Project Controls Lead

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Bechtel’s India offices support the execution of projects and services around the world. Working seamlessly with Bechtel’s global business units, project sites, customers, and suppliers, our teams have delivered more than 125 projects since 1994.  With offices in Gurgaon, Vadodara, and Chennai there are exciting career opportunities for candidates who are passionate about delivering projects that make a lasting, meaningful difference for people and communities around the world.

Job Summary:

In this position, you will lead a team to manage cost engineering, cost estimating, cost analysis/control, forecasting, and planning/scheduling activities for a project that requires technical skill and expertise. You will provide leadership, oversight, guidance, training, and mentoring to your team on key project procedures and risk management to ensure successful project execution and delivery.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership in the administration of Project Controls activities such as input for weekly project action items list, maintains databases, prepares reports, and provides additional supervision
• Works with other supervisors and management team members to support PC and projects operations
• Coordinates non-routine cost engineering/planning and scheduling needs to projects
• Obtains required schedule information by all disciplines/functions
• Identifies restraints and effect on total project schedule
• Coordinates with all departments to ensure understanding of total project schedule needs
• Coordinates the total integration of schedule activities
• Identifies schedule considerations and problems resulting from inter-discipline or functional restraints and interfaces
• Monitors and reports critical path and schedule performance of the total project
• Conducts project schedule analysis & studies of problem areas to determine criticality of schedule activities
• Collects and analyzes alternatives for schedule improvement to project team for discussion and/or decision
• Assists, when requested, in the development and review of schedule recovery plans, including evaluation of additional resources/costs required to affect such plans
• Coordinates cost recording, monitoring, & reporting practices for compliance with applicable standards
• Coordinates the development and accuracy of cost reports
• Verifies consistency with previous reports to ensure compatibility and consistency
• Prepares specific budgets in accordance with prescribed standards and procedures
• Investigates the requirements for estimating and/or cost control data
• Collects and classify cost data
• Independently carries out and deliver PERM activities
• Manages PERM performance requirements, metrics, and reporting standards incl. suggestions related to risk breakdown structures, risk libraries, risk identification tools & frameworks in support of project needs
• Provides oversight, training, mentoring, and ensures accountability of Project Risk Coordinator(s) towards attainment of project PERM objectives
• Facilitates and conducts project risk reviewsLeads risk workshops, interviews & information gathering relating to risk identification, review, and updateCarries out risk quantification activities as required
• Responsible for the establishment and continued improvement of project functional stakeholder relationships towards effective PERM execution and Customer interface with PERM activities including training as necessary

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Typically requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience
• Home office experience of minimum 2 years as Project Controls Lead in a large-scale EPC project supervising a team of schedulers and cost professionals
• Preferred - Experience of using Primavera (P6), ECOSYS and basic capability of developing Power BI Dashboards

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Supervises the work of Support-level or junior Professional personnel
• Assists with management decisions and activities
• Frequently interacts and partners with subordinate supervisors and functional peer groups
• Interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific projects or schedules
• Works on issues where analysis of situation or data requires review of relevant factors
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action
• Recognizes that erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results will cause schedule delay

Total Rewards/Benefits:

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive.  Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at Bechtel Total Rewards

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