Overview:
Project Controls Lead (PCL) implements overall project controls direction through application of systems and methods for estimate development, cost control, progress measurement, schedule development / control and management of change.
Responsibilities:
- Provide timely and accurate data and deliverables in support of benchmarking and tool building.
- Provide overall project cost, schedule, progress measurement, and change management leadership and expertise.
- Provide support to Project Team and Stewards with cost and schedule analysis, reporting, forecasting and budgeting.
- Development of Project Controls Plan and Management of Change (MOC) Plan.
- Ensure that the Stewardship process is established and implemented, leading to monthly cost and schedule stewardship reviews.
- Coordinates and communicates priorities for new and ongoing estimating, planning and cost control activities.
- Leads preparation and maintenance of the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), the Original Control Budget (OCB), Current Control Budget (CCB) and Project Master Schedule, and Budget (Planning & Budgeting (P&B)), and the overall cost and progress control system.
- Coordinate the collecting, analyzing, and reporting of project cost and schedule control information, to ensure overall project status is assessed and potential problem areas identified; prepares overall cost and schedule forecasts.
- Administer and facilitates the Management of Change process.
- Facilitate Capital Efficiency / Opportunities and Vulnerabilities process.
- Interface with Controllers regarding AFEs/budgets and invoices and development of Work-In-Place.
- Participate in bid evaluation process (as required).
- Participate in developing Contract Price Budgets and Contract Control Schedules and Milestones.
- Ensure familiarity of Project Controls team with Contractor payment terms and contract coordination procedures applicable to their scope.
- Leads preparation for Gates Reviews, Advance Commitment, Full Funding or Supplement activities.
- Coordinates development of cost and schedule estimates in preparation of Gate and Check Point/Advance Commitment reviews.
- Coordinate development of Estimate Confidence Packages and Estimate Development Plans.
- Respond to ad hoc requests from Project Management Team (PMT) related to Controls/Reporting.
- Consortium / Affiliate / Joint Venture presentations.
- Supports preparation of Close-out Reporting / CA$HD Input.
- Perform quality assurance at the project level by monitoring and appraising the performance of Contractors in the areas of cost control, progress measurement and schedule control.
- Responsible for ensuring that proper and effective project control measures are executed by the Contractor, including the Contractor’s cost and schedule control organization, plans and procedures.
- Review and, where appropriate, endorse schedule, progress and cost baselines and forecast prepared by contractors.
- Review progress measures reported by the Contractor.
- Review cost and schedule bases of Contractor's Change Proposals / Orders; including progress trends developed by Contractor.
- Assist site management in developing/reviewing cost and schedule corrective actions and recovery plans and making sure needed actions/plans are implemented.
- Manage the Cost and Schedule organization including the Contractor sites and serve as the central link from the Project to the organization.
- Maintain close liaison with other members of the organization on the Project and the function.
- Coordinates development of Project Controls Implementation Plan tailored to the specific project.
- Provide feedback and mentor to project controls engineers and planners in the project.
- Ensure Functional alignment for support and approval of key deliverables (i.e. Estimate Confidence Package, Estimate Development Plan, etc.).
- Drives and promotes capital efficiency on projects being stewarded by the department.
- Required: Experience with Data Visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, or Spotfire
- Not required but helpful: Data analytics programming experience in SQL or Python
- Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Construction Management.
- Experience in project controls focused on cost control and schedule control achievements.
- Supervisory experience required.
- Certification(s) in the project management discipline from a recognized organization (Primavera, PMI, AACE etc.) preferred.
- Willing to work overseas in a team environment.
- Willing to relocate to required project site.
- Knowledgeable with company project management best practices framework and key work processes.
- Demonstrated ability to drive creativity, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Strong Influencing, Consulting, Mentoring, Analytical, and Computing skills.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Adaptability to changing priorities.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to multitask and respond quickly to urgent analysis requests.