Damco Spain Sl | Project Controls Manager, Terminal Development Projects

APM Terminals is one of the most complete integrated port and land service networks in the world. We are in a unique position to help both shipping and land line customers grow their business and achieve better efficiency, flexibility, and reliability in their supply chain.ROLE PURPOSE:As a Project Controls Manager at APM Terminals, you will play a pivotal role in driving large-scale and complex capital infrastructure and port operations projects across the Latin America region. If you are a motivated and forward-thinking project professional seeking to be part of our project management team, this position offers an exceptional chance to contribute to transformative initiatives and project success.We are in search of dedicated project controls professionals who possess a strong drive for excellence, creative problem-solving abilities, and a passion for pushing boundaries in how to better deliver complex projects and drive business case value.To excel in this vital role, our Project Controls Manager will deliver on three key areas:Project Performance Transparency: Be the source of truth on project performance, ensuring clear communication within the team and stakeholders.Project Management Technical Excellence: Drive sound decision-making with your expertise in project management best practices and lean principles.Proactive Leadership: Facilitate efficient project performance by proactively managing leading and lagging indicators.Project controls is a key technical function to deliver our project success criteria and ultimately the benefits back to the business. How this is led and delivered is just as essential as what is delivered. We believe it requires transparency on the results, great knowledge or experience to draw upon, and a mindset focused on predicting and improving in the future.Join us as a Project Controls Manager and shape the future of large-scale complex projects, making a significant impact on our journey towards a safer, bigger, and better tomorrow.BUSINESS PURPOSE:APM Terminals, as part of its Growth agenda, is looking into new opportunities across the Latin America region. These opportunities include large-scale and complex capital infrastructure and port operations projects within our existing terminal businesses. Our goal is to make our businesses safer, bigger, and better.We are excited to present a unique and promising opportunity to be a part of a key project in a beautiful and culturally diverse location. As we aim to maintain confidentiality during this initial phase, we are unable to disclose the exact location openly.ACCOUNTABILITIESThese are the areas of the project where the Project Controls Manager will have ownership, including of the consequences, no matter how, where or who undertakes the work or tasks.Project controls reportingThe overall project "Way of Working", including meetings, adherence to standards and APMT processConsolidation and adherence (by the project) to:Project controls toolsProject Execution Plan (PEP), including project management plansLeadership of project controls team and function.RESPONSIBILITIES:These are the tasks that are expected to be undertaken by the Project Controls Manager on the project.GeneralImplement, maintain and drive the transparent application of the APMT project management and control tools by the project team itself and its consultants, contractors, and suppliers.Obtain and maintain scope, schedule, quality control, and budget baselines.Facilitate:the correct application of the change management processes (changes to scope, schedule, requirements, and budget),the risk management process and ensure timely input from the project team,the document management process, andthe correspondence registration system.Ensure correct and timely reporting:within the project and team,to Project Manager, Head of Asset Delivery, Business Integration Lead, and other relevant leads.to HQ Program Lead and PMO, andto other corporate counterparts (as required),including both leading and lagging indicators of project performance.Act as primary point of contact for all project control systems (mainly PMWeb) and be responsible for the user rights administration.Liaise with the functional counterpart on project control system issues and improvements.Controls & governanceImplement APMT project controls and project procedures to manage the construction, delivery of equipment and project IT & automation proactively.Track project progress against the approved baselines and, where appropriate, ensure issues are proactively addressed, resolved and/or escalated and reported.CommunicationsEnsure clear and consistent reporting within and from the project team.Regularly meet with the construction, equipment, and IT teams to maintain awareness of (potential) project control issues.Build working relations with counterparts at the head office, consultants, contractors, and suppliers.InterfacesWork closely with the project team to maintain consistent and accurate project control.Liaise with the APMT global departments to ensure consistency with company standards.Provide feedback to the Project Execution team.REPORTING AND SCOPE:Direct reporting: Project ManagerFunctional reporting: Project Management Officer (PMO), Project ExecutionCRITICAL QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EXPERIENCEMust Have…Advanced Spoken & Written Communication skillsSpanish (preferred)English (essential)Relevant professional experience:10 years overall, including a minimum of 5 years within a project controls functional discipline.Accountability in project controls on at least two large-scale and complex capital infrastructure projects.Working in a culturally and technical diverse team and environment, internally and externally to your organisation.Confidently presenting and effectively communicating to internal (project) and external (HQ) stakeholders in written and spoken Spanish and English.Coaching and/or mentoring others across a team or broader functional business.Delivering a high level of accuracy and quality.Relevant (& hands-on) technical experience and knowledge of:Completion and been awarded an advanced project management qualification, for example APM PMQ, PMI PMP certificate or equivalent.Project management platforms and systems (for managing document controls, contracts, change, cost, communication, and milestones) e.g. PMWeb, Proliance, PCM, Skire or similar.Project management tools including scheduling software e.g. Primavera, MS Project, etc.Managing through influence and creating team commitment to following a governance structure, including procedures, processes, and project controls.Proactive performance management through supervising (predictive) measures.Preferred (but not essential)Experience of working in a matrix organisation.Experience of supervision and line management of others in project controls or project management roles.Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) preferred, but not essential.If you have been reading until now, we are glad to know that you are interested in this opportunity. And if you want to use your skills to make a difference, apply now!Join a company that is a world leader as we embark on a digital transformation that will define the industry and revolutionize commerce!Learn more about usInterested in a career at APM Terminals? Learn more and watch our videos at the following link: www.apmterminals.com/careersAt APM Terminals, we are a team of more than 20,000 employees in more than 60 countries united by a passion to offer our expertise in port operations and container management services. We actively support the progress of the societies around us, allowing local economies to unleash their potential.APM Terminals is an independent business unit of the Danish Maersk Group, a global Fortune 500 company with around 89,000 employees.#LI-MV2#LI-OnsiteMaersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. 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