Project Controls Lead

**Project Controls Lead - PNG Brownfield Facilities**

**About Santos**

Santos is a leading independent producer of oil and gas committed to ever-cleaner energy and fuels production. With operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and North America, Santos has been supplying reliable and affordable energy for over 65 years.

**About the Assignment**

The Project Controls Lead (PCL) is responsible for project controls, cost and finance matters supporting the Brownfield Facility suite of projects and will provide leadership and direction in all aspects of project controls, cost management and performance monitoring. The PCL will create suitable project control structures and processes consistent with approved execution strategies and plans for successful delivery of the project. They will provide the project team with meaningful, current and accurate data in order for team members to make informed decisions to meet the objective of completing the Project within the approved budget and agreed completion date(s).

The PCL works closely with the Project Services Manager and the Senior Project Manager to provide expert technical advice and guidance, to ensure a consistent approach to cost management is achieved and where required, leads the development of documents, processes and tools to support the Project. They will engage with each contracted organisation to ensure timely and accurate progress / cost reporting is provided to allow identification and management of emerging trends / issues within each contractor’ s project.

**Tasks include**:

- Work closely with the Senior Project Manager and other Project Management Team (PMT) members, Contractors, and key stakeholders, to implement Project Controls services for the project;
- Advise the Senior Project Manager of areas of actual or potential problems, including recommendations to alleviate problems;
- Provide appropriate leadership and supervision of project controls staff and contractors
- Subject matter expert and primary contact for all project controls matters.
- Develop project detail budgets from TIC estimates;
- Manage the project input into the periodic budget processes with PNG Operations Division;
- Monitoring, analysis and reporting of costs vs. budget, including preparation of trends and forecasts;
- Flag unfavourable trends in a timely manner so that project management have an opportunity to take corrective action to influence the project outcome;
- Identify cost-overrun risks and their root cause and recommend mitigations;
- Ensure cost control processes, procedures and tools are understood within the project team;
- Ensure financial compliance with Santos’ contractual obligations in relation to the project (accruals integrity, cash calling, budget approvals, reporting, etc.);
- Maintain commercial awareness of contract packages through understanding of awarded work scope, payment terms, commercial conditions, potential variations, project strategies and interfaces with other contracts;
- Ensure all finance related administrative issues are raised and actioned in a timely manner;
- Perform health checks and audits of Contractor cost reporting;
- Work with Contractors to oversee development of cost estimates and associated deliverables (e.g., cost estimate basis) at each phase of the project;
- Lead the preparation of the Project Monthly Report by compiling information from disparate sources, including EPC Contractors as well as interpretation and analysis of reports produced by others; and,
- Provide support for development of various management presentations.

**This assignment is initially offered for 12 months, engaged via Chandler Macleod.**

**Location for this assignment is Brisbane working full-time office hours**

**About You**
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering, project management or related discipline;
- Familiarity with project controls software including cost control and scheduling packages.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in major capital project execution;
- Exposure to extractive industries with oil and gas experience considered a distinct advantage;
- Prior experience in a Project Controls leadership position;
- Knowledge of and experience with multi-disciplinary teams, including experience of managing FEED, EPC, EPCM Contractors, in lump sum, unit rate, reimbursable contracting environments.

**How to Apply**

**_ To be considered for this assignment you must have current work rights in Australia (i.e., Australian citizenship, permanent residency, or eligible working visa)._**

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