Project Controls Specialist
Paris, FR
Job Purpose
• Assists the Project Manager and/or Project Control Manager in the overall control of medium-sized Projects and is specifically in charge of supervising at least Cost Engineering, Planning and Scheduling, Progress Monitoring, Risk management, Reporting (internal and to client/partners), Document Control.
Job Description
• Ensures project activities execution within Project Control disciplines, in accordance with Business Management System (BMS)
• Provides clear picture to project management on project status, trend, and risks to the Project manager
• Provides Project Baseline and Budget. Estimates, controls and forecasts budget
• In line with the established Project Execution Plan and strategy, allocates project cost budget to concerned disciplines and monitors expenditure actual and forecast evolution
• Identifies and prepares preventive/corrective actions. Prepares Recovery Plans, Catch-up Plans, Acceleration Plans, Rebase-lining, etc.
• In liaison with project controls and contract departments, initiates the implementation of control team, control procedures and tools, then supervises during project life: Planning, Scheduling & Project Reporting (Scope management; Project deliverables, Project Structures Breakdowns, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS), Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), etc.; Schedule management; Schedule forecasting; Corrective action, Progress measurement / reporting; Productivity calculations and analysis
• Quantities monitoring, Earned Value Analysis & Management
• Ensures management of Contract and change/ variation orders / trend analysis
• Risk and Delay Claims (Risk Assessment & management; Delay Claims Quantification)
• Issues reports internally and to Client / Partners
• At project close –out, responsible to issue feedback report and lessons learned, for Project feedback but also for discipline data-base
You are meant for this job if:
• Engineering degree or equivalent diploma
• 5 to 8 years of experience in project controls or project engineer management roles
• French and English
• Proficiency in MS Office and other applicable Project Control IT tools
• Strong team leadership skills and experience with network management across different cultures
• Understanding of the basic business principles for the O& G Industry
• Knowledge in Law and contract standards applicable in the offshore O& G Industry
• Thorough understanding and experience in Commercial Management processes and principles
Skills