General Manager

**General manager - goods production, utilities, transportation, and construction.**

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Allocate material, human and financial resources to implement organizational policies and programs.
- Authorize and organize the establishment of major departments and associated senior staff positions.
- Co-ordinate the work of regions, divisions or departments.
- Establish financial and administrative controls; formulate and approve promotional campaigns; and approve overall human resources planning.
- Establish objectives for the organization and formulate or approve policies and programs.
- Represent the organization, or delegate representatives to act on behalf of the organization, in negotiations or other official functions.
- Select middle managers, directors or other executive staff; delegate the necessary authority to them and create optimum working conditions.
- Project management.
- Project cash flow and financing requirements.
- Prepare, present and manage budgets.
- Manage finances or budget.
- Set project controls guidelines and responsibilities within a business unit or Project Execution Plan, as well as implement tools and systems necessary to effectively and proactively manage, control, and report on earned value management, cashflow, cost, revenue, forecasting and schedule (progress and projection) for projects.
- Provide guidance to project controls and operations/project management teams to recognize emerging issues, leverage lessons learned and drive toolset/process adoption, ensure accuracy of key project metrics in a timely manner, and adherence to corporate guidelines and best practices.
- Collaborate with Estimating, Operations and Finance personnel to develop methodologies that will enhance accuracy of project level financial forecasting.
- Provide project controls input on the commercial, administrative and reporting requirements during project setup.
- Conducts detailed review and analysis of project performance control and reporting to understand and articulate key metrics and trending.
- Ensure management is provided with timeline review and progress of all projects and activity including completion of monthly project status report and forecasting reporting and endorse suggested corrective actions to maintain the project within planned cost and schedule.
- Ensures that tracking and forecasting, progress monitoring, cost reporting meet specific project requirements.
- Reviews and approves all project controls reporting.
- Ensures the preparation and updating of project cash flows and forecasting as required throughout the project life cycle.
- Preparing cash flow projection.
- Supervising and checking cash flow projections.
- Define the cost structure for the bid according to RFP.
- Directly interfaces with management as necessary for cost control monitoring, analysis, and reporting.
- Performs performance monitoring and coordinates cost/schedule and quantity trends when required.
- Performs performance monitoring and coordinates cost/schedule/quantity trends as required.
- Supervise the implementation of Work Breakdown and Project Coding Structures for control and integrity of work to be performed as defined by the contract.
- Oversees and supports project change management, including subcontractor claims, change requests, claims and dispute resolution.
- Identifies commercial risks and develops mitigation measures to ensure project control deliverables.
- Identify opportunities of Project Controls improvement for management review and consideration.
- Collaborate on commercial Risk Identification and Assessment activities.
- Creates and maintains a culture and environment that is open and respectful.
- Communicates with Senior Leadership to ensure adequate resources are provided.
- Key partner to Estimators, Project Managers, Operations teams and Senior Leadership.
- Communicates with external clients, client groups and partners, vendors and subcontractors as required.

**REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE**
- Master’s degree in project management, or Business administration and management. Required
- 10+ years construction industry experience. Required
- Proven experience and ability in planning, scheduling, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, estimating and cost control.
- Experience in Quantity Surveying is seen as an asset.
- Strong knowledge of the “Earned Value Management” principles.
- Ability to produce, read and modify schedules and scheduling curves/reports.
- Proven ability to effectively lead project controls staff.
- Proven strong analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to clearly identify and articulate issues.
- Proven problem solver with sound judgment who accepts ownership and accountability.
- Ability to work effectively with all levels of management and employees.
- Detail oriented and customer focused.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Knowledge of SAP and requ