Senior Project Controller

Project Controller

Responsible to develop and maintain integrated project schedules for a large portfolio of projects to support project reporting and on time delivery analysis which complies with Customer requirements and adheres to internal processes and standards. The Project Controller (PC) is responsible for analyzing Projects risk to develop mitigation plans and support claim development / resolution. Project Controller is also responsible to perform an overall project performance analysis report including risks, and opportunities that provides for a complete project view.

Roles and Responsibilities

ITO to OTR handover meeting to receive L1 bid schedule and contract details.

Understand and Confirm ITO assumptions & risk summary is clearly understood, provided during ITO / OTR handoff.

Attend CKOM & follow-up on open action items from the CKOM related to schedule execution

Attends release meetings led by ITO to understand project scope, ITO assumptions, and contribute to Delivery Matrix development.

Drives development of the Commitment Meeting file based on functional inputs, project requirements and contract requirements.

Drives the Commitment Meeting with functional owners to resolve initial schedule disconnects and reach agreement on the project baseline

Attends release meetings led by ITO to understand project scope, ITO assumptions, and contribute to Delivery Matrix development.

Develops the Commitment Meeting file based on functional inputs, project requirements and contract requirements.

Leads the Commitment Meeting with functional owners to resolve initial schedule disconnects and reach agreement on the project baseline.

Sets up project schedules in alignment with Global Planning processes.

Use the available standard schedule template based on scope of project.

Set up L3 baseline schedules using process guidelines available within the company.

Develop baseline project schedule curves based on allocated weightage.

Participate in the constructability review to make sure project schedule is aligned with baseline schedules.

Project Schedule Maintenance

Update project master timelines based on inputs provided by each owner of tasks per process document.

Lead and drive the partner and site scheduling team members (chairing meetings, driving actions, and holding accountability for actions)

Update the internal and external progress reports curves, float reports and say / do ratio

Perform schedule analysis on a monthly basis to identify the critical impacts and provide the mitigation suggestions.

Organize monthlys schedule deep dives providing guidance & insights to project and senior management.

Ensure project schedule updates and KPIs are published in due time on company reporting platforms.

Perform the critical path analysis for deliverables and ensure no impact to contract dates.

Claims (EOT, etc.); perform delay analysis to support extension of time and cost claims

Review and resolve the baseline schedule due to variations resulting in changes to the contract date and / or major scope. Progress will be tracked against revised baseline schedule.

Perform resource analysis based on planned vs. actuals, highlight, and communicate the risk to project director and team.

Works with project team to identify mitigation strategies and ensure strategies are reflected in project schedule.

Estimates critical project issues to the internal project manager and project team.

Ensures reports for other functions and customers accurately reflect status of project equipment and provide to customer and businesses for reporting.

Communicates to functions impact of execution strategy changes and resulting changes to required dates.

Acts as a resource for project team members and supports with data, analysis, and root cause of schedule variances.

Uses some judgment and has some ability to propose different solutions to address more complicated project scenarios.

Prepare Project close-out report including lessons learned to be completed two weeks before departure from team, submit to Scheduling Pole Leader.

Participate in weekly IPM meetings to review the cross-functional risks impacting time or cost and support IPM by reviewing to resolve them.

Proactively identify emerging headwinds, quantify cost and schedule implications and support IPM & PD / PM to mitigate them. Participate in risk reserve assessments sessions & support PD / PM / CM / IPM by providing inputs related to schedule & cost

Conduct monthly impact assessment with Scheduling of partner / customer driven delays; highlight GE driven delays that can be avoided

Claims and Change Orders

Investigate schedule impact of proposed change order and support / develop claim documentation

Work with Contract team to update the Scheduler on schedule delays

Identify customer change orders and support Internal Project Manager (IPM), Contract Manager & Project Director / Project Manager in quantifying commercial entitlement based on schedule impact to project

Identify, document, and track potential contract scope deviations with IPM / Functions; escalate to Project Director / Project Manager claims requiring customer negotiation.

Coordinates the preparation of claim proposal cost estimates with IPM / Project Engineering Manager / Scheduler / Functions and using reference GE and industry benchmarks.

Continuous Improvement and Tool Administration :

Leverages experience and expertise to lead small or support large cross-functional initiatives to improve processes and tools for the Planning team.

Manages the administration of various planning tools to support the Global Planning team. Responsible to lead and support continuous improvement of Equipment Planning processes and tools for the global team and developing / maintaining KPIs (on time delivery, key milestones, say / do ratio, physical progress, schedule quality, etc.) & critical path analysis for TK projects or complex EO & EEP projects