Job Description
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world
Wood is recruiting a
Senior Project Control Manager to lead the cost, planning, scheduling, and risk assessment support to project teams and clients on a permanent staff basis.
Hybrid working - 3 days working from Aberdeen or Glasgow’s office
Responsibilities
The Role
You will be overseeing the set up and running of all required project controls systems, tools, and interfaces to allow successful management and reporting of the project costs, schedule and risks on projects and specific assignments. Responsible for managing and guiding a large team of project control resources in support of project delivery excellence. You will be interfacing with a number of key stakeholders across the project and wider business. Primary focal point for the Project Manager/Director, Client or Project Team for all matters relating to project costs, schedules, and risk; and resource requirements. Develops and implements the project control execution plan for major projects with significant complexity
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Act as the focal point with the client and any 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 the plan
- Identification, monitoring and reporting against the project critical path, providing early warning to the Project Manager/Director 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 Breakdown Structure
- Manage the implementation of the cost and planning control structures in alignment with the project Work Breakdown Structure
- Direct and oversee the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget set-up, and approvals
- Timely control and forecasting of budgets, and ensure that the impact of all change requests is properly assessed and included in the budget and schedules if applicable
- Accountable for the accuracy and timeliness of S-curves and histograms produced by the team
- Accountable for the delivery of the projects, fully resourced, logic-linked Gantt Charts within preferred planning software to the agreed project and programme requirements
- Accountable for providing analysis of current and future resource needs for the project and programme to the Project Manager
- Manages and oversees the recovery process following identified slippages or significant float erosion
- Responsible for timely and accurate development and issuing of project change orders/variations in accordance with contract/assignment change notifications
- Advocate and promote the project change management system and facilitate assurance activities to ensure the process is adhered to
- Serve as Chair for ongoing internal team and client team Project Controls meetings (Cost, Schedule, and Progress)
- Oversee the preparation of proposal schedules and CTR packs
- Lead major cost and schedule risk analysis workshops/sessions, both internally and with clients
- Ensure risk is managed and monitored at the project level in line with local standards and processes
- Ensure Project Controls processes and procedures are accurate, that the project controls team are familiar with them and comply with their requirements
- Responsible for ensuring that projects are managed effectively to ensure delivery in a manner which meets quality, time, and budget specifications
- Accountable for the accuracy and completeness of all cost, planning and risk deliverables prior to issue to internal or external customers
- Responsible for ensuring all project-specific control tools and systems are set up and functioning adequately
- Manage the workload, performance, and development of the project controls team. Provides constructive feedback and coaching.
- Responsible for ensuring project control staff are competent to carry out the assigned work
- Reviews contractual obligations and ensures that cost control activities are performed in accordance with the contractual agreements and the Client’s requirements, including on high complexity projects
- Ensures that lessons learned are captured and implemented in support of continuous improvement
- Motivates the project control team to meet project objectives; promotes communication and teamwork within the group and project.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world
Wood is currently growing its project and modification portfolio of key EPCC opportunities spanning 3-5 years of longevity. This will include projects in full lifecycles ranging from early Study / FEED into detailed design, which will cover sectors within the O&G, renewable energy, pharmaceutical and chemicals . Now is the time to join our dynamic and diverse team on a journey to a new way of working with new technologies, helping with an added with fantastic career development opportunities across our business, both UK-based and globally.
What We Can Offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant –
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
Qualifications
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Expected
- Degree in relevant technical or business disciplines with significant leading and managing team experience
- Advocate and promote the project change management system and facilitate assurance activities to ensure the process is adhered to
- Serve as Chair for ongoing internal team and client team Project Controls meetings (Cost, Schedule, and Progress)
- Oversee the preparation of proposal schedules and CTR packs
- Lead major cost and schedule risk analysis workshops/sessions both internally and with clients
- Ensure risk is managed and monitored at the project level in line with local standards and processes
- Ensure Project Controls processes and procedures are accurate, that the project controls team are familiar with them and comply with their requirements
- Responsible for ensuring that projects are managed effectively to ensure delivery in a manner which meets quality, time, and budget specifications
- Accountable for the accuracy and completeness of all cost, planning and risk deliverables prior to issue to internal or external customers
- Responsible for ensuring all project-specific control tools and systems are set up and functioning adequately
- Manage the workload, performance, and development of the project controls team. Provides constructive feedback and coaching
- Responsible for ensuring project control staff are competent to carry out the assigned work
- Reviews contractual obligations and ensures that cost control activities are performed in accordance with the contractual agreements and the Client’s requirements, including on high complexity projects
- Ensures that lessons learned are captured and implemented in support of continuous improvement
- Motivates the project control team to meet project objectives; promotes communication and teamwork within the group and the project
- Ability to manage and guide a team and work independently
- Excellent client service focus
- Exceptional organisational skills and able to multitask
About Us
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
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
