Project Control Manager

About KBR and the Project

KBR, Inc. is providing PMO services, enterprise-level governance, assurance, integration, and performance oversight for a major infrastructure program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role supports a mixed-use development designed to be a global landmark and a self-sustaining hub within Riyadh.

Role Overview

The Project Control Manager, reporting to the Project Controls Director, is responsible for maintaining, governing, implementing, and providing pre and post-contract implementation governance for Project Controls policies, management plans, standards, procedures, and processes. This includes supporting reporting requirements and systems such as Aconex, Unifier, and P6. The role requires regular review and updates of existing governance documents on a quarterly or annual basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Onboard and train PMCs to facilitate understanding of the program, policies, processes, and associated project management information systems.
• Maintain and administer the PMC onboarding process, welcome pack documents, and continuously update the PMC onboarding tracker.
• Maintain and implement the Project Controls governance structure, including roles and responsibilities (RACI) across all downstream levels.
• Review the existing structure, propose improvements, and align with required updates or changes.
• Maintain, review, and update all Reporting Governance Documents, including management plans, manuals, guidelines, and templates.
• Develop, implement, and administer a comprehensive program meeting and reporting calendar for assigned Districts or Master Plans.
• Manage and maintain the PMIS-driven business intelligence (BI) reporting platform, including preparing new BI dashboards and data entry registers through approved systems (*, SharePoint, Unifier).
• Compile data from PMCs for standardized weekly, monthly, and executive-level dashboards.
• Perform project-level performance reporting for schedule, cost, risk, procurement, OHSE, and change management.
• Ensure consistent data definitions, KPIs, and red-amber-green (RAG) criteria across all reports.
• Assist with the preparation of training material for PMCs on system use and data population.
• Provide support to the client's Project Controls Team for related PMIS and Data Warehouse (DWH) requirements.
• Maintain, implement, and administer a process for tracking and monitoring PMC performance against agreed KPIs, and produce monthly reports with corrective actions.
• Update the status of corrective actions during subsequent reporting cycles.
• Assess existing monitoring systems and propose enhancements to the overall process.
• Ensure PMC reporting schedules are consistent with PMO executive report preparation.
• Review and collate District/Master Plan programs to produce and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Establish and implement Project Controls Compliance Audit Requirements and conduct regular PMC audits.
• Implement processes and systems to monitor timely completion of Stage Gate Reviews and reporting across assigned District/Master Plan.
• Maintain and issue monthly KPI Reports highlighting key concerns and corrective measures.
• Produce a "Key Actions Required" report and escalation process for executive management.
• Prepare the monthly Programme Status Report detailing overall program, district, and individual project status and progress.
• Manage and update the existing Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with updates recorded in the WBS change register.
• Maintain an updated mapping tracker between WBS, CBS, and SAP projects.
• Prepare monthly Programme Level Status Reports.
• Prepare inputs for Executive Reports, including program and commercial updates.
• Develop and implement a Value Engineering Management plan, process, and templates, with training for PMCs.
• Develop and maintain a standardized Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) across all programs and projects.
• Develop and maintain a structured Work Package Identification framework.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in project controls.

Work Type

This is a full-time position.

Application Information

Salary details for this position are not disclosed.