Project Controls Lead

Danos, LLC•Houston, TX

About The Position

Project Controls Lead (PCL) implements overall project controls direction through application of systems and methods for estimate development, cost control, progress measurement, schedule development / control and management of change.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree (or higher) in engineering is required.
5 to 15 years of relevant professional experience is required. Candidates with less than 5 or more than 15 years of experience will not be considered.
Prior experience working specifically as an Oil and Gas Project Controls Engineer is required.
Must have managed multiple concurrent projects rather than a single large-scale project. Demonstrated ability to handle diverse project portfolios is preferred.
Willing to work overseas in a team environment.
Willing to relocate to required project site
Strong Influencing, Consulting, Mentoring, Analytical, and Computing skills.
Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to multitask and respond quickly to urgent analysis requests.
Must be able to meet all conditional job offer requirements including background, drug test, MVR, agility and fit for duty.
Understanding of environmental and safe work practices.

Responsibilities

Provide timely and accurate data and deliverables in support of benchmarking and tool building.
Provide overall project cost, schedule, progress measurement, and change management leadership and expertise.
Provide support to Project Team and Stewards with cost and schedule analysis, reporting, forecasting and budgeting.
Development of Project Controls Plan and Management of Change (MOC) Plan
Ensure that the Stewardship process is established and implemented, leading to monthly cost and schedule stewardship reviews.
Coordinates and communicates priorities for new and ongoing estimating, planning and cost control activities.
Leads preparation and maintenance of the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), the Original Control Budget (OCB), Current Control Budget (CCB) and Project Master Schedule, and Budget (Planning & Budgeting (P&B) ), and the overall cost and progress control system.
Coordinate the collecting, analyzing, and reporting of project cost and schedule control information, to ensure overall project status is assessed and potential problem areas identified; prepares overall cost and schedule forecasts.
Administer and facilitates the Management of Change process.
Facilitate Capital Efficiency / Opportunities and Vulnerabilities process.
Interface with Controllers regarding AFEs/budgets and invoices and development of Work-In-Place.
Participate in bid evaluation process (as required).
Participate in developing Contract Price Budgets and Contract Control Schedules and Milestones.
Ensure familiarity of Project Controls team with Contractor payment terms and contract coordination procedures applicable to their scope.
Leads preparation for Gates Reviews, Advance Commitment, Full Funding or Supplement activities.
Coordinates development of cost and schedule estimates in preparation of Gate and Check Point/Advance Commitment reviews.
Coordinate development of Estimate Confidence Packages and Estimate Development Plans.
Respond to ad hoc requests from Project Management Team (PMT) related to Controls/Reporting.
Consortium / Affiliate / Joint Venture presentations
Supports preparation of Close-out Reporting / CA$HD Input
Perform quality assurance at the project level by monitoring and appraising the performance of Contractors in the areas of cost control, progress measurement and schedule control.
Responsible for ensuring that proper and effective project control measures are executed by the Contractor; including the Contractor’s cost and schedule control organization, plans and procedures.
Review and, where appropriate, endorse schedule, progress and cost baselines and forecast prepared by contractors.
Review progress measures reported by the Contractor.
Review cost and schedule bases of Contractor's Change Proposals / Orders; including progress trends developed by Contractor.
Assist site management in developing/reviewing cost and schedule corrective actions and recovery plans, and making sure needed actions/plans are implemented.
Manage the Cost and Schedule organization including the Contractor sites and serve as the central link from the Project to the organization.
Maintain close liaison with other members of the organization on the Project and the function.
Coordinates development of Project Controls Implementation Plan tailored to the specific project.
Provide feedback and mentor to project controls engineers and planners in the project.
Ensure Functional alignment for support and approval of key deliverables (i.e. Estimate Confidence Package, Estimate Development Plan, etc.).
Drives and promotes capital efficiency on projects being stewarded by the department.