Lead Planning and Cost Control Engineer - Offshore

About the role

Worley, a global energy, chemicals and resources company, is hiring a Lead Planning and Cost Control Engineer for an offshore project in Abu Dhabi. The role performs the project control function, covering project planning and cost control according to the Project Execution Plan, working closely with the Project Control Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse and perform project planning, scheduling and monitoring to ensure completion to the required safety, quality, schedule and cost.
• Ensure baseline schedule follow-up, performance reporting, baseline change control, risk management and earned value management guidance and tools.
• Advise on planning techniques and controls such as earned value, cost and schedule variance, estimates at completion and critical path analysis.
• Support program integration, governance, formats, plan optimisation and project controls best practices, and define project controls and earned value management policies and standards.
• Help build the integrated project schedule from contractor schedules, monitor contractual compliance and support the PCM on contractual and commercial issues.
• Coordinate project reviews, generate weekly and monthly reports on progress, actuals and forecasts, and manage progress certification and invoice payment.
• Manage governance of cost and schedule performance across integrated programs and guide the review of the project baseline schedule.
• Develop and improve project control procedures, systems and tools, and act as an advocate of project controls principles.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent, with at least 15 years of experience in the oil and gas or petrochemical industry.
• At least 5 years in a similar position on major oil and gas or petrochemical projects, managing a team of specialists, senior engineers and engineers.
• ADNOC and offshore project experience preferred.

Required skills

• Project control, planning, scheduling, monitoring and cost control.
• Schedule, cost and risk analysis tools and techniques.
• Detailed knowledge of project control principles, policies, procedures and internal processes.