Senior Engineer, Project Control

Job description / Role

Job purpose

Provides functional support to project controls activities. Responsible for managing and reporting all aspects of cost, budget, schedule, risk, variations, project performance and accountable for implementation and support of corporate policies, technical standards, guidelines, procedures pertaining to project control during the development and execution of the project.

Job specific accountabilities (Part 1)

• Supports Value Assurance Process (VAP) framework with focus on project control at all stages of the project and assists VAP custodian. Reviews and endorses Project Decision Support Package (DSP).
• Monitors and reviews project funding requirements, approval of budget requests, project cost revision sheets, authorization for expenditure and contract variation requests.
• Monitors contract requisitions, material requisitions, tracking invoice payment certificates, contractor timesheets and invoices. Reviews project data and progress on dashboard tool.
• Liaises with Finance to monitor periodic expenditure against approved budget and takes up any major deviations in expenditure with concerned stakeholders and provides reports for reasons and causes and if needed develops a recovery plan.
• Develops realistic project cost and schedule forecast based on ground realities of the project.
• Reviews and develops Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), cost coding, reporting subsystems, cost and schedule baseline, cost control, value of work, progress measurement and implementation plans.
• Supervises the preparation of project controls technical standards, guidelines and procedures for project development and execution and ensures project approvals are in line with approved project control practice of the company.
• Supports a variety of contract activities including evaluation of contractor/consultant proposals and participates in preparation of tender packages and review and assess variations.

Generic accountabilities

Supervision

• Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.

Budgets

• Provide input for preparation of the functional budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved budget and work plans to deliver section objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.

Policies, systems, processes & procedures

Implement approved section/department policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the section's/department work programs in line with company and international standards.

Performance management

Contribute to the achievement of the approved performance objectives for the function in line with the company performance framework.

Innovation and continuous improvement

• Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with best industry standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.

Health, safety, environment (HSE) and sustainability

Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures & controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices.

Reports

Provide inputs to prepare section MIS and progress reports for management.

Internal communications & working relationships

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Minimum qualification

Bachelor degree in engineering or equivalent discipline.

Minimum experience, knowledge & skills

Eight years of experience in projects.

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.