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Housing Development Agency

Project Manager: Engineer (North West)

North West

Location

Fixed-Term-Contract

3 Years

HDAPME001

Reference

R807 700 - R 1 050 000

Salary

Responsibilities

Strategic management

  • Contributing as a manager to the overall effective functioning of the HDA assigned projects in the Province.
  • Ensuring integration of the different project function within the Provincial Office to ensure optimal delivery of the HDAs mandate.
  • Ensure the alignment of projects to the broader HDA strategy and strategic intention.

Project Development

  • Develop and maintain the programmes.
  • Align programme to HDA strategic direction, policy, and plans.
  • Take into account and accommodate sector development and changes in the programme approach and strategy tailored for specific service offering to organs of state.

Programme support and services to clients

  • Develop project plans to ensure achievement of agreed services
  • Define project feasibility factors, resourcing requirements and project deliverables and time frames
  • Develop project plans in line with HDA project service offering
  • Develop appropriate terms of reference for appointment of project resources
  • Implement appropriate procurement practices to ensure appointment of required project resources in line with project timeframes.
  • Reporting in terms of service to client
  • Accommodate any changes and/or specific related client request as part of programme offering
  • Provide relevant engineering technical support, comments and inputs to all NW provincial projects
  • Manage the implementation of engineering related projects including but not limited to the Asbestos removal programme
  • Develop and or manage the development of bulk and internal engineering infrastructure services reports  and the implementation thereon.

Programme Resource Management and alignment

  • Procure required project resources by meeting the requirements of HDA SCM policy.
  • Monitor performance and provide feedback to identified resources on performance.
  • Ensure alignment of external resources to project, regional and internal capacity support on the programme.

Programme Budgeting and Financial Management

  • Develop project/programme budgets in line with agreed feasibilities and available funding.
  • Monitor project expenditure against budget and project deliverables.
  • Address any project budget variance.
  • Provide feedback and input to overall HDA budget.

Develop support tools, products, lessons learnt and Best Practice

  • Identify project design, planning, implementation, management and monitoring best practices that emerge from HDA projects and programmes interventions.
  • Identify and develop possible support tools and product and opportunities.
  • Identify and develop opportunities to enhance and improve any existing support tools and products.
  • Review best practices developed and amend to accurately reflect lesson learnt.
  • Integrate lesson learnt into new project design, planning, implementation, management, and monitoring methodologies.

Requirements

  • Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent
  • Project and programme management qualification will be added advantage
  • Registration with relevant professional body will be added advantage
  • A minimum of 6 years’ experience in the built environment is required.
  • Experience in the human settlements environment will be an added advantage
  • Driver’s license
  • Willing to travel extensively

When submitting your application for a position, please adhere to the following:

  1. CVs received after the closing date will NOT be considered.
  2. The Job Title and Reference number for the relevant position must appear in the subject line of your application.
  3. The CV must be in PDF format.
  4. Copies of all qualifications must be provided.
  5. Copies of identity document must be provided.
  6. Two contactable references must be provided.

Kindly take note if you have not been contacted within twenty-one (21) working days of the closing date; please consider your application unsuccessful. Should you not comply with the above requirements your application will NOT be considered.

Conditions of service:

  • The HDA is an equal opportunity employer
  • Appointments will be made in accordance with the HDA Employment Equity policy and priority given to people living with disabilities and females
  • South African citizens from ethnic groups listed as Africans, White, Indian and Coloured populations are all encouraged to apply for job opportunities in the HDA . The HDA reserves the right not to make an appointment.

We thank all applicants for their interest.
Communication will be conducted with short-listed applicants only.
The HDA operates in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 3 of 2013 (“POPI Act”), and by submitting your personal information to the HDA (by way of application and/or providing any other documentation as may be required during the recruitment process), you agree that the HDA may utilise and process your personal information in accordance with the POPI Act.

Closing Date

06/08/2026

Application Email

Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV together with supporting documents, clearly indicating the position applied for, to:
HDARecruitRegBNW@thehda.co.za