Project Controls Engineer

About Us

Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE) is the largest Indian private sector engineering and project consultancy and an emerging global leader in integrated engineering solutions. With more than 60 years of engineering excellence, TCE has a presence in over 64 countries and over 12000 completed projects, the company operates in 3 core Industry segments -Infrastructure (Water, Environment, Urban Development, Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities, Ports and Harbours, Transportation), Power (Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Renewable, Transmission and Distribution) and Resources - Hydrocarbons and Chemicals (Oil, Gas and Refineries, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Fertilizers, Speciality Chemicals, Pulp and Paper, Cement, Food, Pharmaceuticals and Beverages, Tyre, Glass) as well as Mining and Metallurgy (Mining, Geology, Beneficiation, Steel, Non-ferrous). TCE serves domestic as well as international markets and is known for several first-of-its-kind projects offering Engineering Studies, Design Engineering Services, Project Management Consultancy Services, OPEX and IIOT across all three verticals. A part of Tata Group - India’s most respected group, TCE is a 100 percent subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited Design your Future with us At TCE, you will experience a supportive environment that empowers you to excel, whether you are based in our offices or at a client site. We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering a workplace where every individual can thrive by contributing their unique skills and perspectives to deliver exceptional results for our clients. Our comprehensive compensation and benefits packages are designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families, complemented by a robust global well-being program. As a leading global infrastructure firm, we are committed to your growth and success, offering access to cutting-edge technology and impactful projects that offer flexibility and significant professional opportunities. Join us and become part of a global company that values your potential and supports your career development.

Purpose & Scope of Position

The Project Controls Engineer is responsible for the overall delivery of Project Controls. including Estimating, Cost Management, Planning and Scheduling, EPCM Control, Project Accounting, Trend and Change Management, Progress Measurement and Evaluation and Project Reporting. The Project Controls Engineer assures TCE procedures and best practices are applied to the project, as appropriate, and recommends changes where required.

Experience

• Working knowledge of engineering, project control systems and construction management. • This position requires a minimum of 2-3 years’ experience, mostly in cost engineering with a focus on the broad EPCM capital project execution. • Knowledge in the use of Primavera Project Planner and MS Office package

Qualification

• Postgraduate or graduate in an engineering discipline • Professional Project Management Certification (preferable from PMI) or Post Graduate degree in Project Engineering and Management or Post Graduate degree in Advanced Construction Management

Key Responsibilities

1. Develop, monitor, track, analyze, forecast, and report on project budgets, estimates to complete, commitments, expenditures, project progress and productivity, work plans and schedules, projects cost at completion, WBS cost coding, subcontracts, and change management 2. Support Project Managers with weekly/monthly forecast on projects and with monthly Operational Project Reviews 3. Involvement in the development of the schedule for mainly engineering activities, but may also need to incorporate other activities associated with procurement, construction, etc 4. Preparation of spread-sheets and a wide variety of routine cost analyses, cash flow, and other cost related evaluations 5. Set-up, monitor and report earned value progress measurement systems for projects, including analysis based on input from project leads 6. Serve as a technical expert in cost control and planning/scheduling. Understand the relationships between the project controls functions— planning/scheduling, cost control, and risk management. 7. Develop accurate and timely project cost forecasts with the participation of project engineer, planning engineer and project managers. The forecasts should be valued and used by the project team to contribute to the overall management of the project. 8. Provide a proactive contribution to the management of risk, cost, and quantities on a project. Determine the most critical measures and implement systems of control to provide timely feedback. Follow through on these items to improve the opportunity for success 9. Analyze risk to forecast contingencies. Support contingency management. 10. Identify potential project problems early, report issues and problems to BU leadership and Project Manager, and work with project teams to address and implement recovery plans 11. Assure change management systems and processes are implemented and followed 12. Produce various planning and scheduling reports and analysis 13. Create and issue client and internal status reports that effectively communicate cost status and trends. Define corrective actions for implementation. 14. Update schedules with actual progress and forecast remaining durations, project milestones, and completion dates. 15. Deploy, implement, and train on standard cost control procedures following the enterprise and/or business group procedures.

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