Senior Planner - Saudi Arabia

Main Objective

1. Responsible for performing highly complex Project Control activities and/or supervising the overall Project Controls effort for a project or assignment.
2. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
3. Develops, implements, and directs the total Project Controls program on projects.
4. Implements the Work Breakdown and Project Coding Structures to ensure that data are converted correctly from the original estimate to the Project Control system.
5. Analyzes variances in cost and schedule performance against the plan, and communicates the reasons for the issuance of variance and proposed mitigation plans to Project Management.
6. Contributes to the proposal efforts for cost/scheduling activities.
7. Reviews project profit recognition. Provides evaluation of opportunities with management.
8. Maintains working knowledge of the functionality of automated cost management systems.
9. Serves as Control Team Leader on medium-sized projects, if necessary.
10. Provides meaningful, accurate historical data.
11. Demonstrated experience in cost management and forecasting of large third party construction subcontracts.
12. Demonstrate ability and functional knowledge of electronic cost control tools, and systems, including spreadsheets.
13. Ability to interpret cost and engineering & construction progress data to verify contractor claimed progress.
14. Demonstrable ability to interpret and analyze project and Construction schedules, assess logic and prepare forecast.
15. Responsible for compilation of Site progress data and its input into Weekly & Monthly and special reporting.
16. Review and analysis of Contractor 3-week look ahead schedule and overall Level 4 schedule and monitoring.
17. Review and analysis of Contractor quantity based progress measurement database, providing input to Contractor Monthly progress Certification.
18. Provision of input to Change Management system.
19. Facilitation and coordination of PMC documentation between Site and Project home office(s).
20. Supporting Construction Manager in early phase of Construction mobilization.
21. Awareness of security in the workplace, particularly with respect to management of sensitive information.
22. Other duties as assigned.

Main Duties

Qualifications Required

1. 10-15 years of relevant experience in engineering or project support(minimum 10 years).
2. With 4 to 6 years of MENA, Saudi and E&C experience.
3. Work Experience in Saudi Arabia on Petrochemical Projects (on large scale oil & gas and petrochemical capital projects).
4. In addition to the degree preferences or relevant experience for the Project Controls Specialist, must have had leadership roles on various projects.

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