Project Controls Engineer

SIMPEC; Australia; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SIMPEC is seeking a Project Controls Engineer to join their construction team on a 3+ month contract, based on site at McArthur River Mine, Northern Territory. The role focuses on planning, scheduling, earned value analysis and reporting across assigned projects with on-site delivery and collaboration with the PM, CA and project team.

Ideal candidates have a tertiary qualification in Engineering or related discipline and at least 2 years of project controls experience on major construction

Qualifications

• Requires tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management or related construction discipline or considerable experience.
• 2+ years project controls experience with on-site planning, scheduling, progress measurement, earn value analyses and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Planning, Scheduling, Earn Value Analysis and Reporting for assigned projects.
• Develop and apply Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with PM, CA and team.
• Develop resource loaded baseline schedules in Primavera P6.
• Generate labour and non-labour histograms from the schedule and perform leveling.
• Perform weekly updates of project schedule and communicate changes to PMs.
• Prepare look-ahead schedules to support site construction.
• Set up and maintain delay and disruption reporting and input delay events to the schedule.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Earn Value Analysis

WBS

Primavera P6

Critical path methods

Resource loading

Education

Engineering or related construction discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

At SIMPEC, culture is a big deal! Forged on community spirit and mateship. We operate in a candid environment where we value real collaboration and connection with people as people, and not as commodities. We are committed to safety; we celebrate success and have fun along the journey and are genuinely committed to live our values and walk the talk.

SIMPEC have been contracted for the construction and installation of a filtrate building at McArthur River Mine located in the Northern Territory. We're seeking a Project Controls Engineer to join our construction team ASAP for a duration of approximately 3+ months on a 2:1 roster, with the opportunity to roll across to other projects thereafter.

This is an outstanding opportunity to develop your career with a dynamic and growing company, with a culture to "Be Like No Other".

The Role:

• Responsible for Planning, Scheduling, Earn Value Analysis and Reporting for all assigned projects or other designated areas of responsibility within the business.
• Formulate applications of standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with Project Manager, Contract Administrator (CA) and other team members.
• Develop resource loaded baseline schedules for assigned projects in the primavera P6 system.
• Generate labour and non-labour histograms from the resource loaded schedule and perform "levelling" as required
• Perform weekly updates of project schedule, communicate changes in critical path, milestone dates and highlight delays and potential schedule slippages to project managers.
• Prepare look-ahead schedules to support site construction operations.
• Set up and maintain delay and disruption reporting on the project and input delay events to the schedule.

About You:

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management or related construction discipline or considerable experience.
• 2+ years project controls experience with a significant part gained on site construction related to planning, scheduling, progress measurement, earn value analyses and reporting.
• Sound understanding of Project Controls processes particularly critical path methods, principles of Earn Value system based on tangible quantities, unit rates and 'Rules of Credits'.
• Proficient in the use of scheduling software systems particularly Primavera P6 and progress measurement databases.
• Previous experience in a similar role on major construction SMP/E&I/Civil projects.
• Site based experience is highly desirable.

At SIMPEC we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity and pride ourselves on leading positively as an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to continuing to build upon the inclusivity in our workplace and ensuring that collectively, we as a team, are a diverse representation of the communities in which we operate. We recognise that diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, religion, Veterans and defence service and many other aspects of your identity and experience and strongly encourage all to apply.