Sr Project Planning & Cost Control Wood UAE

Wood is currently looking to hire qualified candidates for the role of Sr Project Planning & Cost Control in Abu Dhabi. This job was listed by company’s career website on 12 December 2023 with job ID 1920. Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply for this position.

Responsibilities of A Sr Project Planning & Cost Control

• Act as Planning focal point for specific project scopes.
• Review and maintain planning control structures and develop them in alignment with approved project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Review and maintain baseline project plans and schedules using appropriate scheduling software.
• Monitor and control planning activities through all phases of project lifecycle.
• Liaise with engineering, procurement and construction functions, and others as required, including third parties, to maintain awareness of project activities, their status, and their impact on the project schedule and manpower requirements.
• Provide copies of project plans and schedules in accordance with project reporting requirements.
• Provide copies of project progress and performance status reports in accordance with project reporting requirements.
• Review and issue updates to project plans and schedules.
• Review and issue updates to project manpower requirements.
• Monitor and assess schedule impact of change notifications.
• Monitor and review overall project progress status, achievement of major milestones, and evaluate project performance in relation to planned performance.
• Attend internal project progress and performance status meetings as required.
• Liaise with cost discipline to ensure accurate and timely control and forecasting of man-hour budgets and ensure that the impact of all change requests are properly assessed and included in the schedules.

What You’ll Do More

• Participate in schedule risk analysis as required.
• Participate and lead project controls compliance and continuous improvement reviews.
• Play an active role in the mentoring and career development of planning personnel.
• Maintain project schedules in accordance with approved contract and project work breakdown structure.
• Issue all the project plans and schedules in accordance with contract reporting calendar and on an as required basis.
• All project schedules are fully logic linked and show the critical path and total float for all activities.
• All project schedules contain resources in accordance with the corporate standards.
• Clearly identify work packs delivery milestones within the project schedules.
• Maintain standard set of agreed milestones within both the schedule and the cost reporting database.

Requirements for Role of Sr Project Planning & Cost Control

The eligibility requirements for role of a Sr Project Planning & Cost Control are as under:

• ISCED level 6 (Bachelors) Degree in a relevant technical or business discipline (or equivalent gained through relevant vocational training and/or industry experience).
• Minimum 5 years relevant of scheduling/planning experience.
• Prior experience in a senior planning role.

Knowledge & Skills Desired

• Advanced knowledge of primavera and other scheduling software and related tools and techniques including Logic and CPM analysis, resource loading and levelling.
• Advanced knowledge of project execution procedures for scheduling.
• Advanced understanding of WBS & CBS structures and project reporting capabilities.
• Advanced ability to develop project schedules and plans.
• Advanced ability to prepare resource loading, progress and staffing plans.
• Excellent understanding of earned value application, cost and schedule variance analyses/trending and what-if scenarios.
• Advanced understanding of project management principles and techniques.
• Strong understanding of cost management, change control, planning & risk analysis & management.

Buyer Wood Dubai UAE

Inspection Coordinator, Wood UAE