Planning Lead

Function
Project Controls / Planning

Role
Project Control Manager

Education
BE/ BTech in Mechanical/ Civil. Additional degree in construction management and/or financial Management (Desirable)

Professional Experience
Minimum 8 years experience in EPC organization, preferably in Oil & Gas/ Petrochemicals/Fertiliser, of which at least 3 years in a planning role

Key Deliverables

• Planning & Scheduling
• Cost Monitoring and Control
• Quantity Control
• Project Budgeting
• Working Capital Management
• Cash Flow Management
• Risk Identification, assessment and mitigation (with respect to time and cost)

Key relationships
Internal to organization: Employees

External to organization: Site coordination

Responsibilities
Prime Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the team of Planner and Cost Controller for Mid Hydrocarbon Mid and Downstream project
• Provide direction to planners and Cost controllers in developing, setting up, monitoring and controlling of project schedules, plan costs and quantities and smooth cash flow management
• Preparation and update of Project Controls sections of the Project Execution Plan, including WBS, CBS, Progress measurement procedure and Reporting procedure
• Monitor and analyse progress to give early warning signals for delays. Also suggest remedial actions for the same.

Shared cross-functionally

• To act as interface with Project Manager, Finance & account, functional managers and other stakeholders including customer while preparing project budget and cost analysis and report on timely and accurate forecast of project cost and schedule on a monthly basis, raising alarms and maintain healthy cash flow
• Continuous coordination of cross function activities on planning, monitoring and controlling of project activities right from proposal to commissioning phase of project
• Support Project Manager in the development and delivery of written/oral presentations to the Management and Customer and preparation of progress report
• Active participation in rollout of the project control system development, maintenance and updating, including initial configuration and awareness to all the stakeholders
• To play a role of key support person to the Project Manager on major and minor issues such as change management, risk identification and mitigation etc.
• Providing leadership in the selection, appraisal coaching, mentoring, training and developing project controls personnel
• To support on Forex / Commodity hedging actions
• Give input related to Risk for to the Risk Coordinator

K
ey competencies – Functional
Need to have

• Experience of planning in Middle/ Large sized projects from concept to commissioning
• Hands-on Experience of Primavera

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Financial management with good understanding of Taxes and other duties
• Hands on experience with SAP and/ or any cost booking/ management interface
• Good understanding of controllable cost drivers in the EPC context