Project Coordinator

Project Coordinator

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Ghana

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Construction

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Job summary

Coordinate the safe, timely, compliant and commercially disciplined delivery of all the company's projects assigned to Greater Accra, reporting to the Operations Manager Ghana. The role provides portfolio oversight to Project Managers, integrates resources and corporate support, drives recovery of performance gaps and gives management reliable visibility of progress and risk. Final executive, strategic and material financial accountability remains with the General Manager - Construction Division.

Min Qualification:

Degree

Experience

• Level:
• Senior level
• Length:
• 10 years
• Language Requirement:
• English
• Working Hours:
• Full Time - 8 to 5
• Applicant
• Location:
• Accra & Tema Region, Ghana
• Job descriptions &
• Minimum 10 to 15 years of progressive construction experience, including at least five years in a senior project or multi-project leadership role.
• Demonstrated responsibility for Project Managers, programme, production, cost, quality, EHS, clients, subcontractors and cross-functional support.
• Strong
• in major buildings, civil engineering, infrastructure, roads, utilities or comparable complex projects is highly desirable.
• in Ghana or comparable West African project environments is advantageous.
• Skills
• Multi-project leadership, mobilisation, programme control and recovery planning.
• Strong construction planning, production, resource, cost and risk-management capability.
• Client, consultant, subcontractor, authority and stakeholder coordination.
• Clear executive reporting and ability to convert data into accountable action.
• Proficiency in scheduling, reporting, document-control and project-management systems.
• Knowledge
• Strong knowledge of construction methods, temporary works, building and civil interfaces, project controls, quality and EHS requirements.
• Working knowledge of FIDIC or comparable contracts, notices, variations, claims, measurement, certification and payment processes.
• Understanding of Ghanaian statutory, permitting, labour, environmental and construction requirements.
• Knowledge of plant, procurement, logistics, subcontract and project-finance interfaces.
• Abilities
• Ability to lead through Project Managers without bypassing project accountability.
• Ability to balance regional priorities and resolve competing resource demands.
• Ability to identify performance deterioration early and drive practical recovery.
• Ability to make firm decisions under schedule, cost and stakeholder pressure.
• Ability to escalate material risk clearly while maintaining ownership of follow-through.
• Behavioural Competencies
• High integrity, discipline and personal accountability.
• Visible commitment to safety, quality and contractual compliance.
• Calm, decisive and solutions-oriented under pressure.
• Strong collaboration across Operations, Technical, Quality, EHS, Plant, Procurement and Finance.
• Professional communication with clients, consultants, authorities and communities.
• Commitment to developing people, transparent reporting and continuous improvement.
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Programme Regional milestones achieved and recovery plans delivered
• Production Planned-versus-actual output and work-front readiness
• Cost and Forecast Cost-to-complete accuracy, margin risk and budget variance
• Cash and Commercial Billing, certification, collection, variations and claim readiness
• Quality NCR trends, test failures, rework and corrective-action closure
• EHS Serious incidents, high-risk controls, inspections and action closure
• Resources Leadership coverage, labour productivity and critical resource readiness
• Plant and Materials Availability, shortages, idle time and logistics reliability
• Subcontractors Programme, quality, EHS and corrective-action performance
• Client and Stakeholder Satisfaction, issue resolution and commitment control
• Risk and Change Early escalation, mitigation, records and decision closure
• Reporting and Handover Dashboard accuracy, action closure and project close-out readiness
• Location
• : Accra (Greater Accra regional portfolio, and extensive travel to all assigned project sites, plants, yards and stakeholder locations)
• Salary
• : Attractive
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Requirements

• Key
• and commercial exposure.
• Coordinates Project, Contract, Quantity Surveying and Finance teams to improve billing, certification, collection, variation and claim readiness.
• Requires credible explanations and recovery actions for adverse cost or cash variance.
• Escalates potential loss, unsupported forecast or material commercial decision to the Operations Manager Ghana.
• People and Resource Coordination
• Reviews project organisations, leadership coverage, labour needs, productivity and competence gaps.
• Coordinates sharing or redeployment of approved resources across Greater Accra projects without weakening control.
• Recommends senior project appointments, changes, transfers or additional support through the Operations Manager Ghana.
• Develops Project Managers through clear expectations, coaching, performance review and accountable follow-up.
• Technical, Design and Interface Management
• Ensures Project Managers maintain current drawings, approved methods, technical queries, design schedules and interface registers.
• Coordinates timely support from the Technical Office, designers, consultants and specialist disciplines.
• Prevents construction from proceeding on unresolved, obsolete or unapproved technical information.
• Escalates design decisions, constructability issues and technical risks affecting cost, programme or compliance.
• Quality Management and Rework Prevention
• Ensures Project Managers implement approved Project Quality Plans, inspection and test plans, method statements and records.
• Reviews quality trends, NCRs, test failures, snagging, rework, approvals and corrective-action closure.
• Supports Corporate Quality and project QA/QC personnel while respecting their independent compliance authority.
• Prevents concealment or acceptance of defective work and escalates recurring or material quality failure.
• EHS Leadership and Compliance
• Promotes visible safety leadership and ensures Project Managers integrate EHS into planning and execution.
• Reviews high-risk activities, permits, inspections, incidents, environmental controls and corrective actions.
• Supports Corporate EHS and project EHS Officers in applying standards and stop-work authority.
• Ensures urgent escalation and investigation of serious incidents, repeated unsafe conditions or statutory breaches.
• Plant, Materials and Logistics Readiness
• Coordinates regional demand for plant, vehicles, materials, fuel, spares, transport and site logistics.
• Reviews readiness against work programmes and resolves priority conflicts with Plant, Procurement and project teams.
• Monitors equipment availability, material shortages, delivery risks, storage and avoidable idle time.
• Escalates capacity gaps or major hire and purchase needs with operational justification and alternatives.
• Subcontractor and Supplier Performance
• Ensures subcontractors and suppliers are mobilised against approved scope, programme, quality, EHS and documentation requirements.
• Reviews performance trends, resource sufficiency, delays, defects, claims and corrective actions.
• Coordinates operational input to procurement, award, certification, variation and performance decisions.
• Escalates persistent underperformance and recommends recovery, reinforcement, replacement or contractual action.
• Client and Stakeholder Relations
• Supports Project Managers in maintaining professional, transparent and solution-focused client relationships.
• Participates in key progress, risk, recovery, technical and commercial meetings when regional support is required.
• Coordinates issues involving authorities, utilities, communities, access and other affected stakeholders.
• Protects Mawums' contractual position and ensures commitments are made only by authorised personnel.
• Risk, Change and Contractual Awareness
• Maintains a regional view of project risks, opportunities, changes, delays, notices, claims and decision deadlines.
• Ensures Project Managers preserve records and provide timely information to Contract and Quantity Surveying teams.
• Challenges unmanaged scope change, informal instruction and unapproved commitment.
• Escalates material risk with impact, ownership, mitigation, residual exposure and required decision clearly stated.
• Reporting, Handover and Continuous Improvement
• Produces a concise regional dashboard covering progress, milestones, cost, cash, quality, EHS, resources, clients and risks.
• Validates project data, forecasts and action status before reporting to the Operations Manager Ghana.
• Coordinates completion, testing, snagging, handover, close-out and demobilisation readiness.
• Captures lessons, standardises effective practices and tracks agreed improvements to verified completion.
• Qualification
• Formal

Responsibilities

• Regional Project Leadership and Governance
• Translates the Operations Manager Ghana's direction into clear regional priorities, performance expectations and accountable actions.
• Maintains a consistent review rhythm covering safety, quality, programme, cost, cash, resources, clients, risks and decisions.
• Provides Project Managers with guidance and removes cross-functional obstacles within authority.
• Escalates material regional issues and decision options promptly and objectively.
• Project Mobilisation and Start-Up
• Coordinates readiness of project organisation, approvals, site access, facilities, plant, materials, subcontractors, systems and corporate support.
• Reviews mobilisation plans, responsibility matrices, initial programmes, procurement schedules, permits and key risks before work starts.
• Ensures Project Managers establish compliant project controls, reporting and communication routes.
• Escalates unresolved start-up constraints that threaten contractual milestones or safe execution.
• Programme, Milestone and Recovery Control
• Reviews baseline and updated programmes, critical paths, look-ahead plans, production targets and interfaces.
• Challenges unsupported progress, unrealistic forecasts, delayed decisions and weak recovery assumptions.
• Requires Project Managers to produce accountable recovery plans for adverse variance.
• Consolidates regional milestone status and escalates threats requiring portfolio or executive intervention.
• Construction Execution and Production
• Monitors site productivity, work-front readiness, method implementation, sequencing and coordination
• Ensures Project Managers convert programmes into achievable weekly and daily production plans.
• Coordinates resolution of constraints involving design, access, approvals, materials, plant, labour or subcontractors.
• Promotes disciplined execution and prevents acceleration that compromises safety, quality or contract requirements.
• Cost, Cash and Commercial Performance
• Reviews project budgets, commitments, cost-to-complete, margin outlook, cash

Education

• Bachelor's degree or HND in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Building Technology, Project Management or a related engineering discipline.
• A recognised professional registration or membership in an engineering, construction or project-management body is advantageous.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or comparable project-management certification is highly desirable.
• Training in contracts, planning, cost control, quality or EHS is an advantage.
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