Project Controls Manager
SNC lavalin
Total years of experience :33 years, 6 Months
• Project Controls management on five projects which consist of Copper Smelter project, AGA SX Plant upgrade, ENRC and various Sasol petrochemical projects.
• Manage costing commitments and expenditures following cash flow procedures and ensuring accurate forecast reporting.
• Spearheaded the project management functions including estimating, risk assessment, quality control, cost control, scheduling, and project accounting on projects with great results.
• Set-up project support costing, estimating, forecasting and reporting in PM+ project management system for accurate reporting resulting in on-time and within budget project outcomes.
• Assist and lead on proposal development, risk analysis and project commencements.
• Engineering and construction progress and performance analysis, review and reporting.
• Deliver change management proactively and on a contingency basis as required on project.
• Leading, planning, organising and controlling project management outcomes by means of using the motivation triangle principle.
• Ensuring continuous development of human capacity and formal mentorship of young project controls personnel in cost control/engineering/ motivational estimating.
• Interface with Project Planners and integrating the quantitative scope and value of works with the project schedule in setting up the performance measurement baseline for earned value and progress reporting.
• By implementing continuous improved project control optimization by means of internal mandate control we managed to decrease project man-hour cost.
• Managing and control of project services and project deliverables on ZAR 9 Billion Coal mining project.
• Continuously developing the human capacity and formal mentorship of young PACE project controls personnel in cost control/engineering/estimating.
• Implementing and maintaining costing standards, roles and procedures for effective project implementation and execution.
• Interfacing with Project Planners and integrating the quantitative scope and value of works with the project schedule into Costrac to set-up performance measurement baseline for earned value reporting.
• Planning, leading, organisation and control on Pace resource management and labour planning.
• Managing costing commitments and expenditures following cash flow procedures and forecasts.
• Improving processes on costing, planning, scheduling and project assurance reporting for increased profitability.
• Assisting and leading on proposal development, risk analysis and project commencements.
• Deliver change management proactively and on a contingency basis as required on project.
• Overseeing quality, cost and data management inputs and reporting for project assurance and risk mitigation resulting in positive project outcomes.
• Reduced the EPCM project cost on Medupi Expansion Project by optimising the EPCM roles and responsibilities by means of team integration and collaboration.
• Spearheaded the estimating, risk assessment, controlling, reporting of foreign exchange influences, market indices, and contract price adjustments on major contracts and making recommendations.
• Organising and implementing the project scope to supervise costing life-cycle delivery within the project and reducing cost.
• Responsible for detailed estimating, performing economic analysis, cost analysis and control, life-cycle costing, provision of comparisons with market-related costs, contracts administration, measurement and activity scheduling of multi-disciplined engineering projects.
• Continuously developing of human capacity and formal mentor ship of young project controls personnel in cost control/engineering/estimating and quantity surveying.
• Actively setting- up and maintaining essential standards and procedures.
• Involvement and interface with Project Planners and integrating the quantitative scope and value of works and activities with the project schedule into PRISM for executive management reporting.
• Review of price escalation analysis and reporting including Forex analysis through to financial close
• Deliver the management summary, project-level and control level schedules by means of integrated reporting.
• Manage costing commitments and expenditures following cash flow procedures and forecasts.
• Assisting and leading on proposal development, risk analysis and project commencements.
• Spearheading engineering and construction progress and performance analysis, review and reporting.
• Oversee and ensure accurate costing review and reporting of invoicing, accounts payable and receivable by means of implementing assurance management principals.
• Actively delivering change management proactively and on a contingency basis as required on project.
• Planned and fully implemented PRISM Project manager cost system on Goedgevonden Project and managed to optimize project control and reporting through earned value methodology with great success.
• Projects controls and reporting on ZAR 14 Billion project turbo project in Secunda.
• Metric and trending reports on monthly man-hours on construction and engineering.
• Compensation events, change management and contract administration on NEC contract methodology.
• Roll-up to the total cost of the project in accordance with the work breakdown structure.
• Formalizing the project code structure and preparing the Work Breakdown/Network Activity.
• Structurige and issuing project code of accounts and providing regular updates of Master data.
• Preparing, issuing and maintaining project cost and work-hour reports. Analysing, evaluating and forecasting project costs and variance.
• Establishing budget and tracking, reports and analysing actual cost versus the budget.
• Managing value engineering techniques, earned value analysis, risk assesment and analysis, financial modelling, and compensation event assessments.
• Investigating causes of variances between estimated, committed and actual amounts and recommending solutions or recovery plans.
• Measuring progress and reviewing invoices of contractors to provide independent judgment for progress reporting and payment.
• Reviewing purchase order and subcontract commitments and expenditures in the Project.
• Performing cost sampling and analysing the results to validate or modify the cost forecast.
• Performing initial and on-going Risk and Contingency Management activities.
• Administering the incentive program and making recommendations for improved profitability.
• Coordinating and directing the estimating functions on projects to provide guidelines and reports for responding to client and project management requirements.
• By successfully implementing benchmarking, trending and metric reports on project turbo we managed to optimise project delivery resulting in cost savings.
• Leading, organisation and controls of site cost engineers, planners and estimators on various platinum mining projects.
• Introduced metric and trending reports on monthly construction and engineering man-hours.
• Managing compensation events, change management and contract administration processes and procedures and making recommendations.
• Actively liaison with clients, on time and cost adherence and business analysis reporting.
• Formalizing the project code structure and preparing the Work Breakdown/Network Activity.
• Structuring and issuing project code of accounts and providing regular updates of Master data to project stakeholders.
• Preparing, issuing and maintaining project cost and work-hour reports. Analysing, evaluating and forecasting project costs and variance.
• Establishing budget and tracking, reports and analysing actual cost versus the budget.
• Investigating causes of variances between estimated, committed and actual amounts and recommending solutions or recovery plans.
• Reducing cost by measuring progress and reviewing invoices of contractors to provide independent judgment for progress reporting and payments.
• Reviewing purchase order and subcontract commitments and expenditures in the project and reporting against budget.
• Maintaining the project cost savings program.
• Performing initial and on-going Risk and Contingency Management activities.
• Producing monthly cost reports and controlling changes to the project budget.
• Set-up of weekly and monthly Project Reviews meetings.
• Coordinating and directing the estimating functions on projects to provide guidelines and reports for responding to client and project management requirements.
• Implemented benchmarking, trending and metric reports on monthly mining construction and underground development resulted in optimised mining production and cost savings.
• Planning, leading and control of production and safety targets platinum mine and reporting to general manager.
• Responsible for management and control of operational and CAPEX budgets.
• Compilation of financial, profit and cost reports for scrutiny and profitability.
• Leading and control of all service departments in supporting logistical and services to production units.
• Leading the planning and scheduling of new mining activities and expansion projects.
• Overseeing the accurate cost estimation of new expansion mining projects.
• Overseeing expediting and procurement activities for all services departments.
• Organising monthly cost and budget reviews in controlling expenditure for all mining departments.
• Organising monthly reconciliation and cost analysis in relation with production to increase profitability of business units.
• Managing resources for the implementation of the planning, scheduling and costing for shafts and capital expansions.
• Successfully implemented the budget mass recorder.
• My core competence is vested in good management, computer, costing, budget and interpersonal skills for competitiveness, with great results.
• Received Supervisor of the Year Award for excellent production and safety targets achieved during 1995.
Subjects • Accounting • Financial Management • Business Management • Commercial Law • Economics
Level PMP (Project Management Professional) Institution BRP Project management in Johannesburg, South Africa Subjects • AQF Level 5 Project Management • Project integrative processes • Scope Management • Time Management • Cost management • Quality Management • Human resources management • Communications management • Risk Management • Procurement Management
Mine overseer Cerificate of Competency - Mining (G.C.C) Subjects: • Loss Control • Mine management • Rock mechanics & Strata control • Geology • Mining Engineering • Mechanical & Electrical Engineering • Survey & Sampling