Deputy Project Manager - Energy

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunity

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to fossil free energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures.

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,500 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,046 billion in 2022 in 24 countries, on 5 continents.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Scope Management

Administative and executive support to the Project Manager in the execution of engineering projects

Coordinates the acitons of the support roles (purchases, expediting, traffic, quality, construction, ets.)

Develop Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to reflect required project deliverables

Ensure that the engineering, manufacturing, installation and commissioning plans adhere to the required project scope

Prepare and maintain Master Shipping Lists to facilitate identification, tracking, and verification of all loose items shipped via review of bills of material (BOM) and supplier packing lists (SPL-QAR)

Coordinate with Field Service personnel to resolve equipment overage/shortage issues

Schedule Management

Ensure that the engineering, manufacturing, installation and commissioning plans adhere to the project schedule

Develop a transportation plan for all purchased equipment

Guide the effort to produce a contract compliant Baseline Project Schedule with the buy-in from all key stakeholders

Compare project schedule performance index and variance to project schedule baseline to determine if corrective action is necessary to control the project

Implement plan for providing on-site expediting services at supplier facilities, if necessary

Cost Management

Learn to use, apply and master Project Management Sector and Corporate reporting tools and software (e.g. PROMOCORE, PROTIMM, CAFÉ, SAP)

Estimate activity durations and costs

Approve Project Team Members' time and Expense Reports in a timely manner

Review and discern As-Sold Proposal Budgets for new orders and develop into Project Budgets

Monitor Project Accounts Receivables and Payables

Provide regular, accurate forecast cost updates as part of periodic project updates

Compare project cost performance index and variance to project cost baseline to determine if corrective action is necessary to control the project

Provide timely Project Financial Reports to Finance & Accounting on a minimum of a monthly basis

Analyzes Project profitability, revenue, margins and bill rate

Develop project cost baseline to determine spending plan for how much money is approved for the project and when funds are required including generation and maintenance of project cash flow curves

Quality Management

Ensure quality standards, processes and metrics are being implemented during project execution

Determine whether quality plan and processes are correct and effective

Review quality audit reports and determine if corrective action is necessary to control the project against the project baseline

Resource Management

Determine team charter and all roles and responsibiltiies

Identify resources needed and determine if corrective action is necessary to control the project against the project baseline

Manage people while ensuring priorities of the project are being met

Evaluate team and individual performance while identifying any training needs of project team members

Facilitate conflict resolution

Hold team-building activities and give recognition and rewards to support project team development

Seek and participate in development opportunities

Handles Meetings with subcontractors (KOM, expediting meetings, etc.)

Communications Management

Carries out the documentary follow-up

Communicates internally with other departments, and with suppliers under the control of the PM, for the management of

supcontractors

Communicates with clients for the coordination of specicfic subjects such as QA notifications, logistics, shipment organizations, etc.

Plan how project communications will be structured, implemented, and monitored for effectiveness.

Manage communications to ensure needs of stakeholders are being met through the distribution of communications via reports, graphics, emails, meetings and other in-person communication

Organize, lead, and facilitate internal, supplier, and customer meetings effectively

Lead regular Project Status Review Meetings with the Project Team

Present regular Project Review Meetings (project financial update) to the Leadership Team

Keep the Project Team well informed of changes within the organization and general corporate news

Effectively communicate relevant project information to superiors

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