Project Control Manager

About the Role

Egis (KSA) is seeking a Project Control Manager for a contract position in Riyadh. This role is responsible for establishing, implementing, and managing integrated planning, cost control, progress measurement, forecasting, reporting, and earned value management systems for projects. The Project Control Manager ensures that project performance is effectively monitored 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, including 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, encompassing Planned Value (PV), Earned Value (EV), Actual Cost (AC), CPI/SPI, variance analysis, forecasting and Estimate at Completion (EAC), and 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 where cost, schedule, scope, or performance deviations are identified.
• 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.