Project Controls Manager

We are Sisco Jobs, a recruitment consultancy based in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. We are hiring for the position of Project Controls Manager in Turaif, Saudi Arabia. The requirement is for a long-term Oil & Gas project with an indicated project duration of 4 years. We are seeking experienced project controls professionals with a minimum of 15 years of Oil & Gas industry experience. If you meet the requirements below, apply early as positions are limited.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project controls activities covering planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, and progress measurement.
  
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules for major Oil & Gas project activities.
  
• Monitor actual project progress against approved baselines and identify schedule or cost deviations.
  
• Prepare periodic project controls reports, forecasts, progress dashboards, and management updates.
  
• Analyze project risks, schedule impacts, trends, and potential delays and recommend corrective actions.
  
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commercial, and project management teams.
  
• Establish effective progress measurement and performance-monitoring systems.
  
• Support project leadership with reliable schedule, cost, forecast, and performance information for decision-making.
  

Required Skills

1. Project Controls: Strong knowledge of integrated project controls practices for large Oil & Gas projects.
   
2. Planning & Scheduling: Ability to develop, monitor, analyze, and control complex project schedules.
   
3. Cost Control: Knowledge of budgets, commitments, forecasts, variances, and cost-performance monitoring.
   
4. Progress Measurement: Ability to establish project progress measurement and performance reporting systems.
   
5. Risk & Performance Analysis: Ability to identify project deviations, risks, trends, and corrective actions.
   

Preferred Skills

• Earned Value Management and advanced project performance analysis.
  
• Experience with major EPC/EPCM Oil & Gas projects.
  
• Experience with enterprise project planning and controls systems.
  

Work Experience Requirements

The posting requires a minimum of 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. Candidates should have substantial experience handling project controls functions on complex projects, with exposure to planning, cost, progress, forecasting, and management reporting.

Education

• Minimum: Typical — Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline
  
• Preferred: Typical — Postgraduate qualification in Project/Construction Management
  
• Additional: Typical — PMP or recognized project controls/planning certification