Project Control Lead
Turner & Townsend
- Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for project controls implementation on Wuxi project ensuring CLIENT requirements are adhered to throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provide proactive communication to ensure the project manager is appraised of trends on the project.
- Establish and maintain project controls service level agreements, responsibility matrices etc. providing clarity over responsibilities amongst internal and external resources.
- Responsible for the development of, and approve, project control plans and procedures covering all facets of project controls (schedule, cost, cashflow, risk, change and reporting). Leverage third party providers and their work processes wherever practicable.
- Hands-on for cost controls responsibilities including cost report, change and payment review and process, etc.
- Lead and/or participate in interactive planning sessions, ensuring any outputs including ongoing visual performance management tools are in place and accessible for all appropriate persons.
- Ensure the project risk analysis and management is appropriately implemented and support project manager to facilitate risk identification and evaluation sessions where appropriate vs. use of external resources.
- Work with cross function project teams to develop and update project resource plan for Wuxi project.
- Review key project control deliverables ahead of submission for periodic reporting purposes to ensure accurate and meaningful data is provided. Provide comment and recommendations for corrective actions where appropriate.
- Liaise with Client Finance and/or other stakeholders as required to ensure project performance data is open, transparent and supports corporate requirements.
- Support the procurement process, working pre-contract with Client Procurement resources as required.
- Coordinate with estimating resources in respect of funding requests etc. and take responsibility for 'on time in full' project controls stage-gate documentation for internal governance / funding decisions.
- Work with other team members to establish and implement quality assurance measures for project controls tasks and deliverables.
- Ensure appropriate onboarding of third-party project controls organizations into Client systems and tools.
- Contribute to lessons learned exercise throughout the course of the project and lead project controls-related ones as may be required based on events which occur on the project.
- Lead and take responsibility for special projects initiatives to support Wuxi project, as assign.
- Degree in engineering or / project management or equivalent.
- Minimum 10+ years' experience in relevant field in the construction industry for the following field: oil and gas / Petrochem / Pharma / Commercial Building / Semiconductor industry.
- Engineering, construction management or equivalent degree.
- Appropriate hands-on experience and knowledge in project control.
- Appropriate experience and knowledge in project control, planning and/or construction management.
- Awareness of cost and schedule quantitative risk analysis.
- Understanding of estimating practices.
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills. Able to work effectively with multiple project and management teams.
- Proven team player, willing to consider and accept other views and concepts in reaching critical decisions.
- Able to manage service providers for delivery of project controls services.
- Able to perform work as required on project sites or at contractor office locations. Can support business travel if required.
- Bio-pharmaceutical experience & knowledge desirable.
- Professional accreditation in field of expertise desirable.
- Hands-on experience of quantitative risk analysis desirable.