Lead Project Controls Engineer

GE Vernova, Inc.; Santiago de Querétaro; On-site; MXN 500,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. in Querétaro, Mexico, seeks an experienced Project Controls professional to lead schedule and cost management for large turnkey projects. You will build integrated schedules, budgets, forecasts, and cost analyses to support on-time, on-budget delivery.

Proficiency in Primavera P6 and SAP is required. You will collaborate with finance and project teams to drive continuous improvement and value creation in energy transition projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years planning large turnkey projects.
• Lead planner on 2+ turnkey projects.
• Cost control experience on 2+ large turnkey projects.
• Bachelor's or Master's in finance, or engineering with financial training.
• Proficiency in P6 (Primavera) and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Build integrated tender schedules and cost estimates.
• Set up project budgets and schedules in planning and cost tools.
• Maintain schedule and cost forecasts.
• Analyze trends and keep risk/cost registers.
• Review cost movements against scope and forecasts.
• Calculate change order impacts and update systems.
• Report project status to stakeholders.
• Lead Project Cost Control analysts on large projects.
• Set standard for reporting quality and lean improvements.

Skills

Scheduling

Cost control

Team leadership

Forecasting

Education

Finance-focused degree

Engineering degree with finance training

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP

Job description

Job Description Summary

In Project Controls, our goal is to ensure the right rigor around schedule and cost management processes to deliver projects on-time and within budget. With focus and rigor around tools, processes, operating rhythm, and people, here you shall have the opportunity to learn, contribute and excel in one of the best Project controls functions in the industry. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

• Build integrated tender schedules and cost estimates.
• Set up project budgets and schedules in our planning and cost tools, aligned to the as-sold position.
• Maintain schedule and cost forecasts.
• Analyze trends and keep registers of risks, actual costs and committed costs.
• Review cost movements against scope, progress, prior forecasts and productivity factors.
• Calculate change order impacts and update systems.
• Report project status to internal and external stakeholders.
• Present cost status at project and management reviews.
• Work with cost owners and third parties to reduce cost and reduce risk.
• Partner with the Finance Controller to reconcile project financials with the books.
• Support project close-out and claims.
• Lead Project Cost Control analysts on larger projects.
• Set the standard for accuracy, reporting quality, safety, and use of global planning and cost control procedures, including continuous improvement through lean (Kaizen) events.

Qualifications

You are an experienced planner and cost controller who turns complex project data into clear forecasts and guides a team to do the same.

• 5+ years planning large turnkey projects
• Lead planner on 2+ turnkey projects
• Cost control experience on 2+ large turnkey projects
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, or in engineering with financial training.
• Proficiency in P6 (Primavera) and SAP.

Preferred

• Forensic schedule and cost analysis on complex projects
• Experience leading analysts or planners

Benefits

GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. We offer competitive benefits to support your personal and family needs, based on your employment status and national requirements. We also invest in your growth through continued on-the-job learning and development.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.

www.gevernova.com