Project Control Specialist I

Job description / Role

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.

Right now, we're bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

Primary Objectives / Responsibilities
- Provide specialist project control services for the support of the Worley project control system
- Assist the Business Systems Group in the rollout of the project control system including initial configuration and contribution to training activities.
- Liaise with project teams to ensure the correct utilisation of the project control system based on project specific requirements and corporate guidelines
- Project Set-Up - working with project management, system administration and document controls to develop a project set-up that facilitates both internal and external Project Services requirements).
- Planning/Scheduling - Provide Project Planning/Scheduling services to project teams to ensure that completion dates are being met.
- Cost Management/Control - Provide cost control services to project teams to ensure proper project cost management and profitability monitoring.
- Invoice Advice Reports - Verify & Approve Invoice Advice Reports before issuance to Finance.
- Project Analysis and Forecasting - Analyse costs/schedules and report on any anomalies, fluctuations, unusual occurrences or other spending concerns that could impact the project final cost forecast and expected completion date.
- Proposal Support - Provide Planning/Scheduling and cost estimation/commercial support for proposals.
- Interface Management - facilitating communication between and among Project-Managers, Discipline Leads, System Administrator and Document Controller.
- Take ownership of the cost control and ensure integrity of the data being processed, coordinate with Finance if required, prior to report submission to management or for the purpose of PCS/WPR meetings.
- Liaise with clients to clarify cost related issues and develop timely and meaningful monthly invoices. Ensure payment of invoices according to contract terms.

Project Deliverables
- Review and develop data interfaces for third party project systems, as required
- Prepare and control Work Orders (WO).
- Implement financial controls including controlling authorisations of expenditure and cash flow projections.
- Project Updates - provide weekly progress-collection & updates; schedule updates; cost control & management; change order/variation management; cash flow status; subcontractor progress management; weekly upload of project data to Project Controls Database.
- Project Reporting - issue of internal weekly project status/productivity reports and Clients External progress reports - Preparation of monthly financial reports for the project. Also prepare other financial analysis as required on an adhoc basis
- Quality Control - ensuring projects are controlled, monitored, and documented according Project Services standards /specifications; conduct timely Project Controls audits on project level.

Worley, Vision, Purpose & Values
- Understands and communicates Worley's Vision, Purpose & Values and translates the strategy into practical goals and objectives for self and team members

Quality Assurance
- Work within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance systems.

Safety
- Responsible for personal safety and working within the Occupational Health & Safety procedures.
- Competent in implementing HSE in the design process, focuses on process safety and strives to use best practice

Requirements

Job Specific Knowledge :
- Demonstrate a visible and active commitment to HSE management and its associated requirements in a project environment
- Demonstrated knowledge of engineering design, construction and project delivery.
- Knowledge and understanding of the application of the Worley Project Review (WPR) and Enterprise Management System (EMS).
- Knowledge and understanding of the application of the Worley core systems such as Oracle (finance and time sheeting), and Ecosys (Project Control).
- Responsible for understanding the complete scope of work and the project estimate, including sub-contractor's work.
- Technical skills in Cost & Schedule Management, Earned Value & Change Management required.
- Good understanding of the commercial aspect of the project contract/procedure and the application to the cost management.
- Good knowledge and understanding of earned value forecasting and productivity/risk analysis for cost forecasts and contingency management.
- Ability to create/update cost and planning estimating/control methods and procedures to reflect the latest project execution philosophies.

Industry Specific Experience :
- Minimum years in planning/cost control experience within the oil and gas industry, of which at least years must be as a Project Controls Engineer for an offshore project.
- Experience in cost control, cost estimating, project scheduling and risk management with associated alignment of these disciplines.
- Must have proven track record in handling engineering projects in different phases like Pre-FEED, FEED and Detail Engineering.

Education - Qualifications, Accreditation, Training :
- Full-Time Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited university
- Project Controls certification from PMI or AACE will be preferred.

HSE Capability :
- Maintain HSE focus with the team to ensure OHSE requirements.
- Demonstrate behaviour and business practices commensurate with a culture of world's best health, safety and environmental performance.
- Demonstrate a visible and active commitment to:

1. personal well-being;

2. healthy and safe workplaces and activities; and

3. Continuously improve Worley health, safety and environmental performance.
- Identify and report work hazards and incidents.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.

We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here. And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.

About the Company

Worley is a leading global provider of professional services in the energy, chemicals and resources sectors. We partner with our customers to address their most critical challenges at every stage of their projects: from initial concepts to sustaining and enhancing their assets. And we provide smarter, bolder solutions while delivering on our own sustainability commitments.

We are 51,000 bright minds across 46 countries all driven by a common purpose – delivering a more sustainable world. While working to fulfill our ambition to be recognized globally as the leader in sustainability solutions.