# PAUL HUMAN **SENIOR PROJECT & PROGRAMME MANAGER** | *July 2026* **PROFILE:** Over 25 years of wide-ranging experience with project development, heading & supporting large-scale projects and leading multi-disciplinary teams in project management, execution, project control systems, and data management. Specialises in contract management & cost control. Advanced experience with AI-driven workflow optimization and web hosted applications. --- ## 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) - **PMP® (Project Management Professional)**, PMI - 2015 (exp 2018) - **Internal Auditor Certificate**, ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 Auditing (2020) - **Labour Intensive Construction (LIC)**, CESA Certification (2010) --- ## KEY SKILLS & EXPERTISE - **Project & Programme Management:** Diverse construction, municipal & capital programs, JBCC PBA, EPCM, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). - **Project Controls & Systems:** Project Management Information Systems, ISO 9001/14001/45001 compliance, PMIS database engineering. - **Leadership & Operations:** Managing cross-border technical support and PM teams across multiple countries, stakeholder alignment. - **Technology & AI Integration:** Advanced knowledge of MS Office suite, AI tools for project management workflow, custom IT systems integrations and web-hosted database applications. --- ## 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 in a newly created role to oversee the successful delivery of construction projects, combining strategic project management with financial, quality control, health & safety and field management control systems. - **PMO Establishment:** Establishing a Project Management Office (PMO) to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage subcontractors and internal construction teams, and ensure compliance with industry best practices. - **Quality Control Systems:** Developing and enforcing quality control systems and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all site-related activities. - **Custom PMIS Tool:** Personally developed and hosted an online web-based application for the control and management of project budgets, costs, schedules, scope, assets, and risks. --- ### 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.