Project Controls Manager (Remote Location)

Job description / Role

We are currently looking for an experienced planning biased Project Controls Manager to form part of our Programme Management team based on a large mixed use Development in remote KSA (remote Location). The main objective of the delivery biased PMO/Programme is to implement and manage the overall Development Programme, which includes infrastructure enhancement works, as well as retail mall and hospitality new build, sports complex, medical facilities and refurbishment elements. The team shall be expected to assist the client in any way possible to ensure the Development is completed starting from a project brief to the required timescales and within their stated budgets for multiple projects. The assignment is expected to last for up to 3 years for with potential extension.

Role:

This role will have full oversight and line management authority of the Planning function and act as a deputy to the Project Controls Director in managing Risk, Document Controls, Change Management and Reporting functions.

The project controls manager's responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Manage and provide technical leadership to the planning team
- Setting-up Primavera Project Management System P6v7 for program management across the planning team with all stakeholders.
- Preparing the master programme for the project which takes the projects from very early stages of the feasibility studies to handover.
- Developing and updating the Schedule Management Plan.
- Assisting in the consultant/contractor selection process for commercial and technical evaluation.
- Assisting in establishing / delivering formal reporting arrangements on project progress for the client and project including earned value and quantity tracking system.
- Reviewing contract documents, suggesting changes for planning and programming aspects and the addition of new clauses if necessary.
- Reviewing Consultants' and Contractors' deliverables and guiding and assisting them for improvement if not aligned with their Contract requirements.
- Arranging planning workshops/meetings to discuss and assist contractors / consultants to close their planning / project control issues.
- Challenge any claims and EOT requests.
- Making recommendations for possible acceleration.
- Reviewing design/procurement/construction programmes received from consultants/suppliers/contractors and analysing them in line with the contractual requirements.
- Manage the schedule health check requirements.
- Create/ Modify existing WBS to the required level.
- Ensuring procurement, material and submittal logs are created and maintained.
- Identifying long lead items.
- Assisting in preparation weekly progress presentations for the client.
- Reviewing the progress/earned value information provided by the Consultants and Contractors with the Project Team.
- Preparing project advice for any site progress / planning concern that may impact site progress.
- Developing weekly and monthly progress report protocols / templates for progress reporting and monitoring progress against it.
- Preparing design programs for projects under design and guideline programs for projects to be started / under-progress.
- Preparing risk assessment and mitigation plans.
- Monitoring design, procurement and construction progress for compliance with contract requirements.
- Independent worker who is able to work well with minimal supervision

Requirements

Requirement:
- Degree in Engineering, or Construction Management
- PMP, PMQ or other professional certifications
- Chartership is preferred
- Minimum 12-15 years related experience in Project Management and Project Controls.
- Must have a consultant and/or client background for a minimum of 5 years, preferably in a Project Management / Construction Management organization.
- Contractor background is highly regarded.
- 5 years Middle East experience preferred.
- Fluent in English (read, write and speak).
- Project management acumen.
- Politically aware.
- Team player, team leader.
- Extensive tactical planning
- Arabic speaking is an advantage but not essential.
- Extensive understanding of the Schedule Hierarchies
- Digital-savvy candidates preferred

Rewards & Benefits:

We offer an excellent package which includes:

- A competitive salary
- Transportation allowance
- Medical and life insurance cover
- Annual leave
- Medical and life insurance cover
- Company gratuity scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual flight allowance to point of origin
- Employee Well-Being Programme - 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants;

SNC Lavalin's Faithful+Gould business is one of the world's leading integrated project and programme management consultancies, with over 2,400 professionals operating worldwide.
Our aim is to protect and maximize our clients' interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

Key services include - Project management, programme management, project controls, commercial management, cost management and expert scheduling and construction planning. Our industry is going through a digital transformation and we have been investing in and pioneering digital methods to improve all aspects of our service.

We have focused our digital transformation around platform modernization and product development and through standardization and automation, we are achieving efficiencies that are directly passed on our clients who benefit from a consistent quality of service as well as the savings.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting - and then developing - brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It's precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.

You'll be working to change the world. No matter where you are in the world, your opportunities with us are endless.

We work on global projects that take on today's most pressing challenges. From population growth, to increasing transportation needs, and climate change - we merge ingenuity, knowledge and technology to uplift communities and drive a safer, better tomorrow.

About the Company

SNC Lavalin’s Faithful+Gould business is one of the world’s leading integrated project and programme management consultancies, with over 2,400 professionals operating worldwide.

Our aim is to protect and maximize our clients’ interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

Key services include - Project management, programme management, project controls, commercial management, cost management and expert scheduling and construction planning.

Our industry is going through a digital transformation and we have been investing in and pioneering digital methods to improve all aspects of our service. We have focused our digital transformation around platform modernization and product development and through standardization and automation, we are achieving efficiencies that are directly passed on our clients who benefit from a consistent quality of service as well as the savings.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting – and then developing – brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It’s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.