Cost / Schedule / Controls Engineer / Specialist III

About the role

This opportunity sits within a refinery and chemical complex environment, supporting the stand-up of a synthetic graphite facility through detailed project controls, planning and schedule review activity. The role focuses on cost estimating, project planning, scheduling, change control and progress stewardship across FEED, commissioning and start-up phases. This position offers the chance to contribute to high-value project delivery by identifying schedule vulnerabilities, supporting reporting activity and strengthening project controls performance.

Responsibilities

• Cost estimating, project planning and scheduling
• Change control and progress stewardship
• Support schedule integration from FEED through commissioning and start-up
• Coordinate progress reporting and support regulated and non-regulated accounting reporting requirements
• Maintain change control and cost reporting processes
• Review start-up schedules and identify vulnerabilities
• Apply Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) processes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering within a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience
• Significant project controls experience, including planning, scheduling and cost control within complex project environments
• Experience across brownfield and turnaround projects
• Previous experience in a closely related position
• Advanced proficiency in cost estimating, project planning and project controls
• Strong Primavera P6 proficiency
• High-level schedule summary development and schedule analytics capability
• Strong resource-loaded schedule evaluation skills
• Strong progress measurement and progress stewardship capability, including Strategic Key Milestones
• Ability to maintain change control and cost reporting processes
• Strong knowledge of AWP processes
• Ability to review start-up schedules and identify vulnerabilities
• Strong influencing, consulting, mentoring, analytical and computing skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to organise, plan, control, coordinate and manage cross-functional activities effectively
• Adaptability to changing priorities and ability to broker successful solutions across internal coordination groups

Preferred Qualifications

• Owner and EPC experience
• Bachelor’s degree in I&E Engineering or Mechanical Engineering