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Firas El Alem

Cost Controller / Project Controller

€560/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Firas


● I worked for Nokia (Alcatel Submarine Networks) as PMO and I worked for Saipem SA as Lead Cost Controller and also for ENI as Project Control Engineer
● I have skills in project control, cost planning and cost control and also in project control (Progress and schedule check, VOWD, etc).
● Excellent in Microsoft products such as Word, Power Point and Excel.
● I have worked on large-scale projects in the Oil & Gas, offshore wind and telecommunications (fiber optic submarine cables) sectors, with budgets of up to several billion euros.
● I am an electromechanical and energy efficiency engineer with a master's degree in project management.
● Multilingual (English, Arabic and French).

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • ENI
    Project Control Engineer
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    September 2025 - Today (9 months)
    Paris, France
    Comprehensive project control management for Oil & Gas Upstream operations. Analysis and control of schedules from monthly reports: verification of key dates, progress achieved and schedule-progress consistency (Primavera P6), cost monitoring, VOWD analyses, risk and change management. Management of KPIs, regular reporting (schedule, costs, progress, S-curves, cash-flow) and decision-making support for project management. Coordination with teams to ensure compliance with deadlines, budget, and ENI standards.

    Management control Primavera P6 Project control Reporting Forecasting
  • SAIPEM
    Lead Cost Controller
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    September 2021 - Today (4 years and 9 months)
    Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
    - Calculate initial budgets for activities based on the estimate and monitor their evolution (project returns, clients, partners, etc.).
    - Periodically estimate remaining expenses to complete the project, as well as necessary provisions and charges.
    - Prepare the periodic project cost report.
    - Assess the impact of any contract modification or evolution on costs during its execution.
    - Propose corrective actions in case of deviations.
    - Identify risks related to cost control and implement measures to manage them.
    - Ensure internal and external reporting throughout the project.
    Budget monitoring Management control Cash flow management SAP Microsoft Excel
  • Nokia
    Oil & Gas Project Controller
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    September 2020 - September 2021 (1 year)
    Calais, France
    - Schedule management (monitoring deadlines, efforts, milestones).
    - Financial management (Preparation and monitoring of budgets, forecasts, and variances).
    - Project planning on MS Project.
    - Writing monthly reports to clients.

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Education

  • Specialized Master's Degree
    SKEMA Business School
    2021
    MS Manager des projets et programmes
  • Engineer's Degree, Energy Efficiency Engineering
    Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
    2020
    Diplôme d'ingénieur, Génie efficacité énergétique

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