Job Description
Job Title: Project Controlling Manager
Location: Saudi Arabia
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We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!
The position will focus on continuous measurement, analysis, forecasting and reporting of project cost, cash, and revenues, for monitoring and recording changes as well as for implementation of aligned project specific strategies for cost control. The Project Controller is responsible for all the financial aspects of a project and ensuring the financial information aligns to the latest project schedule.
He/She will lead, supervise and coach a team directly reporting to him/her.
What will you do?
Managing
- Supervising a team of Project Controllers based in India, who are working on multiple projects.
- Coaching and supporting the team, i.e. providing guidance
- Direct responsibility for the output of the team, quality, and time wise
Controlling
- Developing detailed Projects Cost Structures and coding under the Standard Work Breakdown Structures for various project types and reflect it in the ERP and relevant systems. To be closely mapped to the schedule activities for easier tracking
- Monitoring closely all project's activities and tasks, that drives the project progress, by challenging the Project team on the strategies to achieve them and communicate the finding to the reporting team.
- Provide critical assessment of all budgets and cost projections and find initiatives to optimize Extra cost and develop effective strategies and recovery plans to bring cost in line with budget.
- Identifying trends and quantifying cost variances, collecting, and recording trends and reflecting the approved trend impacts in the project forecast.
- Build and implement the early warning indicators within the project, and communicate them to the project team and management, to take permeative actions to mitigate any potential losses.
- Guides project team to analyse, evaluate, and forecast project costs, as well as performance against an established schedule with critical milestones.
Reporting
- Prepare together with the PM’s and reporting team the core of the monthly budget reporting i.e., Executive update, Progress curves, cost status, Manpower Plan, Risk analysis, Cash and Revenue, and lead the project review session with the PM.
- Analyse the Purchase Orders against the forecasts, and act on the Estimate to Complete to complete balance, if any, along with a phasing plan
- Accurately phase out all the work packages of the project and monitor the progress regularly.
Collaboration
- To Support tendering activities with detailed cost estimates and cashflows, along with consideration of scope and contractual obligations.
- Build collaboration with the management as well as internal and external partners.
- Working closely with the full project team, Project Management, Engineering, and Construction/site team, while working transversally with the Finance teams to improve the efficiency of the common tasks and requests.
- Transitioning of project from tender to the execution team, by conducting a full handover
Commercial
- Understand the client's contract, as well as major supplier's POs, to raise the flag for any potential claims, or change orders.
- Ensure adherence to the change management protocols, with respect to the administration of variations and claims toward the client and subcontractors.
Cash
- Maintenance of positive project cashflows at all times and find solutions with the project manager to mitigate a drop in the cashflow.
- Ensure all customer invoices are submitted on time, with regular follow-up for collection.
- Ensure the hedging file currencies are aligned with the project's POs and phasing plan.
Experience, Education and other Required:
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering / QS
- 7-10 years’ experience as a project controller in Engineering, procurement, and construction management with focus on lumpsum price contract models
- Subject matter expert in project costing, estimating, cost control functions and change control.
- Experienced in Planning and Forecasting
- Experienced in Risk Management
- Experienced in Earned value management.
- Knowledge of Performance management.
- Great knowledge of time-related analysis.
- Excellent computer literacy with experience in Planning and Cost control Standard tools and software.
- Experience in Invoicing & Handling Bonds
- Experience in reading & understanding contract documents.
- Knowledge of Oracle preferred.
- Fluent command on English Language and the native language of the country to be based on.
ED&I:
When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.
About Linxon
Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.
We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.
Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.
As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.
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Worker Type
Employee
Job Type
Regular
At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
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