Cost Control & Planning Manager

• This document defines the
  minimum and preferred recruitment requirements for hiring a Cost Control &
  Planning Manager responsible for the integrated planning, scheduling and cost
  management of all active projects within the construction department, including
  utility-scale renewable energy projects (Wind and Solar PV) and
  industrial/commercial construction.
  

Integrated Project Controls Leadership

• Establish, maintain and enforce project
  controls procedures, standards and reporting frameworks across all construction
  and renewable energy projects.
  
• Oversee and unify the planning and cost
  control teams, ensuring full alignment between project schedules, resource
  plans and budget forecasts.
  
• Act as the primary escalation point for
  planning and cost-related disputes, delays, overruns and contractual control
  issues.
  
• Drive a project controls culture across
  the construction department, ensuring consistent methodology and data quality
  from all project teams.
  
• Ensure all project controls deliverables
  align with Owner requirements, contract obligations and company standards.
  

  Master Scheduling & Progress Management

• Develop, review and approve baseline
  schedules at Level 1 through Level 4 in Primavera P6 and MS Project for all
  active projects.
  
• Ensure resource- and cost-loaded schedules
  are properly integrated with budget forecasts and procurement plans.
  
• Monitor critical path, total float,
  schedule performance index (SPI) and progress metrics across the full portfolio
  on a rolling basis.
  
• Direct forensic delay analysis including
  Time Impact Analysis (TIA), Windows Analysis and As-Planned vs. As-Built
  methodology for dispute resolution and claims preparation.
  
• Review schedule recovery plans and
  acceleration programmes proposed by contractors or internal project teams.
  
• Ensure that planning engineers maintain
  live, accurate schedules with progress updates, logic integrity and alignment
  with actual site conditions.
  

 Financial Oversight & Cost Control

• Own the project budget framework: approve
  project budgets, cash flow forecasts, cost breakdown structures (CBS) and
  financial cost models.
  
• Validate and report Earned Value
  Management (EVM) metrics including Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to
  Complete (ETC), Cost Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
  and budget variance analysis.
  
• Mandate and follow up on corrective
  actions where cost or schedule deviations exceed agreed thresholds.
  
• Lead cost benchmarking exercises for
  labour, materials and subcontractors across Wind, Solar PV and construction
  scopes.
  
• Identify and drive cost-saving and value
  engineering opportunities without compromising schedule, quality or contractual
  obligations.
  
• Prepare, review and present monthly cost
  reports and financial forecasts for executive and senior management.
  

Claims, Variations & Contract
Compliance

• Supervise and technically lead preparation
  of Extension of Time (EOT) claims, variation orders and disruption analyses.
  
• Ensure timely submission of interim
  payment applications, milestone certificates and client certifications in
  accordance with contract provisions.
  
• Review all contractual correspondence
  related to schedule and cost matters to protect company interests.
  
• Maintain a comprehensive variation
  register and ensure all scope changes are formally notified, quantified and
  approved before execution.
  
• Coordinate with the legal and contracts
  team on claims strategy, dispute resolution and contractual risk mitigation.
  

 Risk & Change Management

• Maintain a consolidated risk register
  covering schedule and cost exposures across all projects, with regular review
  and update cycles.
  
• Evaluate and approve mitigation strategies
  for identified risks including delays, overruns, procurement delays and scope
  changes.
  
• Lead change impact assessments to support
  client negotiations, variation pricing and schedule adjustment submissions.
  
• Provide quantified risk analysis input to
  management decision-making, including Monte Carlo or equivalent probabilistic
  methods where required.
  

 Executive Reporting & Stakeholder
Management

• Prepare and present executive-level status
  reports and dashboards integrating schedule performance, cost performance,
  earned value, risk and forecast data across all projects.
  
• Deliver concise, visually clear management
  presentations to senior leadership covering project health, financial forecast,
  recovery actions and decision points.
  
• Advise senior management proactively on
  recovery plans, acceleration strategies and financial forecasts before issues
  escalate.
  
• Liaise directly with clients, consultants,
  Owner’s Engineers and EPC contractors on all project controls matters.
  
• Represent the construction department in
  Owner and client project review meetings as the project controls authority.
  

Requirements