Lead Project Control Engineer

About the role

Worley, a global energy, chemicals and resources company, is hiring a Lead Planning & Cost Control Engineer in Abu Dhabi. The role performs the project control function, including 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, reflecting interface milestones, feedstock, offsite and utilities availability and contractor schedules, and manage governance of cost and schedule performance across multiple parties.
• Monitor contractual compliance, coordinate and attend project reviews, and generate weekly and monthly reports on progress, actuals, forecasts and variances.
• Manage the review of the project baseline schedule, special reports on slippage and forecasts, progress certification and invoice payment, and milestone certificates.
• Develop and improve project control procedures, systems and tools, and act as an advocate of project controls principles internally and externally.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent from an accredited university.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical industry, including at least 5 years (preferred) in the GCC region.
• At least 5 years in a similar position on major Oil & Gas or Petrochemical projects, managing a team of specialists, senior engineers and engineers.
• ADNOC and offshore project experience is required.
• Preferred but not mandatory: PMP or CCP certification.

Required skills

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