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Responsibilities

In charge of planning/scheduling, cost engineering and reporting for capital projects which range from 30 to 200 m$. Reports operationally to Project Managers and functionally to the Director of Project Services. 

Scheduling

• Implement appropriate scheduling and progress measurement processes for capital projects, for all phases ie engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning

• Develop a project WBS and establish a baseline schedule (in Primavera P6) that integrates all project stakeholders, using resources and/or quantities loading

• Check / Validate the schedules submitted by third parties and ensure that interfaces are correctly managed in a Project Integrated Schedule

• Define for each project an activity weight mapping and a progress measurement procedure

• Review and analyse third parties’ schedule updates and adherence to their initial plan. Update the Project Integrated Schedule. Understand and challenge the deviations. Analyse and propose mitigations.

• Collect and validate the physical progress from the various project stakeholders - Prepare the consolidated S-Curves

• Analyze critical path(s), schedule variances, progress trends and allocation of resources 

• Produce KPIs such as labor productivity, commodities, etc.

• If any, analyze subcontractors’ claims for delay and associated mitigation / recovery plans

• Analyse schedule risks and uncertainties

Cost Engineering

• Implement appropriate cost engineering processes for capital projects

• Develop and maintain cost baseline and associated forecast for a portfolio of projects in accordance with the defined cost breakdown structure

• Responsible to control and monitor all project expenditures, monitor commitments / exposure and cash flow

• Analyze all additional charges or claims from suppliers, vendors and subcontractors to ensure that all potential project costs are captured and properly recorded

• Focus on construction activities with subcontractors and vendors, review T&M works and provide forecast

• Coordinate with Finance for cost reconciliations

• Coordinate the maintenance of the project register for the tracking of quantities (civil, steel, piping, E&I, staffing&manhours)

• Analyse cost uncertainties and capex risks and implement the foregoing for monte-carlo simulations

Reporting

• Collaborate with Project Manager to issue Project Monthly Report (cost & schedule actual and forecast, milestones, trends, estimate to complete, risks and contingencies analysis)

• Attend project review meetings with stakeholders

• Actively contribute in development and global support of cost management and benchmarking tools as well as continuous improvement initiatives

• Collaborate with Project Development to provide feedbacks, lessons learnt and benchmarks in order to support the estimating of future projects

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering

• 4 years minimum of experience in project control in petrochemicals, oil&gas, mining, infrastructure or nuclear industry.

• Ability to work effectively on multiple projects with competing priorities and deadlines

• Strong analytical & organization skills with excellent attention to detail. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including presentation delivery to large / small group

• Frequent travels to jobsites (domestic)

About Air Liquide

World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3,6 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term performance and acting responsibly.

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