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Project Controls Manager Jobs in Saudi Arabia at Hill International Limited
Project controls department manager (E1)
A project controls department manager is responsible for leading all project control functions for a prestigious water project in KSA Madina city, including budgeting, cost control, planning, scheduling, and change management to ensure projects meet objectives and standards. The role oversees project performance, reporting, and compliance, manages project controls teams, and implements processes, systems, and best practices across the project lifecycle.
Has overall responsibility for managing and monitoring budgets, cost, planning/scheduling, and management of change. This includes managing the development and implementation of budgets and baselines to meet the project objectives and ensure adherence to the project policies and procedures.
Key responsibilities include:
- Assessing the capability of project control staff and recommending appropriate roles and responsibilities.
- Inputting to the project control department knowledge transfer program, which includes comprehensive on-the-job learning.
- Developing and getting ratified section operating structure and department operating processes and procedures based on the PMM processes and procedures.
- Controlling and monitoring project schedules from registration to handover.
- Implementing the relevant stage gate process on all new and existing projects.
- Ensuring that all projects provide input to monthly dashboards, consistent with project guidelines.
- Undertaking cost related activities.
- Preparing and maintaining portfolio cost reports, showing the budget for each project and forecasting commitments and actual costs.
- Defining cost requirements for contracts.
- Preparing financial input for contracts.
- Preparation of consolidated cost report.
- Establishing project invoice registers and updating them on a monthly basis.
- Monitoring the project’s cash flow and available funds.
- Implementing PMM standard planning and scheduling processes and procedures.
- Undertaking all planning and schedule-related activities.
- Preparing and maintaining portfolio level 1 management schedule, showing plan/actual/forecast for each project in a single line and highlighting critical projects.
- Preparing and maintaining a level 1 stage gate schedule for each project.
- Preparing schedules for projects prior to bidding.
- Defining schedule requirements for contracts.
- Evaluating bidders schedule submittals.
- Preparing milestones and schedule input for contracts.
- Maintaining master schedule.
- Preparing consolidated schedule performance report.
- Reviewing and approving baseline schedules submitted by the contractor.
- Reviewing recovery plans and corrective actions as proposed by contractors and accepted by the supervision consultant.
- Implementing an enterprise documents management system (EDMS) in accordance with relevant retention legislation.
- Developing a structure and archiving project documents.
- Preparing document management input for contracts.
- Preparing the document management department knowledge transfer program, which includes comprehensive on-the-job learning.
- Monitoring and auditing clusters’ document management performance, including spot checks and other verification of adherence to project record filing requirements per project.
- Preparing testing and commissioning scope of work for construction RFPs.
- Reviewing testing and commissioning aspects of the contractor’s proposed project execution plans.
- Preparing testing and commissioning input to contracts.
- Assigning testing and commissioning resources to projects.
- Maintaining functional responsibility for testing and commissioning resources assigned to projects.
- Maintaining overall responsibility for construction contractor/subcontractor testing and commissioning performance and adherence to their respective contracts.
- Development and rectification of department operating structure including organizational chart, roles, responsibilities, as well as tools to be deployed such as software and applying international best practice.
- Informs themselves of the relevant quality, environmental, safety, and occupational health policies, as well as manuals and procedures within the company, and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed.
- Performing other duties as assigned by the line manager or supervisor.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering from a western accredited university.
- Minimum 20 years of experience in project controls (cost and schedule) on large projects, including overall responsibility for project controls on large-scale projects.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in western countries.
- Thorough knowledge and demonstrated experience in directing cost engineering, cost estimating, control and analysis, planning and scheduling, schedule development, control, and analysis.
- Experience and demonstrated skill in establishing criteria and system set-up for all project control activities.
- Working knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up/set-up work processes.
- Involvement in continuous improvement and capacity building/talent development.
- Demonstrated skill in management, supervisory, and personnel administrative functions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working internationally, with preference for KSA experience.
The company is a global provider of program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. It is recognized as one of the largest program management firms worldwide. The company focuses exclusively on program, project, and construction management, ensuring protection of client interests and dedication to exceeding expectations throughout the entire construction project lifecycle. The company adapts to the needs of each assignment to develop tailored approaches and solutions to meet those needs.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity, including veterans and disabled individuals.
Note: This job description is intended to provide an indication of the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other essential functions to be carried out as part of fulfilling the role mentioned. Various other duties may be required.
Title: Project Controls Manager
Company: Hill International Limited
Location: Saudi Arabia
