Project Controller

Job Description

Job Description Summary
The Project Controller will be responsible to deliver the Planning and Costing of HVDC Scope of work as a part of overall HVDC Project work.
For a new HVDC project in Europe and UK, we are looking for a Project Controller who will be supporting the Lead Project Controls to execute the project as per the elaborated strategy and maintain project on time and within the budget.
The successful candidate will be the part of HVDC Project Controls team catering to global HVDC projects requirements
Every HVDC solution is tailored and designed based on a project-by-project assessment of the customers' individual requirements, whether it's for connecting offshore wind generation, long distance power transmission, or energy trading between independent networks.

Role & responsibilities
Develop tender schedules using the established tools and processes and challenges the team to ensure schedule risk is managed with a balance of competitive offering aligned to historical performance
Develops and maintains the single project schedule representing the entire project by integrating inputs from all functions, units and third parties contributing to the project
Ensure proper linkages in schedule to show all interdependencies between contributing parties
Ensure functional owners sign off on commitments and are made accountable for their date
Work collaboratively with other overall project planning team to ensure optimal alignment of schedule with overall schedule
Delivers a high quality schedule aligned with global standards to ensure project is accurately represented
Maintains schedule thru the entire project obtaining inputs from all project contributors
Drives regular operating rhythm with project team to review schedule status and operating rhythm
Challenges functional owners on forecast completion dates to ensure dates are realistic
Provides schedule analysis to forecast schedule risk and opportunities using available tools and experience
Provides look ahead, backlog and future late reporting with prioritizations to clearly communicate potential and real risk and drive the project priorities
Generates what if” scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility
Provides strategies to mitigate risks
Drives functional owners to mitigate risks and follows up with functional owners on risk mitigation actions
Provide and communicate regular status reporting
Provides contractually required customer reporting and is able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters

Cost Controlling:
Ensure the project cost are managed with global standard tools and processes
Ensure budgeted values are aligned with historical performance
Reviews project schedule and progress to identify cost risks and opportunities
Reviews project scope evolution to identify cost risk and opportunities
Reviews functional execution and events to identify cost risks and opportunities
Provide cost analytics using project information and analysing cost and productivity trends
Own and drive the Budget Deviation Process with tools
Drives a regular cost operating rhythm to discussion risk and opportunities
Develops cost forecasts based on functional input and analytics, challenges functional estimates where needed
Checks and controls cost movements, compares with current scope and progress as well as with previous forecast. Also Compares with productivity factors and validates accuracy of estimates
Communicates cost

status/forecasts/risk

to functional cost owners and drives/supports risk mitigation
Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status and actions
Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.
Provide time based cost forecasts to support revenue recognition
Analyse all the risks and opportunities communicate clearly priorities and potential impacts
Support change order analysis
Support claim preparations

Key Skills:
Able to drive project teams to control the project
Analytical skills to use data to forecast outcomes
Clear communicator with strong communication and influencing skills
Primavera skills
Cost management skills