Project Controls Manager

Bechtel Corporation; Saudi Arabia; On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Controls Manager to oversee cost estimating and scheduling for critical projects. This role involves supervising teams, providing innovative solutions to cost engineering challenges, and ensuring project timelines are met. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in project controls, cost estimation, and team leadership. Join a diverse and inclusive environment where your contributions will help tackle some of the world's toughest challenges and advance your career with robust benefits and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Retirement Plans

Paid Time Off

Career Development Programs

Qualifications

• 25 years of total experience with 20 years in project controls.
• Expertise in cost engineering and planning/scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Oversee cost estimating and control activities for delivery teams.
• Prepare and present cost engineering information to management.

Skills

Project Controls

Cost Estimating

Planning and Scheduling

Financial Reporting

Oral and Written Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management

Job description

Job Summary

The project controls manager oversees cost estimating, analysis, and control activities for one or more delivery teams. Supervises schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification, and recovery plan development activities. Supervises the preparation and presentation of estimates. Supports project organizational and administrative activities. Identifies, examines, and provides innovative solutions to cost engineering and planning / scheduling problems. Provides generally non-routine cost engineering / planning and scheduling guidance to projects.

Reports to and receives technical guidance and operational supervision from designated supervisory personnel. Provides technical and operational direction to assigned personnel. Ensures work is completed as scheduled. Maintains relationships with the Project Manager and project personnel, particularly individual discipline group leaders and engineers. Continuing contacts with Project Manager, project team members, and working and supervisory level personnel of other departments.

Major Responsibilities :

• Provides comments and recommendations for planning and scheduling / cost engineering requirements relative to staffing and project control. Prepares detailed staffing plans for planning and scheduling / cost engineering activities.
• Reviews or assists in reviewing proposal provisions related to schedule / cost engineering and material control, and develops supporting data for contract negotiations.
• Identifies cost trends and schedule impacts for management attention.
• Interfaces with designated Bechtel management and client counterparts for specific planning and schedule tasks / cost presentations.
• Prepares and presents cost engineering / estimating / planning and scheduling information to management / client.
• Coordinates information input into specific studies. Responsible for integration of activities and total work scope identification. Evaluates study results and recommends conclusions for project team consideration and discussion.
• Coordinates and establishes scoping requirements for the overall cost estimate by discipline or other specialty, and coordinates the timely, systematic, and complete acquisition of scope definition and related data. Reviews design scope criteria and quantities for completeness and reasonableness, and coordinates with the project to develop additional estimating bases when information is incomplete. Establishes the conceptual scope of estimates and studies when definition is not available.
• Plans, coordinates, and establishes level of quantification appropriate to the objectives of the effort and to the level of scope definition for each discipline or specialty, and designates reference job(s) for source data and / or reconciliations of quantities. Reviews quantities and their completeness and reasonableness.
• Supervises the timely and competent preparation of cost estimates. Establishes format and content of summaries and reconciliations, including segregation of cost according to level of confidence and identification of areas of risk.

Education and Experience Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 25 years of total experience, Minimum 20 years professional experience in project controls with emphasis on cost and project estimating.

Required Knowledge and Skills :

• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis, and cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis, in the field and the home office.
• Knowledge of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and nontechnical personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present cost engineering and cost estimating products. This includes planning and scheduling products independently with minimal supervision using a high level of professional judgment and knowledge related to technical planning and scheduling skills and engineering design and construction practices.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Demonstrates an advanced level of understanding of general Project Controls technical skills.
• Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes, as performed by Bechtel.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management acquired through specialized instruction or practical experience.

Total Rewards / Benefits

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