Project Reporting Engineer

Messer Americas; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 102,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Short term disability

Life insurance

Paid time off

Long term disability

401(k) Plan

Bonus program

Job summary

Messer Americas in Houston is hiring a Senior Engineer, Project Reporting to manage cost reporting and control, project portfolio management, and procurement activities. Responsibilities include preparing monthly project reports, collaborating across departments to enhance project execution, and managing documentation. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business and 5-10 years of project reporting experience. The position offers a salary range of $102,000-$136,000 and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years’ experience in Project Reporting, Project Controls, or Project Engineering/Management.
• Experience in a capital project organization is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparation of monthly project reports including cost and schedule.
• Collaborate with adjacent departments to optimize project execution delivery.
• Assist in preparing capital project budgets and capitalization of projects.
• Review EPC progress reports and scheduling.
• Provide effective management of all documentation pertaining to costs and schedules.

Skills

Accounting

Data Management

Project Reporting

SAP

COUPA

Business Acumen

Communication and reporting

Team-oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business

Tools

SAP

COUPA

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Engineer, Project Reporting, is responsible to drive all Project control, reporting, and transactional processes for Messer Americas. This includes cost reporting and control, project portfolio management, and transactional management of procurement activities. The position will participate in spend reporting into Messer’s integrated financial planning system. In addition, this role is part of the team responsible for the back-office functions that enable project execution and is one of the key interfaces for the department to Procurement, Accounts Payable, Treasury, and Finance.

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparation of monthly project reports for the department including cost, schedule and future spending requirements.
• Collaborate with adjacent departments to help drive company business processes (those not controlled by execution) to align and optimize project execution delivery (procurement, payables, treasury, etc.).
• Assist in preparing capital project budgets, capitalization of projects
• Review EPC progress reports and scheduling
• Assist with and be a key point person of the SAP, COUPA, and payables processes
• Provide effective management of all documentation pertaining to costs, schedule, etc.
• Prepare portfolio forecast based on input from Project Managers
• Assist with maintaining databases for proposals and projects
• Assist with payment facilitation and/or invoice resolution supporting PE Requisitioner Team
• Maintain working relationships with Execution, FICO, Accounts Payable, and Procurement as it relates to the area of responsibility.

Required Skills

• Functional Skills:
• Accounting, Data Management or Engineering
• Project Reporting
• SAP
• COUPA
• Managerial Skills:
• Business Acumen
• Communication and reporting
• Interpersonal Skills:
• Team-oriented

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business
• 5-10 years’ experience in Project Reporting, Project Controls, or Projected Engineering/Management or other business discipline in a capital project organization

Preferred Qualifications

The salary range for this position is $102,000-$136,000. Messer provides medical, dental, vision, short term disability, life insurance and paid time off as well as other voluntary benefits, such as, long term disability in accordance with the terms and conditions of these Plans. Employees are eligible to enroll in Messer’s 401(k) Plan. Employees may be eligible to participate in the company’s bonus program.

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