JOBST GmbH

Project Controls Setup & Recovery

Making schedules reliable. Making programs steerable.

We set up project controls for organisations that need them — and fix them for organisations where they have stopped working. Quantitative Risk Analysis (Monte Carlo Simulation) to verify schedules and support decisions. Hands-on, in the tools, from structure to reporting to handover. Not a PowerPoint — a working system.

We stay until the job is done: operating the controls, finding and training a permanent successor, and handing over a system that works without us.

Direct engagement

Short- or mid-term. On-site or remote.
We build the system, run it, and stay until your team or successor is in place.
+41 79 855 04 12

Services

Project Controls Setup

For new programmes and projects that need a controls framework built from the ground up.

Project and programme structures (WBS, OBS)
Master schedule development in P6
Integration of sub-schedules and supplier schedules
Update process and reporting cadence
Contractual requirements for planning and controls
Multiple Critical Path Analysis
Resource loading and forecasting
Training of internal team and successor

Project Controls Recovery

For running projects where schedules are unreliable, reporting is manual, and the critical path is unclear.

Schedule audit and health check
Rebuild of logic, constraints, and calendars
Multiple Critical Path and Scenario Analysis
What-if analysis and recovery planning
Progress measurement and earned value
Automated reporting setup
Claim support and delay documentation
Handover of a working system

Risk Analysis

Quantitative risk assessment to support decisions, not to decorate reports.

Monte Carlo Simulation
(Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis / Safran)

Schedule verification
Scenario modelling
Probability of completion dates
Risk register integration

Track Record

25 years across industries. Setup and hands-on delivery, not advisory.

Pharma & Biotech	Multiple fast-track facilities from Basis of Design through commissioning and qualification. Drug product, drug substance, mammalian cell culture, microbial, buffer production, aseptic filling, laboratories.
Climate & Clean Tech	Direct Air Capture facility (fast-track). Programme structure, supplier schedule integration, time risk analysis, contractual requirements setup. Including training of successor.
Data Centres	Hyperscale data centre design & build, including commissioning. Fast-track, lump-sum contract for shell & core and fit-out.
Energy & Waste-to-Energy	Turn-key waste-to-energy plants (UK). Lead Planner of Master Time Schedule, site-based for up to 14 months. Progress and project controls, scenario analysis, claim support.
Transport & Infrastructure	Cable car systems, high-speed trains, thermal power plants. Master schedule, supplier integration, multiple critical path analysis, change management.
Construction	Turn-key residential and commercial buildings. Site supervision, tender management, cost control, handover. From small building companies to international general contractors.

Tools

Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC)
Oracle Primavera P6 (Client & Web)
Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis
Safran Risk
Deltek Acumen (Schedule Quality)

Methods

Multiple Critical Path Analysis
Monte Carlo Simulation
What-if / Scenario Analysis
Earned Value Management
Last Planner System
Lean Construction Systems
Schedule Health Checks

Delivery

Setup, active controls, handover
Staying on until successor is in place
Successor search & on-the-job training
Training (P6 Basic & Advanced)
On-site or remote, DE / EN

Franz Josef Jobst

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Civil Engineering · Dipl.-Wirtschaftsing. (FH) Industrial Engineering

Civil engineer (FH München, 2000) and industrial engineer (FH Rosenheim, 2006). Started on construction sites — turn-key buildings, site supervision, cost control. Moved into project planning and controls for plant engineering and construction: energy, pharma, biotech, data centres. Consultant and trainer for Oracle Primavera P6 since 2009. Running JOBST GmbH since 2013.

Based in Switzerland. German and English. Available for engagements across Europe.

Contact

+41 79 855 04 12
fjj@jobst.ch

Franz Josef Jobst
Consultant & Co-owner
JOBST GmbH
Grofenbrüelstr. 16
CH-7323 Wangs

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Project Controls Setup & Recovery
Oracle Primavera P6
Risk Analysis
Multi-Project Scheduling
Interim Management

Switzerland · Europe