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Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.
We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.
The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.
This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.
We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.
Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?
Key responsibilities
- Responsible for personal safety and working within the provisions and guidelines of the Petrofac HSE framework.
- Study and improve understanding of project objectives, organisation, and contract requirements.
- Understand the corporate and contract specific Estimating, Cost and Planning procedures and carry out all work in accordance with these, in alignment with the Brownfield Functional Framework.
- Provide general assistance to all members of the Project Controls team on a Contract.
- Provide functional assistance to the Corporate Project Controls leadership team
Cost Specific
- Assist in the development of Project budgets
- Assist in the development and maintenance of project cost plans using appropriate software applications.
- Provide copies of project cost reports in accordance with project reporting requirements.
- Monitor and report on cost impact of project manpower forecasts
- Attend project meetings as required.
- Assist in the project cost close-out process
Planning Specific
- Where required assist with the accurate input of estimates and change requests into the planning system in accordance with any defined Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) or standard contract requirements.
- Assist in the development of project plans and schedules
- Under the guidance of the Senior / Planning engineer assist in the preparation of sensible and achievable schedules as logic networks with single start and finish activities.
- Assist with the development of project manpower requirements based on project plans and schedules.
- Assist with the capture and processing of project progress data and updating project plans and schedules to reflect this.
- Assist with the preparation and issue of reports in line with the contract reporting requirements.
- Attend project meetings as required.
- Develop and maintain a good working knowledge of relevant scheduling software.
- Support senior and planning personnel as appropriate.
- Liaise with the project cost team to ensure the maintenance of accurate man hour forecasting.
- Develop and maintain a good working knowledge of relevant scheduling software.
- Support senior and planning personnel as appropriate.
- Liaise with cost discipline to ensure the maintenance of accurate man hour forecasting.
- Assist in the development of Project Cost Estimates
- Assist in the Change Control process
- Provide copies of Estimating reports in accordance with project reporting requirements
- Attend project meetings as required.
- Assist in the filing of all relevant documentation
Essential qualifications and skills
- Secondary Education, preferably at “Higher” level
- Strong numeracy skills required
- Good verbal and written communication required
- Good computerised systems skills
- Basic knowledge of Cost, Planning & Estimating principles.
- Basic knowledge of Project Management principles and techniques.
- Previous industry experience beneficial but not essential.
