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GE Vernova Lead Project Controller in Egypt
Job Description Summary
In Project Controls, our goal is to ensure the right rigor around schedule and cost management processes to deliver projects on-time and within budget. With focus and rigor around tools, processes, operating rhythm, and people, here you shall have the opportunity to learn, contribute and excel in one of the best Project controls functions in the industry. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities :
Overview
Ensure compliance to Global Standards for planning and cost control
Lead Project Controls team in large projects including both Schedule and Cost Control functions
Manage project portfolio and identify and mitigate transactional and systemic risks to cost and schedule
Manage workload of team to ensure there is requisite resources and skills available to meet project needs
Collaborate and align with other local function leaders
Overall supervision of team
Scheduling
Builds tender integrated 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
Builds and maintain 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
Works 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
Collaborate with 3rd parties on project schedules and cost
Provides and communicate regular status reporting
Cost Controlling
Ensure the project cost are managed with global standard tools and processes
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
Provides cost analytics using project information and analysing cost and productivity trends
Support PM to align project budgets to as sold in appropriate systems
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
Analyze all the risks and opportunities communicate clearly priorities and potential impacts
Support change order analysis
Support claim preparations
Lead the team of Project Cost Control analysts on larger projects
Ensure quality of the project controlling reporting
Ensure accuracy of cost budgets, actuals, and forecasting
Ensure collaboration with functional cost owners to find strategies to reduce cost
Ensure Alignment to established standards (WBS, process, procedures, tools usage)
Quality & Lean
Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes at GSI level and Project Controls Function
Report or resolve any non-conformances and process in a timely manner
Identify areas of opportunity for standardization / optimization and where possible participate in a Kaizen or similar lean event to implement any identified improvements
EHS
Demonstrate commitment to safety through participation in formal and informal discussions
Adhere to all safe working procedures in accordance with instructions
Ensure safety work instructions are complied
Participate in the resolution of safety issues.
Initiate actions to improve health and safety where needed.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in engineering (with financial training preferably)
Proficiency in English is mandatory and French speaking skill will be a plus
Strong working experience for High Voltage Substation Projects and/or EPC Projects environment, as Lead Project Planner and/or Lead Cost Controller
Proficiency in using Primavera P6
Knowledge of forensic analysis on large complex turnkey projects
Experience in team management responsibility
Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
Strong cost management, forecasting and scheduling
Desired Characteristics
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.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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