Project Control Manager

Location: Port Harcourt/Los Lagos, NIGERIA

Our Client

The client is a prominent global company in the oil and gas industry, focusing on subsea, onshore, offshore, and surface technology. Their goal is to improve the efficiency of the global energy sector. They achieve this by consistently challenging traditional norms and dedicating resources to their workforce of over 32,000 employees, spanning 72 countries and representing 122 nationalities. Our client's organisation strives to provide an inspirational work environment by addressing some of the most intricate technical and engineering challenges worldwide, working alongside a diverse global team.

The Project Control Manager (PCM) ensures that the Project Control functions (cost control, planning, scheduling, progress, risk management, change management, gate reviews, and reporting) are developed in compliance with the contract and internal requirements throughout the project's life cycle.

The PCM constantly reports project status, emphasizes project performance, estimates and forecasts for the balance of the project, and identifies risks and opportunities. 

• The PCM supplies the project team with the data required to manage the project, including corrective actions when necessary. To establish the Project Controls functions in accordance with the Company's internal and project/contractual requirements, you must
• Create the Project Controls Plan in compliance with the contract and PEP, and convey it to all stakeholders.
• Ensure that the Project Controls Team (PCT) is properly set up and staffed, with clear individual roles and duties outlined.
• Ensure all project control functions are properly configured, especially the budget transfer from the WIN phase to the project projection. Create work breakdown structures (WBS, OBS, and CBS), as well as booking and task codes, in compliance with the contract and PEP. Use project planning and progress assessment systems. Project reporting both internally and publicly, including KPIs.
• Ensure that the 90-day start-up strategy is progressing during the setup phase.
• Create a project baseline timeline that corresponds to contract key dates and deliverables. Get stakeholders' permission for the baseline. Develop a project staffing plan in collaboration with the project team.

Your effectiveness will be measured as follows:

• The administrative setup of the project is entirely matched with the contract, project, and internal needs, and it is established and maintained on schedule. To ensure that the project is adequately managed, you are to:
• Manage and align project control functions with the project objectives.
• Provide the project team with schedule and financial visibility so that they may manage the project and take corrective actions as needed.
• Manage the client's billing in accordance with contract criteria.
• Report on progress, performance, and forecast metrics in compliance with the contract and PEP.
• Work in close collaboration with the project manager, change manager, contract manager, interface manager, and other PMT members.
• Manage the project risk and opportunity process, including reporting exposure and recommending contingency levels.
• Oversee the gate review process for the project.

Qualifications

• We require a bachelor's degree with a master's degree as a benefit. 
• Additionally, we will include a category for past experience. 
• Requirements include a strong technical background, familiarity with FPSO or any offshore project execution, and exposure to construction and commissioning activities (on-site experience is preferred).
• Contract and change management capabilities.
• Team management experience

Behaviors and interpersonal skills: Key Points

• Customer Focus: Developing strong customer relationships and providing customer-centric solutions.
• Financial acumen is the ability to interpret and apply crucial financial information to make better business decisions.
• Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, large amounts, and sometimes contradictory information to efficiently solve problems.
• Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions to keep the organization moving forward.
• Strategic mindset: looking ahead to future possibilities and turning them into breakthrough strategies.