Specialist Project Planner, Gautrain Management Agency , Gautrain Rapid Rail Link

GAUTRAIN MANAGEMENT AGENCY: Specialist Project Planner (April 2015 to date)

• Continuous application of the nine (9) knowledge of PMBOK on every project throughout the project life cycle.
• Skills development in self and others and transfer specialist knowledge and skills to others.
• Arrange, chair and minute project meetings.
• Develop project requirements
• Project administration and coordination
• Develop project schedule and update
• Contribute to  POA reporting
• Review and comment on project report submissions
• Project forecast change
• Regularly communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders and use their feedback to optimise progress
• Coordinate and manage project reporting, project reviews and project steering meetings
• Coordinating and managing all project activity, & ensuring project deliverables are achieved to plan.
• Formulating and circulating agendas and action lists.
• Maintaining proper documentation (general project plans, action items, timelines, call notes, etc.) on all projects.
• Preparing status reports for use in communication to stakeholders.
• Ensuring that each stage of the project is progressing to schedule.

Project Manager (April 2016 to April 2018)

• Manage stakeholder relationships
• Coordinate project engagements
• Manage suppliers/ service provide
• Develop and Manage terms of reference
• Develop skills in self and others  and transfer specialist knowledge
• Organise meetings, take minutes and chair
• Chair procurement evaluation process and compile a report
• Manage change management process and communicate project expectations
• Monitor and manage project scope, cost and quality.
• Report project deliverables to the Premier Deliverables through the MEC (Vadi)’s processes.
• Monitor Project objectives against performance leading to invoice sign off.
• Certify deliverables completed by service provider.
• Inspect site work completed by service provider.
• Develop, control and monitor Schedule

Results:

Launch of the Gauteng on the Move App and Website

Completion of the Midrand and Rhodesfiled parking extension

Contract award: First and Last Mile Master Plan and Feasibility Study

Completion of the following documents:

Business Case, Business Rules, Memorandum of Understanding ( SANRAL) , Enterprise Architecture ( Automatic Fare Management) , Social Development Plan, Terms of reference ( for Transport Management Centre, Midibus revenue study )