Project Controls Lead - Engineering

Carbon60 are currently looking for a Projects Control Lead to join a client of ours based in Warrington. Our is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets.

Main Responsibilities:

• You will support your engineering project manager (EPM) in the monitoring, controlling and reporting of engineering projects
• These projects will range from Concept Design to Execution Design
• The projects will be for different sectors (Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Energy, Utilities, Chemicals, Food), medium and large projects, and greenfield and brownfield. This size of the projects will be typically up to 30,000 hrs.
• Depending on size and complexity you may work on one project or a portfolio of projects
• You are responsible for ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of planning / scheduling, cost, project change control and project risk management in line with the contract.
• You will set up the project schedule and project reporting system in line with the project contract requirements
• You will update and monitor the project schedule and control estimate with input from the discipline lead engineers, procurement manager and EPM, challenging them on the reported progress if required
• You will provide planning and cost information (e.g. histograms, S-curves, performance indices) required for the progress reports
• You will identify changes in resource requirements for the projects
• You will advise the EPM ways to recover from programme slippage
• You will identify risks to the programme or budget and advise the EPM

Experience & Qualifications:

If you have the following profile, then we are looking forward to meeting you

• Required:
  • Previous experience as project controls engineer in an Engineering / EPCM / EPC company, in one of the above mentioned sectors
  • Experience setting up an Engineering project schedule and project reporting system
  • Sound knowledge of multidiscipline engineering projects and solid understanding of interdependencies and logic links between intra- and inter-discipline activities and deliverables
  • Experience working on large scale portfolios, programmes or projects
  • Sound knowledge of and experience with various phases of engineering and construction projects - concept, FEED, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning
  • Experience and good understanding of working with the common standard forms of contract (NEC3 and 4, FIDIC, etc.)
  • A strong understanding of Project Controls practices, processes and tools, including application of standard metrics such as BCWS, BCWP, ACWP, SPI, CPI
  • Significant capability in the use of scheduling software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel)
  • Significant capability in Microsoft Office (Word and Powerpoint) and SAP
  • Experience in the use of various cost control, risk management and reporting tools
  • Result oriented. You are only satisfied if you help the EPM complete a project profitably
• Preferred:
  • HND / BSc / BEng / MSc in Engineering or Chartered Engineer
  • Qualification from APE (Association of Planning Engineers) and/or AcosteE (Association of Cost Engineers)

This is a permanent position that not only offers a competitive salary, it offer other great company benefits.

If you are interested in this position and would like to know more. Please contact Shelby Agius at Carbon60 Fareham

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.