Jobs at SGS

Job Description

• To control and report on the financial or cost status of the project and highlight any deviations timeously.

Provide costing function strategies     

• To provide support in delivering a complete suite of cost-control services and financial consignments to the Project team.
• To provide cost input and to implement the cost element of risk management plan
• To ensure adherence to the segment financial, business and project processes.
• To provide input in the cost control strategy, plans and procedures.
• Stay abreast of new trends and innovations

Provide cost control support during project lifecycle  

• To understand the scope of work and obtaining relevant documentation by
• Getting the estimate for a specific project
• Ensuring that both the client’s and company requirements are clear and understood
• To develop a project budget ensuring pre – budget steps are taken by:
• Defining the work breakdown structure, aligning to project strategy and PMO and getting it signed off
• Developing CBS’s, finalising them and getting them signed off.
• Finalising the set budget, making changes if necessary, and input approved data on the relevant system.
• To ensure forecasting of financial project cost and trending
• To ensure continuous contact with the project team on a regular basis.
• To manage the close-out process of budget /actual data by:
• Summarising the history of the project in the report
• Conducting checks and balances to track between commitment and actual
• Indicating the lessons learned during the project in the report.

Client Relationships (internal & external) & Reporting 

Ensure team participation by:

•  Attending and participating in the following meetings:
• Project Kick off meeting
•  Progress and co-ordination meeting
• Risk analysis meeting
• Project Review meeting for a specific project
• To deliver Dashboard reports during the project

Internal Reports:

• WIP Summary Report (which entails cost allocation)
• Labour Man-hour Report
• Call Forward Report (budget vs actual)
• Change order report
• Internal Management Report (Cash flow, commitment, issues major variances and ledger)
• Purchase order Report
• Project History Report
• Sundries Report

External Reports:

• Cash Flow Report
• Client management Report
• Direct Field Cost (DFC) Report
• Actively promote the Company's professional image, both internally & externally

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

• Applicable tertiary qualification in either Engineering, QS or commercial environment, alternatively professional certification as a Certified Cost Professional (CCP), or Earned Value Professional (EVP) or Project Management Professional (PMP)Grade 12

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 8 years or more years in a capital projects cost engineering environment
• Must be able to work unsupervised in a multi-disciplinary project environment.  Must have good communication skills and must be able to work under pressure.  Must be able to cope with deadline related stress.  Must be able to relate to clients in a professional manner
• A good knowledge of the Primavera P6 and Primavera Contract Manager tools would be a recommendation
• A good understanding of the Oracle E-Business Suite (Projects) would be a recommendation
• The ability to use Primavera Risk Analysis would be a strong benefit but not a prerequisite
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 

REQUIRED SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

• Cost control: Knowledge of cost engineering principles: total cost management and total quality management etc.
• Reporting: Ability to prepare detailed reports and manage the most effective techniques and tools in report drafting.
• Risk analysis: Ability to identify project and activates risks from any point of view.
• Basic IT Tools, office automation and graphic software      
• Familiarity and use of office automation software tools and basic computer applications.
• Accounting: Knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Planning & Control: Knowledge of methods and techniques to analyse current and future financial situation identifying trends and problems (actual vs, budget analysis, variances etc.)
• Change management: Ability to effectively and efficiently manage changes during the project
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of contract types and of their main features
• Legislation & Standards: Knowledge of sector specific law e.g. Engineering, safety etc. and standard specifications e.g. Plant layout requirements etc.
• Project Management: Knowledge of basic project management methods and all project lifecycle phases

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Job Description

To liaise with the project team and sub-contractors with regard to trends and forecasting of a project's progress.

• Assist in formulating and implementation of planning methodologies, policies, procedures and best practices.
• Assist in aligning risk strategy with planning strategy
• Stay abreast of new trends and innovations
• To understand the scope of work by:
• Studying client scoping documentation regarding the project
• Obtaining estimates of the project from Estimating department
• Support Project team during the initial phase of order planning and agreeing upon an adequate control system

To develop a baseline schedule by:

• Developing and/or understanding the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Planning the work on an area-by-area basis (front end schedule)
• Developing detailed plan after receiving deliverables from project team
• Applying industry best practices to the development of the schedule
• Developing a Schedule Management Plan
• Developing a basis for the schedule (Basis of Schedule)
• Finalising overall execution schedule
• Finalising the baseline schedule

To develop analysis/monitoring tools by:

• Developing and maintain critical path/near critical path analysis
• Perform a constructability review
• Develop Performance Indexes
• Develop and maintaining S-Curves for all sections of the schedule to be analysed and included in reporting

To continuously monitor and/or adjust the project schedules for the duration of a project by:

• Updating schedules
• Managing change control
• Report regularly occurrences to the business and the client
• Keep the project manager up to date with critical items requiring attention to keep the project on track
• Provide information to Cost Engineering as required
• Utilising Earned Value as a method of measurement
• To generate a close-out report by:
• Reporting history of project at the end of the project and establishing a record or database
• Reporting lessons learned that can be used by future projects
• To provide adequate feedback by:
• Updating the project plan and preparing a detailed analysis of variances and situations with particular problems
• Preparing information reports providing progress as required by the project team
• Creating awareness on delays and priorities identified to the Project team and management and suggest possible corrective action
• Actively promote the Company's professional image, both internally & externally
• Implement and manage adhoc projects and duties as may be required and assigned from time to time.
• Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12
• Minimum 5 years qualification i.e. Engineering, Construction will be advantageous
• PMI, AACEI certification will be advantages

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years proven experience with large projects in an EPCM / EPCM/Construction/Engineering environment would be required within Projects / EPCM environment
• Project Life cycle:  Knowledge of the main project phases
• Risk analysis:  Ability to identify project and activates risks from any point of view
• Controlling, scheduling & planning software: Familiarity and use of specific scheduling & planning software (e.g. Primavera P6, MS Project, etc.)
• Change management: Ability to effectively and efficiently manage changes during the course of the project
• Commercial Principles: Understanding of contract types and of their main features
• Planning & Scheduling: Ability to plan using tools, methods and best practices. 
• Legislation & Standards: Knowledge of sector specific law e.g. Engineering, safety etc. and standard specifications e.g. Plant layout requirements etc.
• Project Management: Knowledge of basic project management methods and all project lifecycle phases
• Cost control: Knowledge of cost engineering principles: total cost management and total quality management etc.