Project Controls Planner

Talascend is currently seeking a Project Controls Planner for a remote, contract opportunity with our client.

Overview

The planner / scheduler develops and maintains schedules to ensure project timelines and resource allocation are optimized.

Responsibilities

• Create and update project schedules using scheduling tools.
• Monitor project progress and address scheduling conflicts.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize resource allocation.
• Document scheduling activities and prepare detailed reports.
• Ensure compliance with scheduling standards and guidelines.
• Build tender integrated schedules and cost estimates.
• Build project schedule and project budgeting in cost and schedule tools.
• Ensure compliance to global standards for planning and cost control in the region.
• Support the PM to align project budgets to as sold in appropriate systems.
• Maintain project schedule and cost forecast throughout the project.
• Analyze schedule and cost trends and provide forecasted cost and schedules to the project team.
• Maintain a register of potential schedule and cost risks.
• Maintain a register of actual and committed costs.
• Check and control cost movements by comparing with current scope and progress, as well as with previous forecast.
• Compare with productivity factors and validate accuracy of estimates.
• Communicate schedule and cost status, forecasts, and risks to functional cost owners and drive/support risk mitigation.
• Provide internal and external project reporting of project status.
• Collaborate with 3rd parties on project cost and schedules.
• Present financial data transparently and attend project and management review to present cost status.
• Provide change order calculations to ensure schedule and cost estimates are accurate.
• Update changes in appropriate systems to ensure costs are aligned to the current situation.
• Align with the finance controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.
• Support project close out and claims.
• Lead the team of project cost control analysts on larger projects.
• Provide support to tenders.
• Oversee the planning function on the project.
• Ensure quality of 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).
• Ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the project cost control team where applicable.
• Comply with quality procedures, work instructions, and processes at GSI level and within the project controls function.
• Report or resolve any non-conformances and process in a timely manner.
• Identify areas of opportunity for standardization and optimization, and where possible participate in a Kaizen or similar lean event to implement improvements.
• 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 with.
• Participate in the resolution of safety issues.
• Initiate actions to improve health and safety where needed.
• Support performance measurement, including schedule quality, cost forecasting quality, schedule forecast quality, cost and schedule performance of the project, and timeliness of reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, or an engineering degree with financial training.
• 5+ years of experience in planning large turnkey projects.
• 2+ projects providing cost controlling on large turnkey projects.
• Experience as lead planner on 2+ turnkey projects.
• Knowledge of cost control function on large complex turnkey projects.
• Knowledge of forensic analysis on large complex turnkey projects.
• Excellent working experience with both planning and costing tools (Primavera P6 + SAP).
• Proficiency in scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera, MS Project).
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the duties of this position through relevant experience, training, or education.