Project Control Engineer

Job description / Role

Project Control Engineers develop, implement and maintain cost controls on a project, and provide centralized planning and scheduling on many projects. The primary role of the project control engineer is to track and coordinate the progress of the project on a day-to-day basis to ensure that the project is on-track. Some of the specific activities in this direction that usually find mention in a project control engineer’s job description include:

- Developing and maintaining detailed product schedules
- Monitoring cost and commitment through requisition and invoice review
- Ensuring active engagement of team members by delegation of tasks to the appropriate person both on a long term and on a day-to-day basis
- Ensuring adherence to recommended best practices such as the critical path method based on pert and the like
- Ensuring adherence to quality standards such a total quality management or six sigma by ensuring employees follow quality standards and by using quality control checklists
- Coordination and regulating various meetings such as project progress review meetings, quality circles, and the like
- Application of various project progress methods to ensure the project schedule is on track to meet deadlines or deliverables
- Devising strategies to overcome roadblocks or delays through various methods such as using industry related technical knowledge, innovating short cuts or alternative ways, improvising with available resources, scheduling overtime to meet the deadline, and the like
- Ensuring compliance with safety standards
- Developing and monitoring project cost forecasts

Requirements

- Basic knowledge of the Systems Engineering approach to design, development, integration and product support
- Ability to develop and maintain detailed schedules, ensure adherence to quality standards and maintain policies and procedures
- Strong cost reporting skills and techniques
- Experience in the identification, monitoring and reporting of project risks
- Ability to develop and update schedules, create reports and provide analysis using Microsoft Project and Primavera.
- Experience working with project management plans (PMP) and plans, specifications and estimates (PS&E)
- Professional Engineering License (PE)
- Ability to document business requirements
- Proficient in PMP and Primavera
- PMP or Capur certification

About the Company

Gulf Eco Friendly Services (GEFS) is a leading wastewater treatment technology company in the Middle East and a reputed contractor for some of the largest STPs in the third emirate of the United Arab Emirates - Sharjah.

At GEFS, we offer one of the finest yet simple build, installation and operations services for wastewater treatment that align with environmental compliance and increase accountability while keeping costs to a minimum.

Our method of treatment is designed to resolve problems such as odours, sludge, toxins and clogging. Processes such as sampling and water analysis assure proper balance of treatment steps, thus meeting effluent requirements and implementing improvements to ensure the wastewater treatment plant maintains long-term and stable operations.

GEFS started in the UAE in 2009 as an operations and maintenance contractor for sewage treatment plants. Since then, the company has broadened its expertise in the customised building, operation and commissioning of RO plants that meet international standards.

The company has also been proficient in the area of process water treatment for commercial industries and advanced wastewater technologies for domestic and large scale projects through its partnership with Hydro Industries (UK) and Jet Incorp (USA).