Hybrid Project Planning & Controls – Engineer I

at AtkinsRéalis

• Job title: Project Planning & Controls – Engineer I
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ETL, PMP, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bangalore, India

About the role

• Engineer I role in project planning and control for projects in Process, Manufacturing, Production Industry at AtkinsRéalis. Focus on cost management, scheduling, and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Project Management team to produce Cost Breakdown Structure based on project Work Breakdown Structure to setup governance requirements in discussion with the Project Managers.
• Prepare process and tools to carry out pricing estimates based on project stakeholders’ input.
• Track and analyze the project costs including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, forecasts, contingencies analysis.
• Proactively engage regularly with project stakeholders to gather their inputs and get agreement.
• Demonstrate continuous improvement, automation, lean techniques to bring consistency and efficiencies across projects, programmes and portfolios in project controls, cost and schedule management.
• Produce forecasts of total project costs, annual costs, and monthly cash flow costs and provides variance analysis and explanations.
• Carries out an earned value and project performance analysis of the project on a periodic basis.
• Monitor, control and analyse the project cost and schedule information, identify variances and bring these to the attention of the Project Manager with possible alternatives.
• Prepare specific reports to facilitate challenge and analysis to meet the project’s specific needs.
• Produce and issue cost reports to the client and project team, including key project indicators.
• Develop, manage, revise, and update integrated detailed project schedules including all phases of project execution.
• Proactively analyze project schedules including comparing cost/resource curves to actuals, tracking float consumption, and change order impact analysis to ensure compliance with contract requirements.
• Support Project managers on proactively raising early warnings and preparing change orders to be submitted to the clients and updates to project controls specific documents.
• Supply chain management to support contract preparation and meet fair payment requirements.
• Support Risk identification and reporting.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in guiding and mentor junior staff to meet delivery requirements.
• Expertise in Power BI/Data Analytic Ability to analyze and understand large sets of data (turn this analysis into Actionable steps) and develop customized ad hoc reports.
• Create dashboards and interactive visual reports using Power BI.
• Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) with clear objectives and consistently monitor those.
• Create relationships between data and develop tabular and other multidimensional data models.
• Perform DAX queries and functions in Power BI.
• Analyze current ETL process, define and design new systems.
• Redefine and make technical/strategic changes to enhance existing Business Intelligence systems.
• Design, develop and deploy business intelligence solutions as per needs.
• SQL querying for best results, use of filters and graphs for better understanding of data.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Construction Management, Building Technology, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 to 6 years of relevant experience on global UK, Middle East or US projects.
• Preferable experience in Consultant roles.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Power BI.
• Excellent language, report writing, presentation and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of earned value concepts and calculations.
• Proficiency in cost management tools such as Ecosys and report preparation skills.
• Preferable - PMIS Software knowledge – Primavera, Unifier, Ares Prism, Ecosys.
• Practiced in Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
• Aware in Financial System Interface.
• Practiced in Budget/Cost Control.
• Aware in Cash Flow.
• Aware in Contingency Management.
• Practiced in Cost Change Control.
• Exposure to NEC3 / NEC 4 Contracts.
• Must have strong understanding of CPM (Critical Path Method) concepts and calculations.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to quickly adapt to changing environments and requirements.
• Certified Estimating Professional, Certified Cost Professional, Certified Schedule Professional, Project Management Professional or equivalent credential(s).
• Expert in Microsoft Power BI.
• Expertise in O365 Apps.
• Good to have automation skills using Visual Basic or any other s/w.

Benefits

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.