Experienced Professional, Project Controls

This role requires accountability for the production, review, monitoring, and general management of time schedules, MIS reports, and extension of time and prolongation claims.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Program Master Schedules in Primavera P6 / MS Project.
• Update project schedules and prepare recovery plans when needed.
• Review schedules, undertake analysis of baseline schedules and schedule updates, monitor schedule delays, and suggest corrective and mitigation actions.
• Support the production of extension of time and prolongation claims by providing the required Primavera P6 program to support submissions.
• Prepare monthly schedule updates/reports and contribute to the preparation of monthly reports.
• Monitor and control the progress of work to adhere to the planned schedule and achieve project milestones.
• Generate executive summary reports for higher management.
• Provide support in the areas of project controls, scheduling, scheduling analysis, earned value management, claim analysis, and construction activities in support of the program.
• Ensure proactive project planning, stakeholder management, and risk management take place across projects.
• Identify the major milestones to be attained through program/project completion.
• Oversee construction schedules and perform special analysis for resource loading and performance progress.

Key Competencies / Skills:

Mandatory Skills:

• Fully proficient with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Good knowledge and experience of the project lifecycle and ability to correlate construction activities with planning and schedule control.
• Experience working for or with contractors or project management companies and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Confidence presenting to all stakeholders, including contractors and clients.
• Strong English language proficiency and communication skills.
• Experience in large-scale desalination projects and combined-cycle power plant projects.
• Exposure to projects in the Middle East region and awareness of Middle East project execution processes.
• High proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).