Global Project Controls SME (Open to Remote)

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.Job Purpose and ImpactThis position is a part of the Global Capital Engineering Group, reporting to the Global Director of Project Controls. This position will be responsible for establishing Project Control standards, tools and procedures and serves on the Project Controls Leadership Team working with a multi-nation and multi-cultural team.In this role you need to be able to center the global project controls organization, and wider project management, on a topic / deliverable and fully manage all of the complexities that come with dealing with a global group and divergent opinions / approaches.This role requires expert level knowledge in project controls, requiring you to identify issues/problems and work without appreciable direction. This role requires you to be able to work in a highly complex, ambiguous, and multi-dimensional environment where problems and issues are vaguely defined and you must apply your highly specialized knowledge and understanding to develops solutions with ingenuity and creativity. You should be able to negotiate and convince others to compromise and accept new ideas, approaches, concepts or proposals.Key Accountabilities

Lead activities with respect to development of project controls business management, cost management, and planning for projects, including functional objectives and initiatives

Ensure consistency of implementation of a standard project control plan as part of the Project Execution Plan (PEP) for project execution

Plan and organize the setup of baseline project controls systems

Providing technical and administrative direction, coordination, evaluation, training and coaching to a large team of Project Controls specialists

Supervise the implementation of Project Coding Structures for control and integrity

Proper understanding of earned value management principles

Proper understanding of planning and scheduling systems and techniques

Understanding of procurement and subcontract management commercial contract development, control practices and principles

Understanding and experience with Agile and Lean project execution principles

Coordinate the provision of historical data and ensure it is meaningful and normalized for reuse

Ability to produce meaningful documentation and presentations on key concepts and/or details that can resonate with a wide audience

QualificationsMinimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Minimum of six years of related work experience

Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with change management

Experience with capital planning portfolio management

Engineering and technology discipline and domain knowledge

Experience with program management and tracking

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