JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is recruiting for a Project Control Lead to join its Offshore Brownfield Engineering business focusing on cost management, planning, scheduling, and risk assessment. This opportunity is based in Metairie, LA.

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world. Wood is recruiting for a Project Control Lead to join its Offshore Brownfield Engineering business focusing on cost management, planning, scheduling, and risk assessment. #LI-Onsite

The Role The Project Control Lead will lead the cost, planning, scheduling, and risk assessment support for assignments, project teams, and clients on projects ranging from small to moderate size and complexity. This role ensures the implementation and operation of all required project controls systems, tools, and interfaces for successful project management and reporting.

Our Clients and Projects: Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood's Operations business delivers solutions to an ever-broadening range of clients across the energy and materials industries globally. We deliver operations, maintenance, modifications, brownfield engineering, asset optimization and management, supporting our clients through the asset lifecycle. We are focused on developing strategic relationships with our clients, providing solutions that deliver efficiency, integrity and reliability.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
• Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
• Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key responsibilities:

• Act as the focal point with the client and any contractor Project Controllers to ensure costs and progress are reported accurately
• Monitor overall project progress status, achievement, and non-achievement of major milestones; analyze performance in relation to the plan
• Identify, monitor, and report against the project critical path, providing early warning to the Project Manager of any potential slippages
• Effectively manage the communications interfaces essential for delivering cost, planning, scheduling, and risk deliverables and services
• Utilize project management systems and tools to update and manage project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts
• Report project status and KPIs to management
• Review and produce weekly and monthly project cost and planning status reports
• Implement the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for specific scopes of work
• Implement the cost and planning control structures in alignment with the project WBS
• Lead the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget set-up and approvals
• Timely control and forecasting of budgets; ensure that the impact of all change requests is properly assessed and included in the budget and schedules
• Support Project Accountants and Billing Specialists; ensure timely and accurate invoicing
• Develop and maintain monthly Contingency, Bookings, Accruals, and cash flow position to provide visibility to Management and Finance Team
• Monitor, record, and evaluate progress for subcontractors; support with quantifying subcontractor scopes of work
• Create fully resourced, logic-linked Gantt Charts within preferred planning software to the agreed project and program requirements
• Monitor current and forecast future resource needs for the project and program through analysis of workload at the project level
• Identify slippages, significant float erosion; lead the recovery process
• Develop and issue project change orders/variations in accordance with contract/assignment change notifications
• Promote the project change management system; ensure adherence to process
• Attend client progress meetings as required
• Ensure risk management and monitoring at project level in line with local standards and processes
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of all cost, planning, and risk deliverables prior to issue to internal or external customers
• Ensure all project-specific tools and systems are set up and functioning adequately
• Implement project-specific tax strategies recommended by Tax Advisors; provide leadership on resolving project-related tax issues as they arise

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

What makes you remarkable? At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge, or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Expected:

• Typically requires a minimum of six (6) years of relevant industry experience, with at least four (4) years in project control positions
• Knowledge and appreciation of the core principles of Contracts Management, Commercial Management, and Project Management
• Working knowledge and application of earned value and other monitoring techniques
• Excellent client service focus
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office software suite of applications
• Prior field experience working on-site viewed favorably

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.