSO
- Manage Diving, Painting and Scaffolding operations of Orca
- Project planning: MS Project, ensure deadlines met
- Co-ordination of/ interaction with internal/external multi-disciplinary teams
- Visit FPSO (offshore) to manage production reporting issues
- Complete FTCs and STCs for further action by HR
- Train production crew on correct completion of repots
- Contribute in tender/quote evaluation
- Liaise with contractors
- Cost control
- Write/prepare EXCO and procurement submissions
- Write media reports and press releases
- QC: input to technical documents
- Write procedures for internal processes
- Co-ordinate crude sales: tanker offloading date
- Inform Maritime Safety Authority of rig move
- Provide forecast figures for future crude sales
- Involved in high-level decision making on specialised projects (IT)
- Document approval
- Presentations
- Assist: auditing process (ISO9001, 14000 and 18000) compliance
- Assist in writing technical procedures
- Technical and other:
- QC, correct, update and distribute technical information
- Provide production information to CEO and executive team
- Ad hoc installation visits
- Facilitate/chair meetings on behalf of divisional project manager
- QC, correct and update technical and engineering datasheets
- Prepare/ distribute DME statistics report: DIFR, MIFR, crew turnaround
- Project scheduling/planning on critical jobs
- Co-ordinate and track mud pump spares logistics
- Write/prepare EXCO and procurement submissions
- Assisted with ad hoc offshore installation (ORCA) personnel issues
- Ad hoc assistance with FTCs and STCs
- Assist/Stand in for ORIBI/ORYX project manager
- Assist production manager with queries
- Assist VP: operations with queries
- Assist PetroSA logistics with ad hoc boat requests in absence of project engineer
- Crew change: helicopter logistics management
- Emergency standby: 'Onshore Response To Offshore Emergencies'
SAP Specific:
- Creation of requisitions
- Tracking requisition ensuring PO number assigning
- Co-ordinate/follow-up on logistics movement of project items
- Track rig spares and maintenance equipment from shipping to receiving
Offshore Installations Visited
Orca FPSO (Sedco I) (owned by PetroSA - previously operated by Pride International and later taken over by PetroSA)
Omega drilling rig
Actinia drilling rig
Pride South Seas (operated by Pride International)
Glas Dowr FPSO (operated by Bluewater)
FA Platform (PetroSA owned and operated)
- Project manage APO’s automation: Woolworths, Debonairs, Nando’s, Retsol
- Project manage All-in-One hardware and software roll-out for Engen garages
- Deal with rebates on credit card transaction fees
- Project manage automatic tank gauging IT roll-out
- Project manage eMPOWER (fleet fuelling solution) IT roll-out
- Project manage plush promotions 2012: business & automation
- Visit sites if Engen Garage with Woolworths has a back office problem
- Facilitate change control meetings (discuss IT development on various projects)
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Existing academy:
- Project manage existing academy
- Manage asset register
- Fees collection and keeping record of financials
- Attendance register
- Manage admin processes and grounds men
- Debtors/creditors
- Salary payment
- Maintain asset register
New academy:
- Establishing new business contacts and opportunities
- Writing of business documentation
- Liaise with overseas clients
- Writing, posting and admin of website content
- Write press releases
Passed with distinction
