Deputy Project Controls Director

About Bechtel Corporation and Expo 2030 Riyadh

Bechtel Corporation is managing the infrastructure program for Expo 2030 Riyadh, a global platform for collaboration under the theme “Foresight for Tomorrow.” This significant event, scheduled from October 2030 to March 2031, anticipates over 40 million visits. The project involves developing a 6 km2 Masterplan, including 491,100 m2 GFA exhibition space for up to 197 countries and 29 international organizations. Bechtel's scope encompasses early works, utilities, and public spaces, with a transition into a mixed-use legacy development post-event, leveraging international sustainability standards.

Role Summary

The Deputy Project Controls Director will operate within a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) environment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is responsible for leading the project-wide Change Management function, providing strategic oversight of change identification, assessment, governance, approval, implementation, and reporting processes. Reporting to the Project Controls Director, this position provides leadership and direction for cost engineering, cost estimating, cost analysis/control, planning/scheduling, risk management, and reporting activities for the project.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all cost and schedule-related functions adhere to established procedures and best practices.
• Provide strategic leadership and day-to-day management to the Change Management team, including mentoring, coaching, technical guidance, and performance oversight.
• Offer technical direction, training, daily supervision, and coaching to assigned Project Controls personnel.
• Coordinate with Cost, Planning, Risk, Commercial, Contracts, Procurement, Engineering, and Construction teams to ensure integrated evaluation of change impacts.
• Lead planning, scheduling, trending, cost control, risk management, and reporting teams to meet internal and external customer requirements within budget and schedule constraints.
• Direct the preparation of executive-level reports, dashboards, and presentations communicating project change status, key trends, forecast impacts, and management actions.
• Manage, lead, and provide administrative and technical direction to project controls professionals, interfacing with management, engineering, construction, contracts, and procurement.
• Drive innovative solutions to cost engineering and planning/scheduling problems to enhance project execution efficiency.
• Provide timely and accurate analysis and reporting to the Project Controls Director.
• Support project and corporate management with organizational and administrative activities, including non-routine cost engineering/planning and scheduling guidance analysis and presentations.
• Assist in commercial operations and prime contract administration, and interface with customers.
• Conduct meetings and deliver presentations to client personnel.
• Interface with the Project Controls functional department for reporting oversight and consistent application of procedures.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in project controls, with a focus on change management and strategic oversight.
• Demonstrated leadership in directing cost trend estimating, analysis, and control activities.
• Experience in schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification, and recovery plan development.
• Proven ability to prepare and present on-project estimates and cost forecasts.
• Strong analytical skills to identify, analyze, and provide innovative solutions to complex cost engineering and planning/scheduling problems.

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and operates within a dynamic project management consultancy environment. The role requires collaboration with various internal and external teams, emphasizing integrated project controls and change management.