Lead, Project Controls and QA/QC Engineer

Job Summary

The responsibility of the Lead, Project Controls and QA/QC Engineer is to establish and maintain robust project control frameworks that assure successful project delivery. The role ensures that the resources required to execute multiple cross-functional engineering projects are effectively aligned with established control standards and governance requirements.

Additionally, the Lead, Project Controls and QA/QC Engineer is responsible for providing quality assurance and related support functions across projects.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Effectively manage the project control team, including cost engineers, planners and quality assurance and control.
• Monitor and control program compliance with respect to project contractual obligations.
• Support and advise on the definition of project controls and earned value management policies, procedures and standards required to deliver projects.
• Support program integration, governance, formats, plan optimisation, and project controls best practices.
• Advise and consult on the application of effective planning variance, estimates at completion and critical path analysis.
• Support the development of integrated master schedules for specific programs in Primavera and/or Microsoft projects that reflect all interface milestones and activity duration from multiple contractors’ schedules and feed changes to the integrated master schedule.
• Provide project controls management, including baseline schedule development and management, performance status and reporting, baseline change control, risk management, earned value management guidance and tools.
• Work closely with the project manager, commercial manager and project quality assurance and control to maximize the potential of the project.
• Support the development of requirements for specific resource-loaded schedules.
• Ensure project controls processes are consistently applied across the projects.
• Manage governance to ensure robust control and schedule performance for the agreed scope of work across integrated programs managed across multiple suppliers.
• Implement data protection policies and practices of Egbin Power Plc.
• Ensure compliance with the NDPR and other data protection laws, and data protection policies.
• Undertake a data protection impact assessment as applicable to curb the risk during data processing operations
• Ensuring the Project controls team produces weekly/monthly reports in line with the project and company reporting calendar, providing details on progress, actuals, forecast and explanation of variances.
• Develop and regularly update project LFIs.
• To follow up on reported project deviations and non-conformances to ensure necessary corrective actions are adequately taken to prevent recurrence
• To ensure the implementation of risk-based thinking in project management.
• To propose recommendations to management for improvements and cost savings within the area of responsibility.
• To conduct surveillance and reviews at project sites to maintain quality standards and requirements.
• To ensure the implementation of risk-based thinking in project management.
• Responsible for the overall health of the capital projects portfolio, and the development and application of a project management system
• Responsible for maximising project value through an opportunity realisation process.
• To carry out oversight quality functions on capital projects to ensure compliance with all quality standards.
• Ensure awareness, understanding and application of QHSE policy on projects, ensure the integration of the IMS requirements (ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & 45001:2018) into departmental processes.
• Engage, direct and support persons/contractors/departments to understand and identify hazards, risks, environmental aspect and Impact as it is related to their jobs.
• Ensure that the Integrated Management System (ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & 45001:2018) achieves its intended results within departmental processes.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, preferably Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or its equivalent.
• Minimum of 7 years cognate work experience in a similar role.
• Postgraduate certification in Project Management is a must-have.

Skills and Competencies

• Effective communication within the team and with stakeholders
• Independent certification/training by an accredited body relating to HSE &Q management
• Proficiency in using relevant program tools and techniques
• Experienced in the implementation of earned value management-based projects
• Control systems in accordance with relevant national standards
• Planning, risk analysis and configuration management
• Practical ability to utilise critical project management concepts (e.g., EVM projects)
• Significant track record of successful projects
• Must be certified project management associate (PMP is an alternative)
• Earned Value Foundation (APMG)
• Experience in working on NEC 3 projects (Added advantage)