Project Control Manager

Date: 08/11/2024
Place of work: Chile

Job Title:

Project Control Manager

Reference:

PIR 101800180

Project

Solar Projects

Job Location:

Santiago, Chile

Job type/Contract:

Starts ASAP

Salary range:

Competitive salary package with benefits

 

 

Job summary/Role description

Project Control Manager leads the project control team and coordinates the overall project control activities of any size/complexity, included Turn Key projects, in full compliance with the contractual requirements following Company standard methodology, the Company’s quality requirements and Project Director/Project Manager instructions.

 

 

Duties and responsibilities

 

 In particular, the Project Control Manager is responsible:

  • To prepare - for its area of responsibility - and to collaborate to the definition of the overall Project Execution Plan of the project with Project Director/Manager and involved project key personnel, such as Procurement Manager, Construction Manager and Project Engineer Manager (not exhaustive);

  • To monitor the Project Execution Plan application throughout the entire project life to reach the proposed target;

  • To create and maintain, with the cooperation of and coordinating the Project Control Engineers (cost control, planning and document control engineers), the project control procedures, guidelines and project control standards of the project;

  • To co-ordinate the finalization and implementation of the project WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), involving Project Director\Project Manager and involved project key personnel, such as Project Engineering Manager, Project Procurement Manager, Site Manager and Commissioning Manager, so guaranteeing the overall consistency and feasibility of the WBS in accordance to the contractual requirements;

  • To be fully proficient and autonomous in the use and co-ordination amongst the Project Control Engineers of all the necessary Company Tools such as Primavera P6, Project Objects, SAP , Milemate! , Primavera Schedule Risk Analysis , Acumen Fuse , TPMS , etc;

  • To support the preparation of the Hand-over package with the Project Contract Manager and Proposal Manager and to coordinate and initiate together with the Project Director/Project Manager the “Handing over Meeting” with the involved project key personnel and Commercial Division for the endorsement of the Project Execution Strategy, Stakeholder analysis and Project Risk Analysis developed during the Execution Phase, Final Estimate / Schedule to generate the Original Budget according ty the Company’s procedures;

  • To prepare and properly fill the “Project Control Check list “format for further distribution to the Project Team Members;

  • To coordinate the preparation of the “Top-Down Schedule” and project schedules at different level of details, as appropriate, involving project key personnel, such as Project Director/Project Manager, Project Engineering Manager, Project Procurement Manager, Site Manager, Commissioning Manager. The schedules will be usually supplemented by narrative/basis of assumptions, progress curves and manpower histograms, as appropriate. Such schedules, after Project Director/Project Manager and Client’s approval will be frozen as Project Baselines;

  • To lead and periodically organize the “Project Planning and Progress workshops” according to the Company procedures;

 

 

Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

  • University Degree or Diploma in relevant discipline or equivalent

Experience

  • Significant experience in construction of solar plants

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience as Project Control Manager

  • Similar role covered in projects that are of a comparable size;

Skills and Abilities

  • English comprehension is needed;

  • Excellent  analytical skills;

  • Primavera software advanced

  • Excellent communications, team-oriented and interpersonal skills;

  • Attention to details;

  • Self-motivation and direction, with a strong bias toward timely performance and problem resolution.

Special Requirements and Comments

Only spontaneous candidates will be considered for this role.

Only candidates that are legally authorised to work in Chile will be considered for the position.

Only candidates that now or in the future NOT require sponsorship for employment visa status, will be considered.

Availability to travel routinely to our solar projects.