Senior Project Controller
Warrington
Main Responsibilities:
- Support your Engineering Project Manager (EPM) in monitoring, controlling, and reporting on engineering projects.
- Manage projects ranging from Concept Design to Execution Design across various sectors including Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Energy, Utilities, Chemicals, and Food.
- Handle medium to large projects, both greenfield and brownfield, typically up to 30,000 hours.
- Depending on project size and complexity, work on either a single project or a portfolio of projects.
- Ensure the integrity and effectiveness of planning/scheduling, cost control, project change control, and project risk management in line with the contract.
- Set up the project schedule and reporting system according to project contract requirements.
- Update and monitor the project schedule and control estimate with input from discipline lead engineers, procurement manager, and EPM, challenging reported progress if necessary.
- Provide planning and cost information (e.g., histograms, S-curves, performance indices) required for progress reports.
- Identify changes in resource requirements for projects.
- Advise the EPM on ways to recover from programme slippage.
- Identify risks to the programme or budget and advise the EPM accordingly.
Experience & Qualifications:
Required:
- Previous experience as a project controls engineer in an Engineering/EPCM/EPC company within the specified sectors.
- Experience in setting up an engineering project schedule and reporting system.
- Sound knowledge of multidiscipline engineering projects and a solid understanding of interdependencies and logic links between intra- and inter-discipline activities and deliverables.
- Experience working on large-scale portfolios, programmes, or projects.
- Sound knowledge of and experience with various phases of engineering and construction projects – concept, FEED, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning.
- Experience and good understanding of working with common standard forms of contract (NEC3 and 4, FIDIC, etc.).
- Strong understanding of Project Controls practices, processes, and tools, including standard metrics such as BCWS, BCWP, ACWP, SPI, CPI.
- Significant capability in the use of scheduling software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and PowerPoint) and SAP.
- Experience in the use of various cost control, risk management, and reporting tools.
- Result-oriented mindset, with a focus on helping the EPM complete projects profitably.
Preferred:
- HND/BSc/BEng/MSc in Engineering or Chartered Engineer status.
- Qualification from APE (Association of Planning Engineers) and/or AcosteE (Association of Cost Engineers).
How to Apply:
Please send your CV andy.cruickshank@hays.com