Planning Lead

As a Project Control Manager in the field of Project Controls/Planning, you will be responsible for providing leadership to a team of planners and cost controllers for Mid Hydrocarbon Mid and Downstream projects. Your role involves directing planners and cost controllers in developing, monitoring, and controlling project schedules, plan costs, quantities, and ensuring smooth cash flow management. You will also be involved in the preparation and update of Project Controls sections of the Project Execution Plan, including WBS, CBS, Progress measurement procedure, and Reporting procedure. In this position, you will monitor and analyze progress to provide early warning signals for delays and recommend remedial actions. You will act as an interface with the Project Manager, Finance & Accounting, functional managers, and other stakeholders, including customers, while preparing project budgets, cost analysis, and reporting on the timely and accurate forecast of project costs and schedules on a monthly basis. Your role will also involve continuous coordination of cross-functional activities on planning, monitoring, and controlling project activities from proposal to the commissioning phase of the project. Additionally, you will support the Project Manager in developing and delivering written/oral presentations to management and customers, as well as in the preparation of progress reports. You will actively participate in the rollout of the project control system development, maintenance, and updating, including initial configuration and awareness to all stakeholders. Furthermore, you will play a key support role to the Project Manager on major and minor issues such as change management, risk identification, and mitigation. Providing leadership in the selection, appraisal, coaching, mentoring, training, and developing project controls personnel will also be part of your responsibilities. Moreover, you will support Forex/Commodity hedging actions and provide input related to risk to the Risk Coordinator. The key competencies required for this role include experience of planning in Middle/Large-sized projects from concept to commissioning and hands-on experience with Primavera. Knowledge of Financial management with a good understanding of taxes and other duties, as well as hands-on experience with SAP and/or any cost booking/management interface, will be advantageous. A good understanding of controllable cost drivers in the EPC context is also desirable for this position.,