Project Controls Manager - Residential & Infrastructure

Job description / Role

Project Controls Manager on a major project based in KSA. Developing an excellent working relationship with the client and the entire project team to ensure they work together and successfully deliver the project. The role will include delivering and managing project controls systems for major construction programmes. It will include close client liaison and managing a team.

Key Responsibilities:
- Providing active leadership to the Project Controls Team working on the project.
- Deliver the functional role of Project Controls Director on the project on behalf of the Client.
- Perform the role / take on the responsibilities associated with being the Senior EC Harris Lead on the project.
- Along with a number of other senior Directors, perform all responsibilities associated with being part of the Projects Senior Management Team for delivering the Project Management
- Role on behalf of the Client.
- Accountable for delivery of the EC Harris associated commission and business plan.
- Providing leadership, direction and management of project control resources which will be both EC Harris and those of our partner company.
- Develop and implement the Project Execution Plan.
- Design, develop, implement and update the Project financial frameworks.
- Implementing Governance (management process and procedures).
- Establish baseline budget and schedules.
- Ensure document controls are in place.
- Perform work in accordance with the agreed project brief, company procedures and the stated governance requirements.
- Identify, register, analyse, track, recommend mitigations, manage, monitor, control and influence major project risks.
- Ensuring commercial risk and opportunities are proactively managed.
- Maintain client satisfaction.
- Effective management and reporting of project performance.
- Manage the change process.
- Change control of all contract documentation.

Personal Attributes:
- Energy and motivation, with natural drive and excellent communication skills.
- Able to manage assignments from conception through to conclusion.
- Tenacity to ask questions, listen to answers, define problems and formulate solutions.
- Strong team player.
- Able to multitask and manage priorities.
- Ability to summarise detailed work into concise executive level briefs.
- Perception, commercial awareness and an ability to identify value for money solutions to problems.
- Self reliance.
- High level of discretion and integrity.

Requirements

- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering is preferred, but not essential.
- Professional Project Management Qualification.
- Requirement of at least 10 years of experience of implementing and managing project controls teams and PMOs on major large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Extensive experience of implementing and managing project controls teams.
- Project experience to include at least one of the following, rail, bridges, tunnels, highways.
- Proven track record of working on major programmes of work from inception to completion.
- Fluency in both written and oral English.
- High level of IT literacy.
- Report writing.
- Effective, multi-cultural, interpersonal communications.

About the Company

ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design & consultancy firm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. We are 28,000 people that generate more than 3 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world.