Project Controller

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at:

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Job Objective:
As a key Member of the Wabtec Corporation Team, the purpose of the Project Controller / Planner is to ensure that all project control systems, including information systems are effectively designed, documented and implemented according to client and company standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Creation of projects with all resource labour and non-labour costs allocated to the plan.
- Update projects including but not limited to Tasks, Resources, Relationships, Durations, Purchase Orders, Risks, Actual Costs etc.
- Develop progress measurement deliverables with regards to progress items breakdown & budgets.
- Enable EV calculation on projects to level 2 WBS (note: level 1 is considered as the project).
- Production of reports to internal management, resource managers and clients as necessary. These reports may include Critical path, Resource loading, Cost, Earned value, Variance etc
- Creation and maintenance of baselines as per corporate procedures. At a minimum these include Initial, Internal sign off, Client sign off, Scope changes (internal or external and chargeable or non-chargeable) and then on a monthly basis with financial period close out.
- Support project managers decision making process by what-if scenario creation and analysis of various options and presenting them in a way the project manager can understand.
- Ensure project actual costs are updated and financial periods are closed out on a monthly basis on the defined day by the Primavera Administrator.
- Liaising with resource managers to ensure accuracy of data.
- Training of Project managers and Resource Managers on use of the project tool in their respective areas to optimize tool utilization and improve efficiency (try to achieve one-point entry for one piece of data).
- Identification and monitoring of project risks / opportunities and reporting to Project Manager.
- Prepare and maintain delay register, notice of delay (NOD), extension of time (EOT) and associated claim deliverables.
- Coordinate & review schedules from multiple subcontractors and integrate into the master schedule.
- Ensure projects are closed as per Primavera procedures document.
- Ensure plans adhere to Wabtec corporate Primavera procedures documents.
- Adhere and contribute to the continuous development of the project planning unit library, database, processes, codes, systems and tools.

Qualifications and Skills:
Essential
- Degree qualified in Engineering or Equivalent.
- Ability to use Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project planning software for scheduling.
- Proficient at creating project control reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Flexibility to travel to other WCS offices as required.

Preferred
- Experience in a Rail Environment.

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