At SIMPEC, culture is a big deal! Forged on community spirit and mateship. We operate in a candid environment where we value real collaboration and connection with people as people, and not as commodities. We are genuinely committed to live our values and walk the talk.
We are currently looking for an experienced Project Controls Engineer to join our team on an upcoming DIDO project set to begin late July/early August. This position will be a full-time position with SIMPEC and offers an ongoing, long-term opportunity on an 18+ month project.
This is an outstanding opportunity to develop your career with a dynamic and growing company, who boast a great and different culture " Be Like No Other”.
The Role
- Responsible for Planning, Scheduling, Earn Value Analysis and Reporting
- Formulate applications of standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with Project Manager, Contract Administrator (CA) and other team members.
- Discuss individual scope components of engineering, procurement and construction with relevant project team members and develop a sufficient level of detail for the schedule activities, sequence of works (logic) as well as labour and non-labour resources.
- Develop resource loaded baseline schedules for assigned projects in the primavera P6 system.
- Set-up Earn Value Reporting tables using standard templates based on quantities, unit rates and man-hours along with applicable rules of credits.
- Perform weekly updates of project schedule, communicate changes in critical path, milestone dates and highlight delays and potential schedule slippages to project managers.
- Prepare look-ahead schedules to support site construction operations.
- Responsible for discipline operating plans and discipline performance within the contract.
About You
- Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management or related construction discipline or considerable experience.
- 2+ years project controls experience with a significant part gained on site construction related to planning, scheduling, progress measurement, earn value analyses and reporting.
- Sound understanding of Project Controls processes particularly critical path methods, principles of Earn Value system based on tangible quantities, unit rates and ‘Rules of Credits’.
- Proficient in the use of scheduling software systems particularly Primavera P6 and progress measurement databases.
- Capability and flexibility to handle multiple tasks in restricted timeframes to support Line of Business and key Project Goals.
- Fully competent in all scheduling, planning, and reporting conducted in Primavera P6.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and strong communication skills – written and verbal.
If this sounds like you then apply now, we would love to hear from you!
At SIMPEC we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity and pride ourselves on leading positively as an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to continuing to build upon the inclusivity in our workplace and ensuring that collectively, we as a team, are a diverse representation of the communities in which we operate. We recognise that diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, religion, Veterans and defence service and many other aspects of your identity and experience, and strongly encourage all to apply