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Manager: Project Controls Lead 

Role Purpose:

The Cost Engineer will be responsible for the development and maintenance of accurate project estimates, budgets and forecasts throughout the lifecycle of the project, alongside the tracking of actual costs and establishing the "health of the project" with regards to cost performance.

The successful candidate must be enthusiastic about being within a fast growing "start-up" company environment and keen to assist with the development of systems and solutions during the build and develop phases.

Role Priorities:

• Establish Project budgets, cost plans and contingency from project initiation stages and maintain throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Capturing of actual costs (sub-contract/direct) and using data to contribute to robust project forecasts of cost to go
• Provide cost forecasts and cash flow analysis
• Cost assessment and normalisation/commercial bid evaluation of subcontractor bids
• Proposal support estimating by building up a cost database/cost estimating capability of our products and projects by region and technology type.
• Building up a cost estimating capability/database for our products to a) support proposal costs and b) identifying cost reduction routes as we standardise, benefits from economies of scale, lower cost design, lower risk of supply through preferred repeat contracts, etc.
• Own company Programme/Project Risk and Opportunity Register to identify and deliver efficiencies.
• Support projects and procurement in contract cost assessment and acceptance/rejection, assessment, assessing compensation events and performing cost analysis.
• TIC estimating.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and maintenance of accurate project cost plans and cost estimates throughout the project lifecycle to support the governance and procurement processes, including the Risk Drawdown process.
• Lead the management of the programme budget, ensuring value for money and validation of costs through the use of appropriate internal and external benchmarks.
• Lead formal programme cost reviews to ensure alignment of the cost plan and programme, action and investigate deficiencies.
• Lead the close-out of all projects within the programme, including the development and implementation of project close-out plan(s) to cover defects and warranties, as well as completion of financial close-out through provision of asset cost data for capitalisation purposes.
• Lead cost change control (Trend Management) and provide analysis of all project cost fluctuations on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Lead change control (scope) for all projects across the programme, and support resolution and compliance with contract requirements and timescales.
• Lead the production, and delivery to, Monthly Cost Forecasts (expected to be within a 5% accuracy band month-on-month) using the cost plan, activity schedules and referencing the project/programme schedule.

Experience:

The ideal candidate will possess over 8 years' experience in an engineering project environment including demonstrated execution and delivery. To be successful in this role you will need to possess the following knowledge, experience and skills:

• Highly experienced with Cost/ERP systems and the ability to provide input to the specification and implementation of such systems.
• Advance Excel skills, ideally with knowledge of Power Query and automated reporting.
• Demonstrable Project Cost Control and Earned Value Management techniques.
• Demonstrated high level of autonomy, diligence and a collaborative, positive nature is essential.
• Familiarity with Quantity Surveying function, either by interface or direct experience would be an additional advantage.

Competencies, Skills and Behaviours:

• A “can do” attitude; bringing solutions, not problems.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to influence both with and without authority across remote / dispersed teams.
• Negotiation and understanding – able to assist teams with competing priorities and workloads to continue progressing multiple projects.
• Comfortable with the tension between expectations to operate independently yet proactively engaging with others for support when needed – support a no surprises culture.
• Demonstrable experience driving project delivery excellence in ambiguous and changing circumstances.
• Commercial acumen with a focus on delivering to budget and schedule.
• Structured, detailed and organised approach with an open mind to innovation.
• A striving attitude towards fully automated cost reporting minimising the use of standalone Excel files
• Entrepreneurial spirit in maximising profit and finding opportunities to improve.

Manager: Project Controls Lead

Role Purpose:

The Planning Engineer position will be responsible for the development and monitoring of time related activities for carbon capture projects. The role reports to the Project Controls Lead and will support Project Teams in assessing and reporting the health of projects and providing substantiated predictability on forecast dates. It is expected that the Planning Engineer will display high levels of autonomy and proactivity. 

The successful candidate must be enthusiastic about being within a fast growing "start-up" company environment and keen to assist with the development of systems and solutions during the build and develop phases. 

Role Priorities:

• Working with Project Managers, Sales and Engineering teams to fully capture scope, plan and sequence work to create logically linked schedules. 
• Create resourced and cost loaded schedules and support Cost Engineer/Project Controls Lead with resource, earned value and cost profiles.
• Development of deliverable trackers to provide substantiated progress for schedule updates. 
• Performance tracking, variance analysis and re-forecasting against Baseline schedules and previously reported forecasts. 
• Periodic reviews with Project Controls Lead to assess individual project performance within the wider context of the Delivery department portfolio of projects. 
• Identify and manage time related risk within the project schedule including drawdown of schedule contingency. 
• Support Project Controls Lead with the updating of resource allocation on projects to enable capacity analysis of projects and proposed projects on Engineering and Project Delivery departments. 
• Utilise planning experience to aid with continuous improvement of systems and processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ownership of Project Schedules, deliverables progress trackers and time related performance reporting.
• Coordinating and leading of monthly internal project progress reviews with Project Controls Lead and Project Managers.
• Participate in client progress reviews including the production of all schedule reporting requirements.
• Support project manager with internal and external progress reporting.
• Proactively monitor schedule risk for proximity and ensuring that impact or avoidance is reflected in the schedule. 
• Quality Assurance of Sub-contract schedules for scope, logic, durations.

Experience:

• The ideal candidate will possess 5-8 years' experience in an engineering project environment, preference for process industries knowledge (Chemicals, Oil and Gas or similar) with at least 4 years of project execution and delivery. 
• Exposure, either working for or as an interfacing supplier or client to, EPC contracting environments. 
• Highly experienced with scheduling systems (P6, MSP).
• Experience with schedule resource and cost loading. 
• Advanced Excel skills, ideally with knowledge of Power Query and automated reporting.
• Demonstrated high level of autonomy, diligence and a collaborative, positive nature is essential.

Competencies, Skills and Behaviours:

• Ability to use effective communication skills to present positive yet strong written and spoken arguments by selecting and conveying findings in a structured, coherent and persuasive manner.
• A "can do" attitude, bringing solutions, not problems. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - able to influence both with and without authority across remote/dispersed teams.
• Negotiation and understanding - able to assist teams with competing priorities and workloads to continue progressing multiple projects.
• Comfortable with tension between expectations to operate independently yet proactively engaging with others for support when needed - support a no surprises culture.
• Demonstrable experience driving project delivery excellent in ambiguous and changing circumstances.
• Commercial awareness with a focus on delivering to budget and schedule.
• Structured, detailed and organised approach with an open mind to innovation.
• Entrepreneurial spirit in maximising profit and finding opportunities.

Manager: Procurement and Supply Operations Lead

Role Purpose:

The Procurement and Supply Chain specialist will carry out sourcing activities in accordance with a progressive and agile procurement procedure, with the full support of the Procurement and Supply Operations Lead.

Role Priorities:

• Establish Project budgets, cost plans and contingency from project initiation stages and maintain throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Liaise directly with internal stakeholders to understand upcoming requirements, including preparation of requisition documents and development of scope, as well as identifying potential bidders and appropriate sourcing strategies.
• Carrying out the full sourcing process on high criticality/high spend activities, from package assignment to supplier selection, commercial negotiation, risk mitigation and contract execution, ensuring the appropriate business involvement at all stages of the process.
• Assisting with the management of sourcing activities for Projects, Research and Development, Commercial Services, Solvent Blending and Storage, Contingent Labour and Central Procurement.
• Cost, savings and performance tracking against new and existing contracts and agreements, including the proactive identification of potential cost efficiencies and opportunities for deflation.
• Undertaking due diligence in mitigating all external supply risk from supplier selection through to contract execution.
• Be part of our continuous improvement expertise – we are currently implementing and developing fundamental supply chain practises and require innovative and thoughtful input via utilisation of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collating requisition packages and compiling Bidder Lists, considering project and operating requirements, current inventory, market knowledge, logistics and other internal/project needs.
• Preparing and issuing RFQ documentation to vendors, sub-contractors and fabricators to initiate a secure bidding process via an ERS system.
• Sub-contracts administration and PO placement.
• Point of contact for vendors, sub-contractors and fabricators during live bids and market research. 
• Involvement in commercial evaluation of supplier proposals, ensuring the following: 
  • All costing elements are included, such as materials and equipment, personnel, mob/demob, optional scope, logistics, storage, certification, inspection and testing etc.
  • Proposed lead time fits the Project/Company schedule
  • Total Cost is normalised to ensure fair, accurate and transparent comparison
• Arranging and chairing technical meetings between the bid team and bidders, such as Technical Clarification Meetings and Kick-Off Meetings, as well as introductory calls with potential suppliers. 
• Identifying long lead/critical item requirements for possible Pre-Award orders/contracts.
• Negotiating price and commercial exceptions to T&Cs for long lead/critical items.
• Supporting several Project Managers in coordinating between the support functions to ensure timely issuance of Scope of Work/Supply and Technical/Commercial Evaluations according to the Project Schedule.
• Managing time-sensitive transactional POs and when required. 

Experience:

The ideal candidate will possess over 3 years' experience in procurement / supply chain within an engineering project environment. To be successful in this role you will need to possess the following knowledge, experience and skills:

• Previously demonstrated high level of aptitude, diligence and collaboration within a team.
• Experience of working with equipment suppliers, service providers and/or EPC contractors as well as internal stakeholders.
• Comfortable with understanding and inputting to contractual language and familiar with bid documentation, both internal and from third parties.
• Progress management and reporting, working with Procurement Status Reports and Spend Trackers.
• Trained to use ERS systems (such as SAP and Oracle, or others).

Competencies:

• Ability to use effective communication skills to present positive yet strong written and spoken arguments by selecting and conveying findings in a structured, coherent and persuasive manner.
• Confidence to engage with others for support when needed, in support of our ‘no surprises’ culture.
• Capacity to learn and improve upon existing negotiation skills.
• Willingness to train in new, streamlined bid platforms and vendor management databases.
• Commercial acumen with a focus on delivering to budget and schedule.

Behaviours:

• Structured, detailed and organised approach with an open mind to innovation and a willingness to express ideas.
• Adaptable to a manageable cross-section of responsibilities whilst the company upscales accordingly.
• Very strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to influence both with and without authority across remote / dispersed teams.
• Able to uphold the core value of the company:
  • Safety 
  • Excellence 
  • Collaboration not Consensus
  • Agility & Innovation

Manager: VP Project Delivery

Role Purpose:

This client facing position will be responsible for leading development and delivery of carbon capture technology projects, coordinating globally dispersed technical teams and external contractors. You will be ready for the next step in your career with ambition to develop into a project management leader in the zero-carbon economy.

Role Priorities:

• Support execution of assigned projects to the baseline scope, schedule, budget, execution strategy.
• Support Project Manager(s) on portfolio of projects across multiple countries.
• Identify and proactively manage project risks, including capturing previously unidentified risks.
• Status, progress and performance tracking against scope, schedule, budget, quality and benefits management.
• Active change management - ensuring all changes are approved internally by Project Delivery and Client, including client management of expectations and delivery to agreed baseline. 
• Utilise experience to input to Project Manager(s) and Project Delivery Team to improve current/future project performance - be part of our continuous improvement expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building trust and credible working relationships both within and outside the company.
• Effective people engagement and collaboration with clients, internal technical support disciplines and contracted suppliers such as ETCs, OEMs and Fabrication/Installation providers.
• Being a "good client" to Carbon Clean's developing supply chain, understanding their needs and expectations balanced with meeting commercial returns.
• Diligently owning risk, scope, schedule, budget, execution strategy, reporting and performance.
• Identifying and raising issues early - management of leading indicators for early identification of issues and corrective action.
• Work closely with project controls function and project delivery leadership - utilise their accountability to enable your projects to succeed.
• Status, progress, and performance tracking against schedule, finance, quality, and benefits management.
• Keeping multiple moving parts in sync, often across several projects.
• Leading project teams for bids, studies and delivery of plant.
• Complying with company Project Delivery governance framework - supporting overall value and strategic needs. You will be required to demonstrate that the basic principles of project success are in place.
• Participate in and facilitate reviews for risk, investment readiness, lessons learned, benefits performance and quality.
• Support other project managers and project engineers within the team.

Experience:

The position would suit an engineering discipline professional, possibly process or mechanical. 10+ years experience in supporting delivery of process industry-centric engineering projects.

• Degree level qualified.
• Knowledge of project controls and project management critical success factors with demonstrated experience of adapting and applying them successfully. 
• Leading client facing projects at increasing value and complexity.
• Demonstrable experience of driving project delivery excellence in ambiguous and changing circumstances.
• Working effectively with globally dispersed teams and supply chains.
• Evidenced relationship building skills, especially building relationships remotely.
• Experience of EPC type operations and technology equipment package suppliers.
• Project or Programme Management Qualifications an advantage but hands-on experience and self-development from that experience, a must.

Competencies, Skills and Behaviours:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - able to influence both with and without authority across remote/dispersed teams and create a sense of community amongst project teams.
• Agile, diplomatic and hands-on approach to managing technical customer interactions and expectations. 
• Commercial acumen.
• Comfortable with tension between expectations to operate independently yet proactively engaging with others for support when needed - support a no surprises culture.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, often ambiguous, start-up environment requiring flexibility and pragmatism.
• Natural preference for driving efficiency, minimal bureaucracy and confidence of how to achieve high performance of projects in that context.
• Able to thrive in low, autonomous and collaborative environment - desire to contribute your expertise and approach.