Project Controls Engineer                                January 11 – to date

Bechtel Australia,100 Brookes Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD 4006

·   Performing inter-disciplinary tasks between the Cost, Trend and Schedule divisions of the Project Controls Department on Hay Point Expansion Phase 3.

·   Initially worked on Budget refining process, which involved segregating Direct Costs / Hrs, Indirect Cost / Hrs, Escalation, Growth Allowances and Contingency.

·   Mapping of cost accounts from estimate files to control budget items.

·   Responsible for producing cash call for advance funding on a monthly and quarterly basis for multiple currencies.

·   Leasing with Contracts, Procurement, Planning and Site teams on a regular basis to establish the projected cash flow.

·   Generating Commitment and Incurred cost curves.

·   Updating / Creating new Cost codes and mapping to package codes in ePCWorks

·   Coordinating with procurement, expediting and logistics teams for tracking critical dates for delivery of steel galleries, surge bins and transfer towers. Updating the delivery schedule for pre-fabricated items manufactured overseas.

·   Responsible for maintaining and updating the Level 4 schedule in Primavera 6 for the Shiploader. 

·   Providing input into the Level 1 and Level 3 executive schedule.

·   Responsible for raising the trends related to material procurement.

·   Rationalising cost accounts with packages in line with awarded contracts.

·   Managing a team of 2 Junior Cost Engineers.

.   Attending Trend and Cost Review Meetings