Project Control Specialist

Project Controls Specialist

Are you a Project Control Specialist, with previous experience in leading the controls activities of large complex projects up to $250MM in value?

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The Project Controls Specialist leads the project controls activities including developing, maintaining and/or tracking the project schedule and progress updates, supporting procurement activities and the development/management of control budget for assigned Capital Projects. They also support the project engineers/managers with procurement activities in the Drax accounting/procurement systems. This position reports to the Project Manager with indirect oversight and guidance from Senior Project Controls Manager.

Dimensions:

• Oversight and reporting against budgets and schedules but no direct budget responsibility
• No direct/indirect reports

Key Accountabilities:

• Translation of Funding Estimate into a Control Budget utilizing Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and internal coding systems
• Develops and/or tracks project schedule and progress updates to support effective final cost forecasting.
• Maintains project spend tracking, forecast to complete, and project cost curves in conjunction with Project Engineer/Manager; record spend against budget to monitor forecast and spend, and highlight concerns around progress in critical areas.
• Responsible for maintaining a common project control methodology and use of proportionally appropriate project control tools as documented in the Project Controls Plan and determined by Drax PMO (Project Management Office/Engineering Services Group)
• Integrates commercial agreements and procurement information into the project budget and schedule using company procurement software platform.
• Supports effective change management processes and the impacts/mitigations to scope, schedule and budget
• Supports effective Risk Management processes and the impacts/mitigations to scope, schedule and budget
• Preparation of reports and dashboards related to projects assigned.
• Working closely with workstream lead and project managers to provide support to enable effective project management.
• Supports procurement/bidding processes by evaluating budget and schedule deliverables against project requirements.
• Supports the development of internal historical database of project delivery to create future project execution improvements via timely and effective project closeouts
• Provides feedback to PMO Projects Controls regarding improvement opportunities in software platforms, working practices and procedures and project controls methodologies

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience required:

• Experienced in project controls methodology and systems including project scheduling and earned value, budget creation, Management of Change and Risk Management
• Skilled in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project, with the ability to build, track and forecast complex project schedules
• Preferred digital literacy in common Microsoft platforms including (PowerBI, Excel, Word, Teams, Sharepoint and OneNote).
• Self-motivated and confident. Able to build positive relationships internally and externally.
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to produce accurate work to tight timescales.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to summarize and communicate complex information to stakeholders.
• A desire to identify and implement opportunities for improvements is essential.
• Innovative and creative thinker who is naturally curious with the ability to create and develop innovative ideas and concepts which start from a blank sheet of paper.
• Ideally degree educated in a technical subject such as engineering or construction management or equivalent relevant work experience in lieu of technical degree.
• Project management or construction management experience is a plus.
• Familiar with engineering/construction/manufacturing processes and the ability to identify realistic opportunities and options.
• Encourage teamwork and open collaboration across organization boundaries within the H2 NA areas.

Measures of Success:

• Project plans reported to all relevant parties meeting any deadlines set by the Business.
• Project Managers are aware of impacts to project timescales, critical paths, and budget risks.
• Create and maintain project documentation for all strategic capital projects.
• Seamless communications between all internal parties within the Drax Group.
• Willingness to travel or relocate for the project- project compensation pay.

Drax Values:

We care about what matters – we help each other achieve the things that are important to each of us

We’re a can-do kind of place – we’re empowered and encouraged to make informed decisions, take action and do the right thing

We see things differently – we share inspiration and insight right across Drax, and search for new ideas and ways of working

We listen carefully – we make sure that people feel genuinely heard, acknowledged and that what they say matters

We do what we say we’ll do – we’re proactive, committed, and reliable –and trust others to be the same