Job Summary
The Willow Infrastructure Cost Control Specialist position performs under the direction of the Cost Control Lead- Infrastructure and will be accountable for oversight of certain components of the Willow Infrastructure cost, change management and reporting. The assignment will include participation in the Infrastructure Project Controls Leadership team meetings and other assignments as required.
Responsibilities
- Supporting the Implementation and maintenance of the integrated project cost management system assuring timely and accurate cost data input to the system.
- Develop monthly (VOWD) and prepare the monthly Accrual.
- Develop monthly (VOWF) and the monthly phasing.
- Reporting status of all project costs and time phased spend plans for cost and production trends, forecast at completion [FAC] analysis, cost variance analysis for use by all major project stakeholders and senior management/executive review.
- Develop total project cost, performance, and forecast reports for review by project team.
- Develop monthly cash flow report and variance analyses.
- Work in SAP to download and evaluate actual cost. Also, upload cost information into SAP.
- Analyzing all incoming program and project cost data and providing an early warning process by variance and trend analysis and recommending viable recovery or work around plans as required to the Project Teams.
- Managing the Contractor’s change/trend process and stewarding the owner’s trend and change management process.
- Coordinate and expedite the preparation and approval of project change management documents.
- Registering and evaluating all change orders for cost impact.
- Ensure all approved and pending changes are incorporated into the project plan/forecast and communicate those with the Project Lead and the Project Controls Lead.
- Coordinating the development of the monthly changes based on project cost forecast, the monthly trend and change reporting and the monthly contingency drawdown.
- Review project invoices/charges for approval.
- Ensure all contracts and WBS elements are closed at project/phase completion.
- Coordinating with the Infrastructure Planning/Scheduling Lead to ensure that the project budget aligns with the project schedule and the execution plan timelines.
- Interfacing and coordinating with the project teams and Contractor’s Cost specialists (where necessary) to ensure that cost data is incorporated into the integrated project budget and forecast in a timely and accurate manner.
- Review/approve contractor cost reports.
- Analyze contractor-prepared cost performance reports using Earned Value methods.
- Assist in coordination of flow of information related to contractor input into the contractor’s estimate and to the recasting effort associated with the overall control estimate.
- Ensure all contracts and WBS elements are closed at project/phase completion.
- Coordinate the preparation and approval of Purchase Orders and Requisitions to authorize work.
- Coordinate with SCM for the proper project close-out.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors’ Degree and/or equivalent experience
- Proven management and staff leadership skills
- 5+ years experience on major capital projects in Oil & Gas, Refinery or Petrochemical environments in assignments of increasing responsibility, complexity and scale
- High technical competency in the field of Project Controls with an expertise in Cost Budgeting and Forecasting (Work in Progress/Earned Value), Change Management, Accruals and General Accounting, as well as expert use of Project Controls systems
Preferred Qualifications
- BS Degree in Construction Management, Engineering or other appropriate field or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of proprietary computer software systems used for project management, tracking, controlling and reporting (SAP, PIMS, Other)
- Demonstrated ability for development of reports for and presentations to management
Willow Project Overview
Located on Alaska’s North Slope in the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), the Willow project is estimated to produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak.
The economic impact of the Willow project will be sizable. According to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) estimates, Willow could generate between $8 billion and $17 billion in new revenue for the federal government, the state of Alaska, the North Slope Borough, and local communities. The initial phase of Willow development will include a new Willow Central Processing Facility (WCF), three drill sites, pipelines, roads, bridges and supporting infrastructure.
Scope Summary
The Willow project is spread over several phases and areas:
2023 – 2025 - Detailed Design
2023 – 2024 - WOC Fabrication
2025 – 2027 - WOC North Slope Installation and Commissioning
2025 – 2027 - WCF / DS Sealift Module Fabrication
2027 – 2029 – WCF / DS North Slope Installation and Commissioning
Willow will be a greenfield design including all processing facilities, utilities, drilling equipment, camp, and power generation.
