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Job Overview:

Project Controls Manager will be leading Project Controls team for all aspects of planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, risk & opportunity management and change management activities for the Project. Liaise with consortium partners, client and key vendors / subcontractors and manage interface issues.. Provide strategic direction for execution of project and assist Project Director in decision making.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• General;

• Lead Project Controls team for all aspects of planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, risk & opportunity management and change management activities for the Project

• Liaise with consortium partners, client and key vendors / subcontractors and manage interface issues

• Provide strategic direction for execution of project and assist Project Director in decision making

• Responsible for effective project set-up, efficient execution through to close-out

• Project Administration and Co-ordination for internal and external administration

• Responsible for issuance of Invoices in conjunction with the Project Accounting to ensure positive cash flow

• Develop Project Controls tools and organize key performance data that can be used for Future projects

• Coordinate / prepare weekly, monthly reports for client and for internal management and corporate reviews

• Provide inputs to lessons learned on the Project

• Ensure strict compliance to McDermott's ethics guidelines

• Cost Control;

• Ensure that the costs from the “as-sold” bid cost summary are broken down into the standard Work Breakdown Structure line items; ensure that budgets and the chart of accounts are distributed and explained to the budget managers

• Ensure that the budgets are controlled before the cost commitments are made and the commitments are tracked once they are made

• Participate in critical procurement and subcontract evaluations and negotiations to ensure cost, cash-flow, warranties/guarantees and schedule requirements are adequately addressed

• Assist the management in making “make or buy” and “subcontract or do it yourself” decisions

• Ensure that the costs are being continuously collected in such a manner that feedback to estimating is possible at any given point of time

• Forecasting

• Responsible for maintaining accurate cost and revenue forecasts for the Project

• Conduct monthly budget reviews with various functional leads and package managers, perform Cost Sensitivity analysis and provide forecast updates

• Always be “forecast conscious”; ask the question “how does this event affect the forecast?”

• Use “earned value” concept in forecasting; use commitments made and the “earned value” to accurately forecast commitments to go

• Review Risk and Opportunity register on an ongoing basis to ensure strategies are developed for risk mitigation and optimization of opportunities and these are adequately addressed in the project forecasts

• Review and manage “contingencies” as per guidelines

• Ensure that the forecasts are accurate and timely

• Discuss and agree monthly milestone billing with Client. Ensure that the cash flow projections are done accurately and on a timely basis

• Planning and Scheduling;

• Responsible for timely and accurate preparation and maintenance of schedules and progress reports for all aspects of work including engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation

• Review work scope with Functional Groups and with consortium partners to ensure full scope inclusion in schedule and define logic, interfaces and interdependencies between activities

• Ensures methods are in place to measure, report and monitor project progress against plan with periodic presentation of report analysis to PMT and Client

• Provide schedule analysis and timely identify potential delays and establish mitigating measures and corrective actions

• Provide input to various reports generated for Clients as well as internal management reviews

• Ensure subcontractor’s scheduling, planning and progress measurement systems and procedures are in place, valid and effective

• Risk and Opportunity Management;

• Identify commercial / schedule / interface Risks & Opportunities on the Project

• Evaluate impact of commercial Risks & Opportunities and develop risk mitigation strategies and profit improvement plan for management review

• Where multiple execution methods are available, evaluate options and develop costs, risks and opportunities scenarios to assist management arrive at informed decisions

• Change Management;

• Implement robust change management process and seek compensation for client driven changes

• Evaluate cost impact of all variations to the Project, prepare change order requests and negotiate with client through to conclusion

• Talent Management and Leadership;

• Manage, coach, mentor and train subordinates

• Provide guidance and assistance to Project Controls team

• Identify high performance team members, provide stretch targets and reward achievements

• Formulate development plans for developing future leaders from within the team

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Engineering degree preferred

• 15+ years experience in Project Management, Planning & Control of medium / large projects with Client and Contractors

• Demonstrated career progression in owner/contractor organizations having supported Project management in development and execution of large scale offshore / subsea projects from inception to close out in multifaceted contracting environment

• Specific experience of SURF projects would be an advantage

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