Project Controls Lead ( Husky Energy)- career opportunity in Canada

Job Title: Project Controls Lead
Job Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Job type:Full-time
Deadline: 25/08/2013
Project Controls Lead-11747

Description:
Husky Energy is one of Canada’s largest integrated energy companies. Based in Calgary, Alberta, it is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol HSE and HSE.PR.A. Husky and its more than 5,000 employees operate in Western and Atlantic Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific Region, with Upstream and Downstream business segments.
Husky’s Oil Sands Project Controls – Sunrise business unit is currently looking for a Project Control Lead to be accountable for leading the Project Controls effort. The successful candidate will assist the Project Managers, Project Leads, and Project Controls Manager in managing their areas of the project within approved cost and schedule, and in keeping with Husky’s environmental and safety standards. The incumbent will play a vital role in verifying that the business processes and systems required to ensure the Sunrise Field Facilities are managed safely and effectively, are in line with the Husky Operational Integrity Management System (HOIMS).
The Project Control Lead will support the project by enabling and ensuring proactive information and analysis of time, cost and resource information, also playing an instrumental part in ensuring validity of external and internal information/data.
As appropriate, the incumbent will identity potential issues, risks, and trends in a timely manner, such that the Project Manager can take appropriate action.
Further responsibilities will be to coordinate, implement, maintain and ensure that project management information flow is established and maintained at all phases of the project lifecycle, and influence and advise on corrective actions when necessary. Specific focus will be on the overview and integration of cost and schedule activity.
Specific responsibilities include:

Oversight and Integration of all stakeholder Cost and Schedule aspects of . In particular, coordination of Business Unit, Drilling, Midstream, and other Husky Cost / Scheduling progress information, reporting, and analysis.
Communication, verification and integration of contractor information.
Oversight and confirmation that all schedule information is integrated, implemented, and maintained within the project integrated schedule.
Project progress analysis and reporting to proactively identify variances in work execution strategy.
Audit schedules to ensure quality and accuracy of engineering and construction contractors’ schedules.
Prepare specific management reports/studies as required.
Effective and proactive cost control co-ordination.
Effective communication with the project team.
Assist in project commercial strategy.
Provide back-up as necessary for the 1 Project Controls Manager.

Qualifications
The ideal candidate has the following qualifications:
A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is an asset
A professional engineering status (P.Eng) within the province of Alberta would be an asset
A Project Management Professional (PMP) designation would be ideal
A minimum of 10 years’ proven and progressive project controls experience in a heavy industrial / oil and gas / petrochemical setting
Experience with prime responsibility for overseeing project controls functions on major projects (i.e. >$250 million) from start through completion is required
Understanding and experience in facilities design, construction, and hand-over as well as knowledge of engineering contractor processes
Project planning and execution skills
Knowledge of contracts and contracting
Knowledge of Health, Safety, and Environment regulations would be an asset
Strong computer skills with proficiency using Primavera, Project Management Systems, and cost management tools such as Kildrummy are a requirement
Well developed people management, leadership and coaching skills in order to create and maintain a high performing team
Motivated, outstanding positive can-do attitude, and desire to grow job responsibility
Exceptional planning, organizing and negotiating skills
Strong communication and interpersonal skills

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