Project Control Manager

Wood is looking for a Project Control Manager to follow at site a key ongoing project in Romania for a key Client.

We offer a fixed term contract 12 months with possibility of renewal.

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The Role

Being part of the Project Team, coordinating the team of planning and cost control engineers on the project, ensuring consistency among the team in terms of analysis and reporting.  

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
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Responsibilities:

The key objectives for this role are:

• Act as the focal point with the client and any affiliate / contractor Project Controllers as appropriate to ensure costs and progress are reported accurately, ensure alignment with the project reporting requirements and ensure timely and accurate cost and progress reporting 
• Monitor overall project / assignment progress status, achievement and non-achievement of major milestones and analyse and forecast performance in relation to plan 
• Identification, monitoring and reporting against the project critical path providing early warning to the Project Manager of any potential slippages 
• Identifies and establishes the communications interfaces essential for the delivery of cost, planning, scheduling and risk deliverables and services 
• Report project status and KPI to management 
• Develops the project Work and Cost Breakdown Structure (WBS & CBS) 
• Manage the implementation of the cost and planning control structures in alignment with the project Work Breakdown Structure  
• Timely control and forecasting of budgets using earned value management principles (EVM) and ensure that the impact of all change requests is properly assessed and included in the budget and schedules if applicable.  
• Accountable for accuracy and timeliness of S-curves and histograms produced by team.  
• Accountable for delivery and ongoing maintenance of the projects, logic linked Gantt Charts (with Primavera P6).  
• Accountable for providing analysis of current and future resource needs for the project to the Project Manager. 
• Lead cost and schedule risk analysis workshops / sessions both internally and with clients.  Run schedule & cost risk analyses through use of proper tools
• Ensure Project Controls processes and procedures are accurate, that the project controls team are familiar with them and comply with their requirements. 

Qualifications:

• Master Degree in an Engineering or relevant  disciplines 
• Experience in the role (at least two EPC project spent as Project Control Manager) 
• Oracle P6 and Project Risk analysis ability 
• Self-motivation, a proactive outlook and good communication skills  
• Understanding of multidisciplinary engineering workflows, from basic design up to the issue for construction 
• Fluent in English, knowledge of Romanian language is a plus