Senior Project Controller

Job Description:

Project Controls - Provides project management support services in the areas of project initiation, cost management, change management, progress measurement, reporting and project close out. Project Controls collaborates with project managers on the development and review of project plan, estimate, schedule, risk and contractual requirements. Develops and implements project controls and monitoring procedures to ensure the achievement of project schedule and cost objectives. Collects, analyzes and reports on project data and costs from various stakeholders (e.g., engineering, procurement, construction and accounting).

Education and Experience Requirements

Requires a University degree with 10 to 15 years of related experience.

Accountabilities

• Develops PC Organizational structure and staffing worksheet
• Full understanding of overall project scope
• Reviews and provides input into Estimate and maps to the control WBS
• Sets up control WBS and budgets in SAP
• Communicates control WBS to scheduling and contractor for reporting requirements
• Develops and maintains project controls plan for all key areas of project controls
• Reviews required project documentation during project assurance reviews and provides feedback to project teams
• Reviews schedule, provides input, and maintains list of project key milestones
• Works closely with project estimator and scheduler and provides input into baselines
• Ensures project has appropriate AFE funding
• Reviews schedule and other forecast drivers to update project time phasing for control budget and estimate to complete
• Completes requisitions for commitment of project materials and services
• Completes incurred costs reporting and variance explanations
• Monitors cost and committed to budget and forecast.
• Updates cost management system with time phased data, contractor progress and project trends
• Review project invoices to ensure that costs align with incurred costs
• Analyzes data to establish the differences in initial estimates during RFP and contract award
• Review contractor cost and progress and provide input to estimate at completion
• Full understanding of Earned Value Management, rules of credit, and progress measurement
• Works closely with material and service providers to define rules of credit for earned value management
• Monitors cost progress and performance metrics to establish potential and pending trends
• Evaluates and recommends allowances for design unknowns, escalation, and contingency
• Responsible for maintaining project trend log and reviewing contract change orders.
• Participates in HRIM and QRA meetings and updates budgets and forecasts accordingly
• Interfaces with project management, engineering, construction and procurement departments for project forecasting and trends
• Reviews monthly reporting packages and provides recommendations for improvement and projections based off performance
• Provides overall support to Intermediate and Junior Project Controls
• Makes projects presentations to senior management as required
• Ensures all Administrative, Financial, and System close-out activities are completed

Supervision, Performance and Experience

• Typically reports to Project Controls Manager or Scheduling Lead/Supervisor
• Would be part of a project controls team on large scale projects and junior and intermediate pc will report to senior pc
• Field experience considered as asset
• Experience with executing moderate- to high-risk capital projects of different asset types.