Job Description

Wood has been awarded a major project with ADNOC and, we are looking to hire a Senior Project Control Engineer to be based at our Abu Dhabi Engineering Center.


Job Objective:


Provides cost, planning, scheduling and risk assessment support to Wood assignments / project teams and clients, typically on smaller projects without dedicated project control discipline teams


Runs all required project controls systems and tools to enable the successful management and reporting of the project costs, schedule and risk on projects and specific assignments.


One of the project / assignment focal points for all matters relating to project costs, schedules, and risk.



• Liaise with the client and any contractor Project Controllers as appropriate, to ensure alignment with the project reporting requirements and ensure timely and accurate cost and progress reporting
• Reporting of planned and actual progress figures
• Facilitate the collection of weekly progress figures from the project team and any 3rd party contractors
• Monitoring and reporting against the project critical path providing early warning to the Project Manager of any potential slippages
• Reporting of project costs and schedule data
• Produce weekly and monthly project cost and planning status reports
• Assist in the development and maintenance of Project Work Breakdown Structure for specific scopes of work
• Study and understand all relevant documents pertaining to the preparation of plans and schedule
• Monitor the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget set-up and approvals
• Monitor and control cost commitments and expenditures through all phases of the project / assignment
• Liaise with Project Accounting and time-capture functions and third parties as required to ensure accurate and timely capture of costs and ensure costs are allocated accurately in accordance with approved project/assignment WBS
• Work closely and assist Project Accountants and Billing Specialists in the Billing process and any other cost related queries
• Assists with application of baseline and forecast installation unit rates and norms for estimating quantity change impacts.
• Supports earned value progress measurement
• May assist with updates and changes to project quantities and reports on variances to baseline]
• Maintenance of project S-Curves and Histograms. Be able to incorporate changes into progress plans and histograms.
• Perform progress updates of the project Gantt charts. Includes executed changes into project schedule.
• Monitor current resource needs for the project and programme through analysis of workload at project level
• Identify slippages, significant float erosion and raise to more senior team members with suggestions for recover actions
• Tracking of and input into the change management system
• Follow change management process
• Input into the change management system
• Attendance at client progress meetings
• Assist with the preparation of proposal schedules and CTR packs
• Participate and support cost and schedule risk analysis workshops / sessions
• Be familiar with and comply with Project Controls processes and procedures


Qualifications:


Typically requires ISCED level 6 (Bachelors) Degree in a relevant technical or business discipline (or equivalent gained through relevant vocational training and/or industry experience)

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Knowledge, skills, and experience:


• Typically requires a minimum 10 years of progressive industry experience, with at least 5 years in project control positions.
• Experience of project planning software (MS Project / Primavera)
• Excellent Excel skills
• Knowledge and application of earned value and other progress monitoring techniques
• Knowledge of risk management processes and techniques


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. www.woodplc.com



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