Project Control Engineer
Qatar, .
Fulltime: 48 hrs a week
Experience: > 10 Years
Conventional Energy
Introduction
- Ensure project control functions for the project is in line with department business strategy and ensuring the implementation of project scheduling and monitoring processes for the department.
- The Project Control Engineer reports to the Project Control Lead and is responsible for the project schedule and associated cost information across all disciplines from feasibility to completion.
- The Project Control Engineer reviews and monitors Contractors’ costs, progress and schedule performances.
- Develops and implements internal planning, scheduling and cost control procedures, as well as planning and reporting procedures to be followed by Contractors.
- Monitors and controls budget figures, cost commitments, expenditure, invoicing and proactively manage the change order process.
- Role is concerned with providing assistance to ensure timely execution of a complex offshore brownfield project by providing functional project control knowledge and expertise.
- Major challenges are (1) controlling uniformity across enormous projects portfolio for cost and scheduling functions, (2) embedding appropriate uniform procedures for planning, scheduling and cost control functions at LNG projects.
- Project involves extensive Subsea pipeline work and job requires experience in similar projects.
- Job will require mobilization to offshore marine spread and fabrication yard during execution period.
What are you going to do
- Ensure integrated Projects Planning, Scheduling and Cost Control procedures for LNG project, are implemented.
- Provide the required review and analysis for the Invoices which will include the review of timesheets, plant / equipment usage reports, quantity measurements and daily manhour reports to ensure application of adequate controls for project related cash payments.
- Monitors and endorses invoices / payments certificates by conservatively checking physical achieved work with appropriate backup prior to or during the month of invoice.
- Monitors and appraises the performance of the Contractor’s, analyzing quantity production rates, completion of deliverables and productivity index.
- Liaises with other members of the project team to determine approved installed quantities and final quantities at completion.
- Support projects and contract team in Investigating contractual deviations, ensure timely review, compilation of contracts data in terms of schedule for optimum analysis for EOT assessments.
- Track actual costs against the BoQ and budget through the project lifecycle.
- Agree with final quantities / cost and resolve outstanding variations/claims.
- Flag potential overruns and recommend corrective actions
- Conduct on-site measurements to confirm completed works match billed quantities.
- Cross check contractor’s claims against site progress and actions
- Update cost to complete forecasts and cash flow projections regularly
- Maintain clear, organized records of all cost related correspondence, approvals and calculations
- Check material, manpower and quantities match the contract specifications before certifying payment.
- Assess and certify interim payment applications
- Ensure planning, scheduling and cost control processes delivery to meet project objective.
- Maintain clear reporting and lines of communication requirements for planning, scheduling and cost control with projects management teams and maintain close working relationships.
- Review contractor’s deliverables pertaining to planning package, recovery plans and reporting.
- Provide daily progress reports for Onshore / Offshore Campaigns with consolidating and checking consistency of actual data from Contractor and from the construction/fabrication site.
- Monitors, evaluates and trends the Contractor’s project controls performance in the area of scheduling, progress, manpower availability, manpower supervision, quantity consumption and provides advice as necessary to assure objectives are achieved.
- Assists management in developing/reviewing schedule corrective actions and recovery plans and makes sure needed actions/plans are implemented.
- Analyses Contractors' schedule trends, critical paths, scope changes and maintains accurate forecasts of contract completion dates.
- Validates actual dates in Contractors Level III schedule based on achieved installation quantities and reviews remaining durations based on daily quantities consumption, available Manpower, Equipment / Bulk Material Schedule and remaining Scope of Work.
- Assess results and identify workarounds in case of delays.
- Reviews & comments Contractor manpower plans
- Responsible to provide “As-Built” schedules, actual Manpower and final installed quantity statistics to feed Company Database
- Establish performance analysis process leading to benchmarking and increased awareness of best practice pertaining to base business in projects control functions.
- Monitor, analyses and challenge Contractor Cost information, Change Order and Trend estimates and assist in assessment and challenge of Contractor claims
Essential skills and knowledgeÂ
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- 7 years’ of multi-discipline experience in the oil & gas industry with special emphasis in planning, scheduling and cost control across the project phases.
- A high level of proficiency in written and spoken English.
- Computer literacy involving the regular use of professional office Applications, planning software (i.e. Primavera etc.) and some technical applications.
- Strong planning skills.
What we offer
- Salary:
- Day Rate in USD Plus Allowance
- Work Schedule:
- 8 Hours / 6 Days
- Duration:
- 24 Months, with possible extension
- Location:
- Qatar