Project Control Specialist

Job description / Role

Can you help societies thrive in a world we cannot control?
Can you anticipate the unforeseeable, perceive the unexplainable, and plan something unbelievable?
Can you design the unthinkable?
Can you think international and still act local?

WSP are looking for a Project Control Specialist, who will be responsible for collecting, validating, compiling and issuing to the client, PMO Management; all the required deliverable at the key stages of the project life cycle.

The key objectives of the role will be to:
• Guide Project Managers through the Gateway review preparation in accordance with the Service Agreement and Procedures; ensuring compliance of Client Meeting deliverables and undertakes final compilation of the presentations to the Client.
• Lead the collection, validation and circulation of weekly Forecasts from Delivery teams to PMO and Director for their weekly meeting which supports decision making on project readiness.
• Create Procedures, Guidance and Templates (Microsoft Office) intended for Reporting and project controls and ensure implementation.
• Capture client’s meetings outcome with regards to scope, schedule, project classifications and any other instruction; proactively follows up on relevant changes.
• Coordinate between Delivery teams, PMO Departments and client to collate, review, compile Executive level presentations for Senior Management meetings; ensuring timeliness, accuracy to the required confidence level and effectiveness of information.
• Work collaboratively with the Program team, Delivery teams, and Functional teams, I monitor and maintain Programme portfolio information, which supports Senior Management and Client in special task delivery.
Proactively undertake Reporting process streamlining; and ensure compliance with new instructions from Client or Senior Management.
• Identify and develops new methods and eliminates non-value adding activities by automating compilation of Reports and Dashboards using Excel Macros.
• Communicate effectively with Client responding to request for information and/or clarifications.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests from PMO Senior Management and Client.

Requirements

In order to meet the challenge you will have the following skills and experience:
• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or Commerce
• Minimum of (12) years experience with Government sector in the field of data collection, reporting , following up the projects, reviewing and auditing , data analysis and recording , and dealing with Government IT regulations
• Speak, read and write Arabic

Technical Skills
• Microsoft Office Tools
• Microsoft Visio
• Excel Programming for Macros
• Modeling and analysis
• Big data management
• Governance document writing
• Tracker development and management

About the Company

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic consulting services. With 36,000 talented people in more than 500 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.