Lead, Project Controls and QA/QC Engineer
SAHARA · Egbin
Job Summary
The responsibility of the Lead, Project Controls and QA/QC Engineer is to establish and maintain robust project control frameworks that assure successful project delivery. The role ensures that the resources required to execute multiple cross-functional engineering projects are effectively aligned with established control standards and governance requirements.
Additionally, the Lead, Project Controls and QA/QC Engineer is responsible for providing quality assurance and related support functions across projects.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Effectively manage the project control team, including cost engineers, planners and quality assurance and control.
- Monitor and control program compliance with respect to project contractual obligations.
- Support and advise on the definition of project controls and earned value management policies, procedures and standards required to deliver projects.
- Support program integration, governance, formats, plan optimisation, and project controls best practices.
- Advise and consult on the application of effective planning variance, estimates at completion and critical path analysis.
- Support the development of integrated master schedules for specific programs in Primavera and/or Microsoft projects that reflect all interface milestones and activity duration from multiple contractors’ schedules and feed changes to the integrated master schedule.
- Provide project controls management, including baseline schedule development and management, performance status and reporting, baseline change control, risk management, earned value management guidance and tools.
- Work closely with the project manager, commercial manager and project quality assurance and control to maximize the potential of the project.
- Support the development of requirements for specific resource-loaded schedules.
- Ensure project controls processes are consistently applied across the projects.
- Manage governance to ensure robust control and schedule performance for the agreed scope of work across integrated programs managed across multiple suppliers.
- Implement data protection policies and practices of Egbin Power Plc.
- Ensure compliance with the NDPR and other data protection laws, and data protection policies.
- Undertake a data protection impact assessment as applicable to curb the risk during data processing operations
- Ensuring the Project controls team produces weekly/monthly reports in line with the project and company reporting calendar, providing details on progress, actuals, forecast and explanation of variances.
- Develop and regularly update project LFIs.
- To follow up on reported project deviations and non-conformances to ensure necessary corrective actions are adequately taken to prevent recurrence
- To ensure the implementation of risk-based thinking in project management.
- To propose recommendations to management for improvements and cost savings within the area of responsibility.
- To conduct surveillance and reviews at project sites to maintain quality standards and requirements.
- To ensure the implementation of risk-based thinking in project management.
- Responsible for the overall health of the capital projects portfolio, and the development and application of a project management system
- Responsible for maximising project value through an opportunity realisation process.
- To carry out oversight quality functions on capital projects to ensure compliance with all quality standards.
- Ensure awareness, understanding and application of QHSE policy on projects, ensure the integration of the IMS requirements (ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & 45001:2018) into departmental processes.
- Engage, direct and support persons/contractors/departments to understand and identify hazards, risks, environmental aspect and Impact as it is related to their jobs.
- Ensure that the Integrated Management System (ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & 45001:2018) achieves its intended results within departmental processes.
Education and Work Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, preferably Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or its equivalent.
- Minimum of 7 years cognate work experience in a similar role.
- Postgraduate certification in Project Management is a must-have.
Skills and Competencies
- Effective communication within the team and with stakeholders
- Independent certification/training by an accredited body relating to HSE &Q management
- Proficiency in using relevant program tools and techniques
- Experienced in the implementation of earned value management-based projects
- Control systems in accordance with relevant national standards
- Planning, risk analysis and configuration management
- Practical ability to utilise critical project management concepts (e.g., EVM projects)
- Significant track record of successful projects
- Must be certified project management associate (PMP is an alternative)
- Earned Value Foundation (APMG)
- Experience in working on NEC 3 projects (Added advantage)
More jobs at SAHARA · Engineering & Construction jobs in Egbin