Senior Engineer - Project Planning and Controls

Your role

• Develop and manage comprehensive project schedules using Primavera MSP & P6, ensuring compliance with standards.
• Performs schedule development duties to include establishing the work breakdown structure (WBS), determining the work activity duration, establishing the proper workflow logic ties across all phases, including Engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Identify key dependencies and assess project risks to develop mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and key stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and resource requirements.
• Prepare detailed lookahead programs and communicate with the key stakeholders.
• Support project teams with cost-loaded schedules and conduct Earned Value Analysis (EVA) to track project performance.
• Candidate must be conversant with Delay Analysis techniques.
• Identify potential schedule risks and incorporate risk mitigation strategies, including quantitative and Qualitative Risk Analysis.
• Implement and manage change control processes in the schedule to adjust Performance Measurement Baselines (PMB) for scope or schedule variations.
• Prepare process and tools to carry out pricing estimates based on project stakeholders' input. Track and analyze the project costs including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, forecasts, contingencies analysis
• Produce forecasts of total project costs, annual costs, and monthly cash flow costs and provides variance analysis and explanations. Carries out an earned value and project performance analysis of the project on a periodic basis. Monitor, control and analyse the project cost and schedule information, identify variances and bring these to the attention of the Project Manager with possible alternatives. Prepare specific reports to facilitate challenge and analysis to meet the project's specific needs.
• Produce and issue cost reports to the client and project team, including key project indicators. Develop, manage, revise, and update integrated detailed project schedules including all phases of project execution. Proactively analyze project schedules including comparing cost/resource curves to actuals, tracking float consumption, and change order impact analysis to ensure compliance with contract requirements.
• Support Project managers on proactively raising early warnings and preparing change orders to be submitted to the clients and updates to project controls specific documents.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team, project managers, engineering teams, contractors, and clients.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Project planning & project controls-related discussions.
• Ensure alignment of all stakeholders on planning, scheduling, and cost objectives.
• Participate in client meetings, steering committees, and cross‑functional reviews.
• Maintain strong working relationships to support successful project outcomes.