Project Controls Engineer

dsm-firmenich • Princeton, NJ • 1h ago

DSM North America, Inc. seeks a Project Controls Engineer for its Plainsboro, New Jersey location.

Duties: Early phase project cost estimating (Front-End Loading (FEL) 1-3 / Feasibility, Conceptual, and Basic phases) for R&D, Chemical & Industrial Plants (Biotech - Fermentation), Animal & Human Nutrition facilities compliant with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). Project Controls Plans for CAPEX projects of various sizes and complexities. Cost and Schedule Forecast at Completion (Estimate at Completion) using Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI). Support for Global Cost Estimating database metrics and data gathering for project KPIs, benchmarking, and cost appraisals. Basis of Estimate (BOE) documentation throughout the estimate lifecycle, noting the scope, execution strategy, level of precision, key assumptions, exclusions, risks, and other critical project information. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for Brownfield and Greenfield facility projects. Estimating total installed factors for ISBL (inside battery limits) and OSBL (outside battery limits) project scope. Estimates for owner costs / internal resource allocations. Validation of consolidated estimates using benchmarked industry data. Project Risk Assessments (PRA), including a risk register, quantitative and qualitative risk identification, assessments, and analysis (Monte-Carlo modeling @Risk & Crystal Ball platforms), opportunity management, and applying project risk management principles, practices, standards, and methods. Progress cost and schedule performance validation. Project escalation & inflation estimating models based on market conditions and execution timelines. Integration of level 1-3 project schedules, milestones, and activity durations from multiple contractors. Time impact analysis, critical path analysis, resource leveling, and related qualitative and quantitative schedule evaluations. Project Controls requirements (Earned Value, Rules of Credit, Reporting, Critical Path) for Engineering and Construction Contracts (AIA G702 and G703 forms). Performance indicators (KPIs), data, and trends using reports, charts, tables, dashboards. Market Intelligence (CMI) investigation and reporting for structural steel, labor rates, price per sqft, lead-times. Project and program reporting standards using Power BI, PIMS 365, PowerPoint, etc. and other Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives for DSM HQ, Stage Gate, and VAR (Value Assurance Reviews) / Value Engineering. Stage Gate Reviews (SGR) of project cost estimates for DSM capital projects worldwide.

Requirements: Requires a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent, in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering (any) or related field and six (6) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience as Project Controls Engineer, Project Cost Engineer, or a related position for a life sciences, engineering or oil and gas company. At least six (6) years of employment experience must include: Servicing multi-million dollar capital projects from feasibility phase through detailed engineering and design phase to commissioning phase; Overseeing project management and capital projects delivery processes, including Total Cost Management (TCM), Earned Value Management (EVM); and Developing the overall estimate schedule identifying all deliverable, including estimating scope of work, preparation of the estimate methodology and basis of the estimate. At least three (3) years of experience must include using SAP, Ecosys, PIMS, and Procore to manage capital projects, cost control, planning and scheduling, change and trends control, cost validation, progress measurement, and reporting. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the US. Salary: $189,449/yr; 40 hours/week. Direct applicants only.

Qualified applicants may visit our website at https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/corporate/careers.html and apply online (Job ID 81126). EOE M/F/D/V.

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