Lead Project Controller

Overview

Lead Project Controller for HVDC projects overseeing scheduling and cost control.

Key Responsibilities

• cost forecasting
• schedule management
• budget deviation
• risk mitigation
• cost reporting
• change order

Tasks

-Provides contractually required customer reporting and is able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters -Develops cost forecasts based on functional input and analytics, challenges functional estimates where needed -Drives a regular cost operating rhythm to discussion risk and opportunities -Develop tender schedules using the established tools and processes and challenges the team to ensure schedule risk is managed with a balance of competitive offering aligned to historical performance -For a new HVDC project in Europe and UK, we are looking for a Project Controller who will be supporting the Lead Project Controls to execute the project as per the elaborated strategy and maintain project on time and within the budget. -Own and drive the Budget Deviation Process with tools -Provide time based cost forecasts to support revenue recognition -Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status and actions -Drives functional owners to mitigate risks and follows up with functional owners on risk mitigation actions -Challenges functional owners on forecast completion dates to ensure dates are realistic -Provide and communicate regular status reporting -Develops and maintains the single project schedule representing the entire project by integrating inputs from all functions, units and third parties contributing to the project -Reviews project schedule and progress to identify cost risks and opportunities -Generates “what if” scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility -Communicates cost status/forecasts/risk to functional cost owners and drives/supports risk mitigation -Reviews functional execution and events to identify cost risks and opportunities -Support change order analysis -Project Controller will be responsible to deliver the Planning and Costing of HVDC Scope of work as a part of overall HVDC Project work -Ensure proper linkages in schedule to show all interdependencies between contributing parties -Drives regular operating rhythm with project team to review schedule status and operating rhythm -Ensure functional owners sign off on commitments and are made accountable for their date -Ensure the project cost are managed with global standard tools and processes -Checks and controls cost movements, compares with current scope and progress as well as with previous forecast. Also Compares with productivity factors and validates accuracy of estimates -Provide cost analytics using project information and analysing cost and productivity trends -Provides look ahead, backlog and future late reporting with prioritizations to clearly communicate potential and real risk and drive the project priorities -Provides schedule analysis to forecast schedule risk and opportunities using available tools and experience -Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books. -Delivers a high quality schedule aligned with global standards to ensure project is accurately represented -Maintains schedule thru the entire project obtaining inputs from all project contributors -Provides strategies to mitigate risks -Ensure budgeted values are aligned with historical performance -Work collaboratively with other overall project planning team to ensure optimal alignment of schedule with overall schedule -Reviews project scope evolution to identify cost risk and opportunities -Analyse all the risks and opportunities communicate clearly priorities and potential impacts

Requirements

• communication
• analytical
• cost management
• leadership
• primavera

What You Bring

-Clear communicator with strong communication and influencing skills -Analytical skills to use data to forecast outcomes -Cost management skills -Able to drive project teams to control the project -Primavera skills

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About Ge Vernova

-Traces roots back to Edison and Alstom, merging power, renewable, digital & financial wings. -Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, crafts large-scale gas turbines, SMRs, wind turbines, hydro and grid tech to fuel economies. -On the nuclear front, advancing small modular reactors (like BWRX‑300) in partnership with utilities and supporting semiconductor projects. -Wind prowess spans onshore, offshore and blade making—with key sites like Dogger Bank offshore and blade plants in Spain. -Electrification arm tackles grid stability: HVDC, transformers, storage, conversion, plus GridOS software powering smarter infrastructure. -Weaves finance and consulting through energy-infrastructure investments, funding solar farms to pipelines via GE Energy Financial Services.

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