Job Description
Job Title
Senior Specialist, Project Planning and Cost Control II
Reporting to
Superintendent, Project Controls
Business Unit/Function
Project Control
Department
WAS Project Engineering
Direct Reports
None
Budget/Size
Grade
Job Family
Sub Family
Position Type
Regular
Role Profile Number
Job Purpose
Manage Overall MWSPC Capex Project schedule and cost
Key Accountabilities
- Responsible for monitoring Overall MWSPC CAPEX Projects schedule.
- The ability to review projects baseline schedules and ensure it is comprehensive, contractual and realistic.
- Evaluate the monthly projects schedule update and assess its delay impact for the projects under execution.
- Review recovery plan when applicable, evaluating/Commenting/accepting recovery plans submitted from contractors.
- Prepare projects schedule monthly detailed progress reports, trending charts and schedule analysis as required.
- Ensuring the alignment between schedule and cost data.
- Develop Project Control procedures, Project templates and forms
- Prepare the annual CAPEX Planned cashflow. Update MWSPC projects Planned, actual, and forecasted cashflow and align with all stakeholders to have a comprehensive CAPEX actual/forecast monthly report, close coordination with accounting team in this regard.
- Control the cost of overall MWSPC Projects during all project life cycle.
- Provide more detailed cost reporting weekly, or monthly updates, as required.
- Evaluate additional budget requests from internal stakeholders and propose options to secure the budget, drafting letters to secure the approval
- High level of presentation skills to present the schedule/cost analysis findings to senior management.
- Prepare projects risk registers for MWSPC Projects pertaining to schedule and spending and maintain the monthly update.
- Expert skills in critical path analysis and other scheduling concepts.
- Provide a weekly/monthly schedule/Cost highlights and alternatives to mitigate any deviations.
Minimum Qualifications, Experience And Competencies
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, engineering, or construction management or any other related field.
- Proficiency at Microsoft Office Suite.
- Proficiency at Primavera P6
- Recent experience in project controls.
- Proven track record in project scheduling and cost management.
- Ability to think critically, challenge objectively and with confidence.
Minimum Experience
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
Ma'aden High Performance Competencies
- Expert level at Primavera P6 Software.
Skills
- Interpersonal skills - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality
- Oral Communication Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Demonstrates group presentation skills; Participates in meetings.
- Written Communication Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.
- Professionalism Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own action; Follows through on commitments.
- Strong work ethic and be able to adhere to company policies and standard business etiquette.
- Extensive computer skills in using Microsoft Software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) plus other software pertinent to the work performed would be advantageous.
- Ability to work with diverse populations and foster a cooperative team environment.
- Promote a culture of Safety First as reflected by low accident and incident rates.
- Proven ability to work independently and under pressure, while using good judgement, when making program related decisions that drive project delivery forward.
- Teamwork - Communication and collaboration with each other across the company and with partners to achieve success together, values people contribution and recognizes achievements.
- Integrity - Honesty, integrity and the highest ethical standards in day-to-day activities to protect our reputation in relationships with all our stakeholders; ensure people's decisions are objective, fair and transparent.
- Care - Sustained care and fairness for our people, the communities we touch and the environments we operate in; communicates in clear direction
- Ownership - Personal ownership of quality results in pursuit of our collective goals; provides authority and responsibility to others.
- Continuous improvement Adapted to continual improvement of processes through models such as plan-do-check act.
