Project Manager Indirect

Role objectives

Cost planning and budget controls

• Establish and maintain project budgets consistent with approved estimates and execution strategies.
• Develop project cost architecture, including WBS, CBS, control accounts, and budget allocations aligned with contractual structure and project schedule.
• Set up control accounts and ensure budget data is coded and configured on the project cost control platform.

Change and variation assessments

• Evaluate project changes and variation orders and determine impacts on scope, WBS, control accounts, budget, and forecast.
• Quantify internal cost impacts and prepare commercial substantiation for client and subcontractor claims.

Cost monitoring and performance

• Conduct trend analysis, identify potential cost overruns and improvement opportunities, and track commitments and forecasts.
• Prepare EAC, ETC, and VAC forecasts and report them to the Project Controller.
• Maintain accurate cost distribution updates for annual and quarterly targets.
• Implement EVM on the project cost control platform and monitor CPI, SPI, CV, and SV metrics.
• Prepare cost control reports and project net cash flow with the Project Controller.

Commercial and cross-functional support

• Coordinate between Project Controls, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commercial functions to assess, capture, forecast, and recover project changes.
• Support quantitative risk assessments and cost contingency analysis.
• Review contractor invoices, commitments, and payment applications.
• Ensure schedule, progress, and cost reporting remain aligned.

Experience and expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Finance, or a related discipline.
• 8–15+ years of experience in project controls or cost engineering within Oil & Gas, LNG, Petrochemical, Refinery, Offshore, or EPC projects.
• Expertise includes cost control, cost forecasting, EVM, change management, risk or contingency management, Primavera P6, and Power BI or advanced Microsoft Excel.

Preferred certifications

• AACE Certified Cost Professional (CCP) or Earned Value Professional (EVP) certification is preferred.

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