Head of Project Controls

9 months ago

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates John Wood Group Full time

Drives and maintains the delivery of Project Controls excellence across the MEAC business through supporting the following activities:
**_Oversight of Project Performance: _**
- Responsible for the provision of Planning, Estimating, Cost Management, change control and all associated reporting to individual contracts within the UK.
- Responsible for the day-to-day management of the Project Controls across the UK region.
- Support of the Continuous Improvement process both within the Company as a whole and within the Operations Excellence Function
- Promote Project Controls Awareness throughout the Company
- Identify points of vulnerability by managing interventions on projects and conducting peer and deep dive reviews

**_Proposal and Start-up activities: _**
- Responsible for providing relevant bid responses and inputs.
- Client alignment sessions and presentations in support of identify and acquire activities.
- Initial resourcing for bids and start-up activities.
- CEP/PCP development.
- Driving system and PC blueprint implementation.
- Co-ordinating PBI report implementation.
- Provide overall assurance for project controls related items during start-up.
- Conduct post start-up assurance reviews.

**Resource management activities**:

- Recruitment when project PCM not in place.
- Escalating resourcing issues to EMEA resourcing forum.
- Reviewing overall MEAC resource requirements and planning future moves/development opportunities (working with EMEA Head of PC).
- Resource Competency Management.
- Regional/Functional focal point for MEAC related resource management queries.
- Monitor, support and where appropriate, mentor the development of project controls team members.
- Ensure that all team members work safely and are fully aware of all safety policies and initiatives within the Company.

**Governance and Assurance activities**:

- Representation of PC department at MEAC level assurance reviews
- Ensure compliance with Wood corporate project controls processes, procedures and system usage, and responsible for development of project specific processes to meet contract / client requirements.
- Assure the delivery of projects vs contractual requirements.
- Ensure the PMR (Project Monthly Report) is issued on time, duly populated and reviewed before being released at the BU level.
- Ensure the adherence to the Group Project Governance Standard (BU specific procedure) mainly in term of PMR reviews and applicability as well as the tendering & project start up and execution.
- Monitor the performance of the portfolio of Operations projects against the Project Governance Standard via review sessions, structured reporting, and dashboards.
- Conduct relevant project delivery assurance reviews, audits and potential interventions.

**Qualifications**:

- HNC or equivalent with extensive project controls management experience.

**Knowledge, skills, and experience:
- Demonstrable balance of industrial and management experience at relevant level and position.
- Advanced level of expertise across all disciplines of project controls, typically gained by a significant number of years industry experience within Project Control, including some experience leading and managing others.
- Good understanding of Project Management principles and techniques.
- Excellent understanding of Project Control principles and techniques.
- Significant experience with multiple project delivery types including frameworks, portfolios, pre - FEED, FEED, EPCM, PMC and EPC.
- Extensive experience and understanding of project execution tools, processes and procedures.
- A thorough understanding of strategic change management, with the ability to translate this into appropriate goals, methodologies and strategies for implementation.
- Strong organizational and time management skills; able to effectively manage within tight time frames, to prioritize, and delegate appropriately.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present, inform and persuade at all levels and externally.
- Excellent understanding of Cost Control, Estimating, Change Management and Planning.

**Personal attributes**:
**Core Values and Behaviours**:
Provide strong leadership in promoting, demonstrating and being a role model in accordance with company core values and ethics policy.

**People**:

- Competent in forecast planning for people resources.
- Competent in people interviewing, selection, communication and management including performance management.
- Proactively always interact with team members in a positive and professional manner.
- Provides mentoring, management and training for project personnel to assure competence
- Builds robust capability, appropriate succession and development plans

**Process**:

- Competent in development of standards and processes to effect delivery of project controls excellence. Plans, monitors and audits compliance with standards and processes to assure continuous improvement.

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