Senior Project Controls Engineer
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Job Description
A senior project controls engineer is a crucial role responsible for ensuring project delivery aligns with scope, schedule and budget targets, by providing accurate, timely, and integrated project performance reporting and ensuring that change goes through the appropriate approvals process and is incorporated into the performance measurement baseline. This role requires a high degree of autonomy and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders, often leading upwards. You will serve as a technical expert and mentor to junior team members and advise project managers and key stakeholders on the health of the project.
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Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Schedule Management - lead the creation, maintenance and analysis of integrated project schedules (usually P6 or MS Project), developing work breakdown structures, a critical path, and a technically solid and resourced schedule (which may include risk margin through QSRA), and managing the PMB (baseline), forecast and variance analysis. Conduct EVM analysis and critical path / total float analysis to measure and report on project schedule performance.
- Cost and Financial Management - oversee cost activities, including estimating, budgeting, forecasting, accruals and receipting. Develop CBS in conjunction with WBS, resource levelling and availability input to schedule and incorporate risk through QCRA. Conduct EVM analysis to measure and report on project cost performance.
- Risk and Change Management - implement robust change control processes to assess the impact of changes on the project baseline. Support the project team in identifying, assessing, and mitigating threats and enhancing opportunities, maintaining the project risk register. Integrate risks through the PMB of schedule and cost. Escalate large risks, constraints and dependencies appropriately.
- Performance Reporting - develop and produce comprehensive performance reports for both internal and external stakeholders. Provide clear and concise analysis of project data, including variance analysis, KPIs, and forecasting to inform decision-making at different levels of the business. Act as a critical friend ensuring project support while maintaining transparency and accurate reporting up the business chain.
- Information Knowledge Management - develop and maintain systems for management of project data including templates, data flows, reports, drum-beat, stakeholder engagement and comms and document version control and publishing
- Team leadership - mentor and guide junior project controls professionals, ensuring adherence to company procedures and best practices.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essential
- Thorough understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM) terminology and practice
- High degree of proficiency in P6 Planning and Control Software, (including aspects of budgets and resources)
- Knowledge of the Engineering and Construction Industry
- Competent IT skills including MS Excel and the ability to use this to manipulate data and produce data gathering templates
- Good knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint including SharePoint Lists
- An ability to effectively interpret data and provide input on business process improvement
- Experience using data visualisation tool Microsoft Power BI, creating meaningful graphs and dashboards
Desirable
- Familiarity with various contract types such as NEC4 and JCT
- Understanding of integrations between different systems such as Primavera P6 and ERP systems
- QCRA / QSRA confidence modelling and estimating
- Experience on high-value major contracts and used to dealing with supply chain
- Exceptional communication skills
- Strong leadership and influencing skills
Qualifications
Essential
- A good standard of education in English, Maths, Science and Technology subjects
- Professional certifications in Project Management or Controls from APM, Axelos, ECITB or APMG International
Desirable
- A bachelors degree in a technical or business subject
- A masters in business administration or other advanced qualifications
About Us
Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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