Senior Project Controller

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Role Summary

As a Senior Project Controller, you will be part of the NZiCRC PMO team in WSP India and operate out of our Noida / Bengaluru office. This is a critical role supporting Project and Design Managers as well as multi-disciplinary, geographically-spread project teams working on major projects in New Zealand. You will be tasked with planning/scheduling, cost engineering and analysis/control activities using Power Bi, Powe Apps, reporting/dashboarding etc. on a range of infrastructure projects across Rail, Highways, other Civil and Mining domains.

Responsibilities

Cost Engineering

• Collaborates in establishing and managing cost control systems for accurate financial information.
• Participates in developing the work breakdown structure (WBS) by coordinating with PMs and discipline leads.
• Analyzes project management and cost control system data independently, using data analytics techniques.
• Prepare and present of project/program cost and cash-flow forecasts.
• Create complex Interactive Dashboards using Power BI dax queries.
• Monitor and report at regular cadence at project/portfolio level, prepare relevant project control dashboards for internal and external stakeholder communication.

Planning and Scheduling

• Project Planning and Scheduling using P6 and MS Projects with advanced level skills.
• Applies logical concepts to create and manage simplified critical path logic networks and bar charts.
• Evaluates project status against baseline schedules and assess the impact of changes or delays in design or construction.
• Develop and execute planning, scheduling, and controlling strategy for assigned projects under the guidance of Project Managers or Project Controls Managers, so that project needs, and client requirements are met per WSP standards and procedures.
• Set up the baseline schedule and control procedures for assigned projects and monitor progress against the plan, flag variances and potential risks early and in a proactive manner.

Earned Value

• Establishes and sustains an Earned Value Management
• Analyzes cost and schedule performance indicators, such as CPI (Cost Performance Index) and SPI (Schedule Performance Index).
• Prepares and updates project forecasts and progress reports, presenting them to management with recommendations for corrective actions.
• Assist PMs/PCMs in calculation of earned values and project EACs to support cash-flow and financial forecasting and any necessary course corrections.

Other responsibilities

• Work with Risk Management experts in identifying potential threats, assess impacts and develop mitigation/recovery plans.
• Assist Project Managers and Project Engineers with estimates and plans for bid/tenders.
• Thrive in a performance culture, incorporating WSP values and adapt to multi-cultural project teams across geographies and time zones.
• Assist the PMO Lead in planning staffing needs for pipeline projects, managing utilisation of self and the team, extend training and mentoring to junior colleagues.

Key Competencies / Skills

• Act as a go-to expert in Primavera/Microsoft Project, MS Excel, Power BI and other Planning, Control and Reporting/Dashboarding software.
• Expertise in Critical Path Method (CPM), Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), Earned Value Management (EVM) etc.
• Expertise in project management, risk management and EVM language and terminologies.
• Awareness of Quantitative Schedule/Cost Risk Analysis (QSRA/QCRA), Cost Quantity Survey and Contract Management.
• Problem solver, adept at early identification and mitigation with commercial awareness and capable of managing own work with minimum or no supervision; ability to think out of the box and propose innovative solutions and explore technology/digital enablement.
• Excellent communication skills with fluency in English and demonstrated experience in working with international planning and project controls teams.
• Exposure to overseas Transportation Industry projects in Highway, Rail, large Civil Infrastructure and Mining projects.
• Possess the ability to work to tight deadlines and in changing environments; Ability to lead a small team of project planners and controllers.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Bachelor s degree in engineering. Post graduation in project management preferred.
• Expertise in Primavera / MS Projects, Power Bi (statistical analysis and coding), advance Excel etc. is mandatory. Power Apps skills to prepare forms for taking projects inputs will be preferred.
• PMP, or Prince 2 certification.
• Membership of professional organisations like PMI, RICS, APM etc. preferred.
• Experience in the range of 8-12 years.