Senior Project Controls Manager; Arabic Speaker

Senior Project Controls Manager (Arabic Speaker) Responsibilities

• Provide support to the project team for all planning/project controls functions ensuring that issues within the programme are highlighted and understood.
• Review current reporting practices and outputs, suggest and implement improvements.
• Give appropriate planning advice and direction to project team members & all relevant stakeholders and produce programme assurance reports on our client commissions.
• Produce progress reports showing variance against the baselines.
• Deliver Period Programme Updates and input to project reports.
• Coordinate between clients and their partners’, consultants’ and contractors’ programmes of works and ensure compliance with the Project Programme; report areas of non‑compliance for resolution.
• As appropriate and required, provide planning support to the bidding team to do all activities necessary to submit the bidding documentation in time.

• A minimum of 15 years’ postgraduate experience at a senior level, preferably including experience in the Gulf region and having worked on the client side.
• A demonstrated successful track record of leading the project controls function of a large organisation involved with the design and construction of real‑estate projects.
• Current and detailed knowledge of various scheduling, cost, collaboration and other IT applications relevant to project controls, including MS Word, Excel, Access, Project and Primavera P6.
• A successful track record of developing good relationships and networks within a large organisation and with external agencies.
• Able to represent the client with internal departments and external organisations in a professional and authoritative manner.
• Must have excellent skills in preparing reports, drafting letters and making presentations to senior management and senior representatives of stakeholder organisations.

• University degree from a recognised university in a relevant field such as engineering, project management or programme management.
• Must have excellent communication skills in English, written and spoken; and a driver’s licence.
• Be professionally qualified as PMP or equivalent.
• Highly desirable to have experience in a similar role in KSA and/or the Gulf region.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Exposure to a wide range of challenging projects.