Project Management/Project Engineering
Project Management
Project Management is the discipline of planning, organising, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals and objectives while honouring the preconceived project constraints. Typically constraints are scope, time and budget.
The Second and more ambitious challenge is to optimise the allocation and integration of inputs necessary to meet pre-defined objectives
A Project Manager is the person responsible for accomplishing the stated project objectives. Key project management responsibilities include creating clear and attainable project objectives, building the project requirements and managing the triple constraint for projects.
The term and tile ‘Project Manager’ has come to be used generically to describe anyone given responsibility to complete a project. However, it is more properly used to describe a person with full responsibility and the same level of authority required to complete a project. If a person does not have high levels of both responsibility and authority then they are better described as a project administrator, co-ordinator, facilitator or expeditor.
ASC supplies Project Managers for almost any kind or size of project. Typically individuals are well versed in project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 and PMBOK.
Project Engineer
A Project Engineer performs work that crosses the boundaries between engineering and project management, leading the technical workers who contribute to the building of structures or products. In some cases, the Project Engineer is the same as a Project Manager but in most cases these two professionals have joint responsibility for leading a project. It is generally not acceptable to use a P.E as an abbreviation for project engineer, as the P.E designation refers to a licensed Professional Engineer.
The role of project engineer can often be described as that of a liaison between the project manager and the technical disciplines involved in a project. The project engineer is also often the primary technical point of contact for the customer.
A Project Engineer`s responsibilities include schedule preparation and resource forecasting for engineering and other technical activities relating to the project. They may also be in charge of performance of vendors. They assure the accuracy of financial forecasts, which tie-in to project schedules. They ensure projects are completed according to project plans. Project Engineers manage project team resources and training and develop extensive project management experience and expertise. When project teams are structured so that multiple speciality disciplines report to the Project engineer, then two important responsibilities of the Project Engineer are inter-discipline co-ordination and overall quality control of the work.
Project Engineers are supplied by ASC across all platforms of industry including, Manufacturing, Technology and Construction.