Project Control Manager

About the Role

Omrania is seeking a Project Control Manager to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves establishing, implementing, and managing integrated project control systems, including planning, cost control, progress measurement, forecasting, reporting, and earned value management. The Project Control Manager will ensure effective monitoring of project performance against approved scope, program, budget, and contractual requirements, providing timely and accurate information to project leadership and the client.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Project Controls function, encompassing planning, scheduling, cost control, progress measurement, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Develop, maintain, and control the Integrated Master Programme, including baseline and monitoring schedules.
• Establish and maintain appropriate Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS), and control account structures.
• Manage the project's Earned Value Management (EVM) system, covering Planned Value (PV), Earned Value (EV), Actual Cost (AC), CPI/SPI, variance analysis, forecasting, Estimate at Completion (EAC), performance measurement, and trend analysis.
• Ensure alignment between the program, cost plan, scope, Master Information Delivery Plan (MIDP), deliverables, and fee/payment structure.
• Establish and maintain progress measurement and earned value rules in coordination with project management and technical/design teams.
• Monitor actual progress against approved baselines and identify schedule and cost variances, trends, and potential impacts.
• Prepare and review monthly project controls reports, dashboards, S-curves, histograms, critical path analysis, and performance reports.
• Provide accurate forecasting of time, cost, resources, and project completion.
• Lead the preparation and assessment of schedule impact, delays, changes, and time-related impacts.
• Coordinate with Commercial, Risk, Planning, Design, and Project Management teams to ensure integrated project controls.
• Monitor the impact of variations, change orders, claims, risks, and opportunities on project cost and schedule.
• Establish effective change control and trend management processes.
• Review contractor/consultant programs and assess progress against contractual requirements, where applicable.
• Ensure project controls data is accurate, consistent, traceable, and aligned with contractual reporting requirements.
• Provide management with early warnings and proactive recommendations for cost, schedule, scope, or performance deviations.
• Lead and mentor the Project Controls team and establish appropriate procedures, systems, and workflows.
• Present project performance and forecasts to the Project Director, Client, EPMO, and senior management.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant project controls experience is required.
• Proven experience managing project controls on major stadium or comparable sports-venue developments is mandatory.
• Practical Earned Value Management (EVM) experience is a mandatory requirement.

Work Type and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.