Project Manager- Technical Schools Renovation

Misr El Kheir (MEK) Foundation is now hiring an experienced Senior Project Manager with a desire to work on transforming traditional technical schools into an innovative Center of Competence (CoC) in the renewable energy sector in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Technical Education and international development partners. The project is intended to supply this important sector with qualified and highly skilled workers as well as enhance the society's negative view of technical education. In this role, you will be responsible for the development, management and operational oversight of the project to meet the project goals and objectives. You will plan and define program goals and devise methods to accomplish them; develop in depth contract terms and operational policies.

• Mobilize resources, through liaison with support departments, other offices, or subsidiaries, to create project teams capable of completing effective, quality work.
• Maintain strong and continuous communication channels with all the Project’s stakeholders. 
• Work on acquiring long-term and dependable public-private partnerships (PPP) in the frame of the Project’s implementation and sustainability.
• Act as the implementing partner with the selected subcontractors during the program execution. 
• Negotiate changes to the scope of work with the Project Executing Agency (PEA) and key subcontractors. 
• Responsible for following up on instructions and commitments associated with the project. 
• Participate in negotiations with regulatory agencies and in public meetings in support of PEA.
• Prepare the Project Execution Plan, and oversees establishment Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, Environmental and social commitments Plan and other documents as required.
• Establish the program requirements for all areas of the project and monitors the draft and final deliverables for adherence to these criteria. 
• Manage the procurement team to review and finalize the contractors’ claims,Work with other managers, project engineers, and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules, and plans for the various elements of a project. 
• Work with the key project individual to devise and execute action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work. 
• Promote technical and commercial excellence on the project through application of Quality Assurance processes. 
• Monitor and reports to management on the progress of all project activity within the program, including significant milestones, and any conditions, which would affect project cost or schedule. 
• Develop partnerships with PEA and any other Private sector companies to determine the division of responsibilities relevant to the project scope.
• Assist in determining the individual investment needs of the technical schools in relevance to the project in order to upgrade them into Centers of Competence
• Shall sign and monitor the service and supply contracts , bidding processes in coordination with PEA.
• Will advise on the educational concept of the Centers of Competence if required from PEA.
• Ensure conducting the marketing and communication jointly with PEA and in line with the EU’s communication and visibility exigencies by using the existing marketing channels and experience at MEK
• Shall develop jointly an operation and management concept of the upgraded ATSs into Centers of Competence in Red Sea governorate and in Upper Egypt, involving a Public Private Partnership (PPP) or similar agreement for the operation and management.