Lead Project Cost Controller

Lead Project Cost Controller – GE Vernova

Be part of a winning team and help deliver the Green Energy transition. We are looking for an experienced Planning professional to join our Project Controls team. The goal in Project Controls is to provide insights and recommendations to influence project execution and maximise value to the customer and GE. You will engage with all functions, be exposed to leadership, and act proactively to make things happen. With focus on tools, processes, operating rhythm, and people, you shall have the opportunity to learn, contribute and excel in one of the best Project controls functions in the industry. Surrounded by committed colleagues, you’ll work on game-changing, diverse projects that enable the energy transition. This role may be open to cost and planning project controls positions, depending on skillset.

Responsibilities

• Maintains project cost to complete budgets in alignment with as sold position and in coordination with budget holders, consistently with actual progress and trend.
• Supports forecast estimation and verifies the accuracy of the actual to date cost (material, labor, manufactured costs, suppliers’ invoices, timesheets, travel expenses). Drive and challenge budget at completion, with analysis through various means (earned value, productivity, cost ratio, market trends). Validates accuracy of estimates.
• Develops mitigations / catch up plans in alignment with functional leaders and Project Manager.
• Aligns with project team and time schedule to ensure forecasted cost risks are accurately captured and costs time phased.
• Checks and controls cost movements, compares with current scope and progress as well as with previous forecast.
• Communicates cost status / forecasts / risk to budget holders and drives / supports risk mitigation and cost out.
• Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status, budget deviations and root causes.
• Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.
• Aligns with planner to ensure costs and schedule are aligned, providing time phased cost forecasts for sales pacing.
• Reports on cost movement root causes impacting sales targets.
• Supports disputes and analysis of claims.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree qualified either in engineering (with financial awareness), or in finance (with good understanding of scope content on HV substations).
• Minimum 3-5 years experience of cost controls / project controls / project management on large & complex or turnkey infrastructure projects.
• Exposure to risk management processes and tools. Ability to differentiate with cost solidity.
• Basic knowledge of ERP systems an advantage (SAP preferred).
• Experience managing small teams within a large project an advantage.
• Project planning experience / good P6 planning software understanding an advantage.

About GE Grid Solutions

GE Grid Solutions serves customers globally with over 13,000 employees. We provide power utilities and industries worldwide with equipment, systems and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. Grid Solutions focuses on addressing the challenges of the energy transition by enabling the safe and reliable connection of renewable and distributed energy resources to the grid. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition.

What We Offer

• Working in an international team which is part of global Engineering HVDC Centre of Excellence within Grid Integration based in Stafford and Lyon.
• A dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements.
• Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities.

Additional Information

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

• Electric Power Generation