Project Control Manager

Job description

Wood is accepting expressions of interest for a project control manager to join our team in Qatar. The project control manager leads the cost, planning, scheduling, and risk assessment support to assignments, project teams, and clients, typically on projects of moderate size and complexity. Oversees the setup and running of all required project controls systems, tools, and interfaces to allow successful management and reporting of the project costs, schedule, and risks on projects and specific assignments. Responsible for managing a team of project control resources in support of project delivery excellence.

The role interfaces with a number of key stakeholders across the project and wider business. It is the primary focal point for the project manager, client, or project team for all matters relating to project costs, schedules, risk, and resource requirements. Develops and implements the project control execution plan for projects of moderate size and complexity.

Responsibilities

• Act as the focal point with the client and any contractor project controllers as appropriate to ensure costs and progress are reported accurately, ensure alignment with the project reporting requirements, and ensure timely and accurate cost and progress reporting.
• Monitor overall project or assignment progress status, achievement and non-achievement of major milestones, and analyse and forecast performance in relation to plan.
• Identify, monitor, and report against the project critical path providing early warning to the project manager of any potential slippages.
• Identify and establish the communications interfaces essential for the delivery of cost, planning, scheduling, and risk deliverables and services.
• Report project status and key performance indicators to management.
• Develop the project work breakdown structure.
• Manage the implementation of the cost and planning control structures in alignment with the project work breakdown structure.
• Manage and oversee the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget setup and approvals.
• Timely control and forecasting of budgets and ensure that the impact of all change requests are properly assessed and included in the budget and schedules if applicable.
• Accountable for accuracy and timeliness of S-curves and histograms produced by the team.
• Accountable for delivery and ongoing maintenance of the project's fully resourced, logic-linked Gantt charts within preferred planning software to the agreed project and programme requirements.
• Accountable for providing analysis of current and future resource needs for the project and programme to the project manager.
• Manage and oversee the recovery process following identified slippages or significant float erosion.
• Responsible for timely and accurate development and issuing of project change orders or variations in accordance with contract or assignment change notifications.
• Promote the project change management system and facilitate assurance activities to ensure the process is adhered to.
• Serve as chair for ongoing internal team and client team project controls meetings (cost, schedule, and progress).
• Oversee the preparation of proposal schedules and cost to reflect packs.
• Lead cost and schedule risk analysis workshops or sessions both internally and with clients.
• Ensure risk is managed and monitored at project level in line with local standards and processes.
• Ensure project controls processes and procedures are accurate, that the project controls team are familiar with them, and comply with their requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring that projects are managed effectively to ensure delivery in a manner which meets quality, time, and budget specifications.
• Accountable for the accuracy and completeness of all cost, planning, and risk deliverables prior to issue to internal or external customers.
• Responsible for ensuring all project-specific control tools and systems are set up and functioning adequately.
• Manage the workload, performance, and development of the project controls team. Provide constructive feedback and coaching.
• Responsible for ensuring project control staff are competent to carry out assigned work.
• Review contractual obligations and ensure that cost control activities are performed in accordance with the contractual agreements and the client's requirements.
• Ensure that lessons learned are captured and implemented in support of continuous improvement.
• Motivate project control team to meet project aims; promote communication and teamwork within group and project.

Qualifications

• B.S. or equivalent degree.
• Minimum of 15+ years relevant experience in major brownfield oil and gas projects, including at least five years in a similar position.
• Pre-FEED, FEED experience.
• Typically requires a minimum of eight years of relevant industry experience, with at least six years in project control positions.
• Excellent client service focus.
• Exceptional organisational skills and able to multi-task.
• Working knowledge of risk management processes and techniques and experience in facilitating risk workshops with project or assignment teams.
• Advanced working knowledge of relevant software tools such as Microsoft Project and Primavera.

About us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects, and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

Diversity statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.