# PAUL HUMAN **PROJECT & PROGRAMME MANAGER** | *October 2026* **PROFILE:** Accomplished senior manager with 25+ years of experience in planning, facilitating & heading construction projects and leading teams with project and programme design & management. Offers skills in the design, proposal, planning and management of development and construction projects and programmes, with a focus on project control systems and data management & analysis. --- ## CONTACT - **Email:** [paul@human.net.za](mailto:paul@human.net.za) - **Phone:** +27(0)83 226 9105 - **LinkedIn:** [linkedin.com/in/paulhuman](https://za.linkedin.com/in/paulhuman) - **Website:** [human.net.za](https://www.human.net.za) --- ## EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS - **BT&RP (Town & Regional Planning)**, University of Pretoria (1990) - **BA Hons (Sociology)**, University of Pretoria (1991) - **Project Management Professional (PMP)**, PMI – 2015 (exp. 2018) - **Labour Intensive Construction (LIC)**, CESA – 2010 - **Internal Auditor**, Certified training in auditing techniques based on ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 – 2026 --- ## KEY SKILLS & EXPERTISE - **Project & Programme Management (PMO Setup):** Over 25 years of experience leading complex construction, energy, and municipal capital projects, establishing Project Management Offices, and designing & implementing stage-gate project workflows. - **Project Control Systems & Custom PMIS:** Designing and deploying project control tools, including custom SQL-backed web applications, document management platforms (such as Bentley ProjectWise and Oracle Primavera), financial control tracking, and ISO quality assurance procedures. - **Contract Administration & Principal Agent Roles:** Serving as Principal Agent on major commercial and residential developments using JBCC contracts, overseeing contractor and subcontractor procurement, and navigating post-termination legal and claim disputes. - **Town Planning, PPP Feasibility & Due Diligence:** Qualified background in Town & Regional Planning paired with practical experience conducting Public-Private Partnership (PPP) feasibility assessments, land-use due diligence, and municipal capital expenditure planning. --- ## PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES - **Strategic & Adaptable:** Adapts to diverse project environments and manages complex stakeholder needs. - **Creative:** Draws from a creative and technical mindset to deliver practical, innovative solutions. - **Detail-oriented:** Skilled in identifying patterns, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement. - **Team-oriented:** Values team cohesion and mindful leadership as core to successful project delivery. --- ## REFERENCES Available on request --- ## PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ### Lumax Energy (Contract) **Head of Projects** | *Oct 2025 - Present* | *South Africa* Appointed as Head of Projects, responsible for overseeing the successful delivery of installation projects at Lumax Energy. This role combines strategic project management leadership with operational quality control oversight to ensure that installations meet high standards of efficiency, safety and quality. Establishing a project management office to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage client and subcontractor relationships and contracts, and ensure compliance with industry best practices and company standards. Developing and implementing systems for financial, quality, and health and safety management and control. - **Financial Control:** Established a financial control system for project budgeting and costs. - **Policies & Procedures:** Instituted policies and procedures for construction and installation project management. - **Quality & Safety Systems:** Established and structured documentation and procedures for health and safety and quality assurance, and control management. - **Asset & Resource Management:** Established documentation and control systems for field asset and resource management. - **ISO 9001 Certification:** Establishing and structuring documentation and procedures for ISO 9001 certification. --- ### The Public Investment Corporation (Contract) **Principal Agent** | *Nov 2023 - Jun 2025* | *Ga-Rankuwa City* Took over construction and contractual management for the client during a critical transition phase of redevelopment. - **Contractor & Subcontractor Management:** Led the procurement of a replacement main contractor and engaged directly with unpaid subcontractors to maintain continuity of services during the transition. - **Stakeholder & Community Liaison:** Negotiated with community labour representatives and subcontractors to address delayed payments and mitigate unrest, ensuring ongoing site activity. - **Contractual & Legal Support:** Supported the client’s legal team with project records and interpretation of JBCC PBA contract terms, helping navigate subcontractor claims and post-termination disputes. --- ### GladAfrica Group - Project Management **Senior Project Manager** | *Jun 2023 - Oct 2023* | *Ga-Rankuwa City* Acted as Principal Agent managing building and infrastructure contractors for large commercial developments. - **Principal Agent Execution:** Directed professional services on a major shopping centre expansion, integrating civil/building works with architecture, engineering, and quantity surveying. - **Tenant Integration:** Managed tenant alignment and design fits-out through coordinate processes, minimising commercial friction prior to handover. --- ### Polarium Energy Solutions AB (Contract) **Project & Operations Manager** | *Oct 2021 - May 2023* | *Africa Operations* Led telecommunications energy backup installations and customer technical support operations across the continent. - **Continental Setup:** Implemented and ran technical support networks for energy backup solutions in seven countries, securing critical telecom tower uptime. - **Data Management Systems:** Built a comprehensive service delivery management database tracking warranty states, spare parts inventory, repair cycle durations, and demand forecasts. - **Client Alignment:** Fostered key relationships between Swedish parent systems and regional client heads to align product performance feedback. - **Team Training:** Built and enabled regional engineering units to troubleshoot lithium backup technologies locally. --- ### Gladys Group (Pty) Ltd (Contract) **Senior Project Manager** | *Mar 2017 - Feb 2021* | *Gauteng & Mpumalanga* Delivered structural programme support for capital municipal expenditure and luxury hotel developments. - **City of Tshwane ePMU:** Helped establish the Enterprise Programme Management Unit. Led the Project Implementation & Controls workstream to oversee the city's capital expenditure portfolio. - **Stage Gate Framework:** Designed and deployed Stage Gate workflow criteria to track projects from identification and feasibility through to close-out. - **Data Analytics:** Created analytical dashboards of monthly capital performance to highlight low-performing contractors and identify quick-win projects for acceleration. - **PMBOK Mentoring:** Trained municipal departmental managers in PMBOK knowledge areas to raise public sector implementation standards. - **Midrand Residential (R100m):** Managed residential building construction. Following contractor termination, took over as active contractor managing procurement, trades, and cost databases. - **Mpumalanga 5-Star Lodge:** Led pre-development feasibility, environmental assessments, and engineering services plans for luxury lodge development under strict environmental regulations. --- ### Driver Trett SA (now CAPIC) **Senior Project Manager & Project Consultant** | *Jul 2015 - Sep 2016* | *South Africa* Consulted client developers on capital financing structures, public-private partnerships, and feasibility studies. - **Bitou Municipality PPP:** Governed the technical design and financial modelling structures for municipal property development PPP feasibility validation. - **Mpumalanga Rural Development:** Directed structural project delivery parameters for community economic empowerment land settlement initiatives. - **DPW Accommodation Strategy:** Compiled implementation systems for state-owned asset accommodation using alternative procurement mechanisms. --- ### AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd **Manager: Project Systems** | *Jan 2014 - Apr 2015* | *Pretoria Office* Specialised in configuring and deploying enterprise control systems for megaprojects. - **Oracle Primavera Rollout:** Directed the corporate initiative to configure Primavera P6 PMIS to monitor schedules and cost variance metrics. - **Transnet EPCM (R4bn):** Structured controls for cost reporting, document index management, health & safety registers, and risk matrices. - **Gibela Plant Bentley Setup:** Supervised the implementation of Bentley ProjectWise document control systems for high-tech rail vehicle manufacturing setups. - **ISO Certification:** Audited and refined standard project tools and delivery structures to support corporate ISO certification. --- ### AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd **Information / Senior Project Manager** | *Oct 2012 - Dec 2013* | *Pretoria* Managed post-merger systems alignment and corporate headquarters relocation. - **Systems Consolidation:** Standardised information systems and records database structures during the integration of legacy BKS engineering into AECOM. - **Lakeside Office Move:** Managed the refurbishment, network fit-out, and change management processes for relocating hundreds of staff to AECOM's new Lakeside headquarters. --- ### BKS Engineering & Management (Pty) Ltd **Senior Project Manager** | *Mar 2009 - Sep 2012* | *South Africa* Provided client representation and independent certification for national development programmes. - **DOE Head Office PPP:** Performed Independent Certifier services verifying build stages and financial contract compliance. - **GSIP School Auditing:** Managed structural and technical due diligence evaluations on prospective school cluster designs. - **DBSA Tender Evaluation:** Programmed a customized matrix system to process and audit bidding criteria for public housing construction programs. --- ### City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality **Planning Professional (Strategic)** | *Oct 2002 - Feb 2009* | *City of Tshwane* Structured spatial policies and coordinated key urban interventions within the City Planning Department. - **Spatial Design Restructuring:** Spearheaded metropolitan-wide spatial plans to align infrastructure investment with the city's long-term economic development strategy. - **Strategic Interventions:** Managed high-impact urban zoning approvals and community planning panels critical to city growth. --- ### Various Organizations **Project Manager, Planner, Trade Advisor** | *Pre-2002* | *Various Public & Defence Employers* Early career foundation spanning town planning, economic trade coordination, and military engineering units. - **Trade Advisor, Tshwane (2001-2002):** Set up import-export information portals at 'Trade Point' under a UNCTAD-adapted economic development framework. - **Project Manager, Tshwane (1997-2001):** Coordinated economic infrastructure proposals, town planning registers, and municipal spatial databases. - **Assistant Town Planner, Tshwane (1994-1997):** Handled local zoning proposals and land development facilitation. - **Town Planner, SA Air Force (1994):** Supervised land-use regulations and base planning projects. - **Demographer, National Health (1993-1994):** Modelled census database indicators to evaluate regional population health programs. - **Town Planner, SA Defence Force (1992-1993):** Drafted base master layouts, conducted land surveys, and implemented digital plotting systems.