Project Controller (ISP)📣 Job Ad

About the Role: Project Controller (ISP)

Norconsult Telematics is seeking a Project Controller (ISP) to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is central to ensuring the effective planning, monitoring, and control of all Internet Service Provider (ISP) project activities.

Role Purpose and Impact

The Project Controller will ensure project delivery within defined scope, schedule, and budget. This role involves maintaining accurate project schedules, robust cost controls, and clear performance metrics to support informed decision-making. The controller will strengthen coordination across engineering, design, access/permitting, implementation, and contractor/vendor teams, enhancing project visibility through structured reporting and data-driven insights, and improving operational efficiency by standardizing processes and automating reporting. The role also supports continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing trends, productivity, and project KPIs across the ISP domain.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, monitor, and control ISP project schedules, covering planning, design, excavation, ducting, cable laying, splicing, equipment installation, rack setup, patching, testing, and final handover.
• Track daily and weekly progress against the approved baseline, identify schedule variances, and recommend mitigation or recovery plans for ISP activities.
• Monitor and control all project activities to ensure delivery within scope, time, and budget.
• Track scope changes, including route modifications, quantity variations, BOQ updates, and equipment changes, managing the full change control process.
• Prepare and maintain project budgets, BOQs, CAPEX/OPEX plans, and cost control reports for ISP works.
• Conduct cost variance analysis, budget trend reviews, earned value analysis (EVA), and cash flow forecasting.
• Validate quantities prior to invoicing and ensure data accuracy across reporting systems.
• Coordinate with engineering, design, survey, permitting, and implementation teams to ensure readiness before execution of field and facility-based activities.
• Monitor vendor productivity, resource allocation, and performance across ISP to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Track material delivery status (including fiber cables, ducts, chambers, ODFs, racks, patch panels, active equipment, and power components) to prevent execution delays.
• Ensure alignment between field progress, ISP installation progress, and system updates (ERP/client portals) with strong data integrity controls.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and KPI-aligned progress and financial reports for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Identify and report risks, gaps, and discrepancies in OSP and ISP execution, and support preventive and corrective actions.
• Generate executive-level summaries, presentations, and insights for management decision-making.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives through data analysis, visualization, and performance monitoring of key KPIs such as team productivity, installation vs target, testing and acceptance rates, equipment installation progress, and rejection ratios.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 2-5 years of experience in project control or a related field.
• Strong understanding of project budgeting, CAPEX/OPEX planning, and cost control methodologies.
• Proficiency in data management, reporting automation, and project performance tracking.
• Familiarity with project scheduling tools and database systems used for progress monitoring and analysis.

Essential Skills and Tools

• Hands-on experience with Power BI, advanced Excel (pivot tables, formulas, data modeling), and other data visualization/reporting tools.
• Ability to develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and Excel-based visual reports for management review.
• Support automation of reporting processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong communication and presentation abilities to convey complex project data clearly.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work under pressure while maintaining accuracy and timelines.
• Demonstrated teamwork, adaptability, and knowledge-sharing capabilities within multi-disciplinary project environments.

Work Environment and Application

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires a professional who thrives in a dynamic project environment. We invite qualified candidates to apply.