About the Role
The company is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer to support major refinery and petrochemical projects for a leading Petrochemical client. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in project planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, and performance reporting specifically within EPCM and construction environments. This role is critical in ensuring effective project controls systems, accurate forecasting, and alignment with approved project baselines while overseeing contractors' activities.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide guidance, direction, and specialized support for resolving complex project control issues.
- Calculate, analyze, report, and recommend actions on project data, including schedule, cost, budget, risk, quality, and safety.
- Develop project cash-flow forecasts.
- Integrate scope, cost, and schedule within the Work Breakdown Structure and maintain accurate mapping.
- Analyze, evaluate, and forecast current project status against the approved baseline schedule.
- Assess the effects of design or construction changes and schedule slippages.
- Report schedule status to project management, client management, and other stakeholders as applicable.
- Apply engineering, procurement, and construction terminology, concepts, and relationships.
- Develop and maintain critical-path logic networks and bar charts.
- Customize project control systems to meet specific project requirements.
- Accumulate and maintain historical performance data to support realistic future planning and forecasting.
- Guide and oversee EPCM & Construction contractors in setting up their project controls and reporting structure.
- Proactively verify and ensure accurate reporting from other project contractors.
- Supervise and support lower-level project controls engineers or support personnel when assigned.
- Perform other responsibilities associated with the position, as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Management.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in refinery or petrochemical plant project activities.
- Strong practical experience working in a multinational environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to analyze and present reports clearly and in an organized manner.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project controls software, including Primavera P6.
