Tatu City

Special Economic Zone for industrial development

Project Manager

Construction ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTatu City, KenyaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in civil or architectural engineering, construction management, or an equivalent degree is required.
At least 7 years of experience in construction project management is required.
Proven project management experience handling multistorey projects is required.
Familiarity with quality and health and safety standards is required.
Experience with Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Project is required.
Certification in Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 is required.

Responsibilities

Complete projects on time and within the approved budget.
Design and set up the most suitable and effective control organization on all projects to meet objectives in compliance with contractual specifications.
Support decision-making by providing information needed to identify unfavourable trends or potential problems promptly and start corrective actions.
Create a schedule, cost, and risk-awareness atmosphere among all project participants.
Integrate scheduling, cost control, and risk management functions, ensuring each activity is planned and controlled in terms of time, budget, and scope.
Manage and maintain current, accurate records in internal and client databases and document control systems, including material, drawing, and request-for-information logs.
Work with client project managers and vendors to prepare technical and project documentation.
Perform internal and vendor audits on the quality, accuracy, and completeness of required documents, database records, and information.
Design project control systems appropriately scaled to each project's complexity.
Agree with project managers, with advice from project controls staff, on the control philosophy and strategy.
Establish the resources and organization—including skills, manpower, tools, procedures, and communications—needed to achieve the control strategy; issue a Projects Control Plan for complex projects.
Ensure implementation of the Projects Control System during the initial phase after contract award.
Establish the overall project breakdown structure and relevant coding system to meet control requirements.
Coordinate implementation of application systems required for the job.

Project Manager

Tatu City · Tatu City, Kenya · Full-time · Posted 2025-05-09

Workplace: on_site

Department: Construction & Delivery Department

Description

Position overview

The Project Manager focuses on various projects throughout the development lifecycle at Tatu City; from site identification in the master plan to delivery of infrastructure to both Tatu City and third-party real estate developments. This is done through effective management of the set budgets and timelines, in conjunction with service providers (where relevant), and then subsequent execution of development activities against these targets and eventual handing over.

Responsibilities

Complete Projects on time and within the approved budget.
Design and set-up the most suitable and effective control organization on all projects to meet these objectives in compliance with contractual specifications.
Support the decision-making process by providing all information necessary for a rapid identification of any unfavourable trend or any potential problem in time to start immediate corrective actions.
Create a schedule, cost, risks awareness atmosphere among all project participants.
Organize and maintain the best integration between scheduling and cost control and Risks Management functions ensuring that any activity is carefully planned and controlled in terms of time, budget and scope of work.
Manage and maintain current and accurate records on internal and client database and document control systems (including all logs – material, drawings, RFI etc.).
Work with client project managers and vendors to prepare technical and project documentation.
Perform internal and vendor audits on the quality, accuracy, and completeness of required documents, database records and information.
Properly design the projects Control system suitably scaled to the specific complexity of the projects.
Agree with the Project Managers and with the advice of the project Controls staff on the control philosophy and the best strategy.
Establish the resources and organization (skills, manpower, list of tools and procedures applicable, communications) needed to achieve the control strategy; in case of complex projects, a “Projects Control Plan” document should be issued.
Ensure, during the initial phase after contract award, the implementation of the Projects Control System.
Establish the overall projects breakdown structure and relevant coding system to meet all control requirements.
Coordinate the implementation of application systems required for the Job.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil or architectural engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent degree
A minimum of 7 years’ experience in construction project management
Proven experience in Project management handling multistorey projects
Familiarity with quality and health and safety standards
Experience of MS Office / AutoCAD and MS Project
Certification in PMP or PRINCE2

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About the Company

Tatu City

Special Economic Zone for industrial development

Tatu City develops Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and a 5,000-acre mixed-use city created by Rendeavour. It provides infrastructure-ready plots and fully developed spaces across industrial, residential, office, and educational uses within an SEZ designed to ease permits and services for businesses, backed by international investors. It differentiates itself by offering a government-recognized SEZ plus a complete ecosystem—homes, offices, schools, and recreation—within one regulated, long-term project. Its goal is to accelerate Kenya’s economic growth by attracting investment and enabling companies to set up, hire people, and expand, aligned with Vision 2030.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Nakuru, Kenya
Founded: 2008

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