Project Controller (Cost and Schedule) Contract - CSD at South African Reserve Bank

Brief description

The main purpose of this role is to perform advanced planning, scheduling, progress measurement, management of scope changes and earned-value analysis for construction programmes and projects within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Implement project planning, scheduling and cost strategy, plans and procedures.
• Analyse the project work breakdown structures (WBS) and cost breakdown structures (CBS), in conjunction with relevant stakeholders.
• Verify the accuracy and completeness of the schedules and cost reports produced by the project team for decision-making purposes.
• Provide an integrated enterprise-based cross functional and master schedule programme and an integrated cost report for a holistic view.
• Compile staffing, engineering, cost and construction progress and customised reports.
• Contribute to the monthly programme project report, specific reports and/or presentations by providing integrated planning, cost and scheduling information.
• Perform critical path, schedule risk and cost analysis for effective planning and decision-making.
• Perform probabilistic analysis on integrated schedules, contractor schedules and cost for effective planning and decision-making.
• Analyse deviations from the baseline in the project master schedule highlighting bottlenecks and/or delays and propose corrective actions.
• Analyse and highlight overall cost variations from the approved budget and propose cost management measures.
• Analyse and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance and/or change orders.
• Prepare resourcing plans for the overall and individual project phases, identifying any excessive peak numbers and make recommendations for peak levelling.
• Verify schedule-related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors and incorporate into the planning, scheduling and cost management systems.

QUALIFICATIONS

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Bachelor degree (NQF7) in the Built Environment, Construction Project Management, Quantity Surveying or an equivalent qualification; and
• five to seven years of experience in project management and cost management environment, of which at least five years should be in project controls.

Additional requirements include:

• project and programme management knowledge and skill;
• financial analysis and investment management knowledge and skill;
• general management knowledge and skill;
• contract management knowledge and skill; and
• cost management.