Project Controller

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You will be joining our expanding Building Structures team, as a project controller who are accountable for the project management, technical leadership and delivery of schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client.

WSP Building Structures operates in multiple sectors within the UK .This role is to work within the project delivery team supporting the Project Directors and Managers with tracking and reporting on project progress. You will be responsible for all project control functions throughout the project life cycle, detailed engineering and procurement phases and transition through to construction.

Core Functions:

• Supporting the Project Manager by providing up to date and relevant information on cost, schedule and performance to allow strategic project decisions to be made, providing the associated reports from our reporting system
• Understanding all relevant project documents and conditions to ensure measurement and reporting is aligned with corporate procedures.
• Implementing project control procedures and reporting requirements with project team.
• Weekly monitoring and analysis of costs, tracking between budgeted plan and reality, requested discipline Estimate To Complete month on month
• Work with the planner to understand impacts of project schedule on project costs
• Reviewing actual progress against planned progress, particularly with regard to resource levels, productivity, performance metrics and payments.
• Ensuring the maintenance of both time and cost trend performance indicators and statistics.
• Gathering and collating both internal and external cost information, comparing cost data to original budget and predicting final project costs and updating relevant management systems
• Identifying potential project changes and assisting the project manager in preparation of variations by liaison with the appropriate lead disciplines.
• Providing relevant information to project managers to assist in project reporting.
• Review and report overall job status with engineers and Project Manager
• Liaising with other departments at all meetings relative to project operations, to ensure that information affecting schedule and cost is continually updated.
• Support with monthly invoicing processes

Key Interfaces

• WSP Building Structures Project Teams (Engineers, Designers, Buyers, Construction Supervisors etc.)
• WSP Techncial Lead and Cost Centre Owners
• WSP Support Functions (Sales, Finance, Commercial, Administration etc.)
• Client Representatives

• Postgraduate in an engineering discipline / project management / advance construction management although relevant experience or related qualification will also be considered.
• 4+ years of working knowledge of engineering / project / building construction.

Experience:

• Substantial experience in planning, progress measurement, cost control, change management on all project phases from front end design through to construction completion which should have been gained in the process industries.
• Must have a strong understanding of planning, progress measurement, cost and change control.
• Working knowledge of project management tools and techniques.
• Excellent communication skills and a pro-active approach to solving problems and getting the job done.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Cost Management / reporting systems
• Good working knowledge on Horizon, Primavera P6, MSP, Advance excel (VBA), Power BI

Personal Profile:

• Adaptable, enthusiastic and committed.
• Analytical thinking
• Detail orientated
• Hard working professional.
• Positive individual with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to engage and influence people at all levels in a positive manner.
• Naturally organised with ability to set both personal priorities.
• The ability to use your own initiative to identify improvement opportunities.
• Good IT skills are paramount,

BGV:

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.