Sr. Project Control Manager

About El Seif Engineering Contracting

El Seif Engineering Contracting operates with core values of excellence, integrity, and innovation. With over fifty years of experience across various industries, the company specializes in tackling complex challenges and delivering results in the construction sector. El Seif focuses on sustainable and impactful solutions, pioneering future construction methods.

Role Summary

The Senior Project Control Manager (SPCM) serves as a strategic partner to the Project Director on very-high-value mega-projects. This full-time role, based in Riyadh, involves providing expert leadership and strategic management for the integrated Project Controls function. The SPCM is responsible for the integrity and defense of the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) across multiple complex work packages, ensuring project control systems are predictive instruments for successful delivery. This position requires over 10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish, lead, and provide strategic direction to a large Project Controls team comprising Planning, Cost Control, and Risk professionals.
• Ensure the Project Controls function acts as a proactive advisor to senior project leadership, delivering high-impact insights for mega-project outcomes.
• Establish and enforce the Project Controls Plan (PCP) as the strategic governing framework for the project.
• Ensure compliance with contractual standards and corporate SOPs across all activities, including those of subcontractors, while promoting the use of advanced digital tools.
• Direct the establishment and maintenance of a resource-loaded PMB for mega-projects, integrating schedule, cost, and resource data across complex work packages.
• Direct the development and governance of the mega-project’s complex scheduling hierarchy, ensuring a resilient and logically robust long-term critical path.
• Lead the integration of 30/60/90-day look-ahead schedules across disciplines and subcontractors, validating remaining durations with site productivity data.
• Oversee expert analysis of float variance to provide early warnings of potential delays and support Change Management and claim assessment processes.
• Lead the project’s strategy for complex Extension of Time (EoT) and prolongation claims, overseeing advanced Time Impact Analysis (TIA) and CPM modeling.
• Oversee the project-level risk function, ensuring identification and mitigation activities align with the Project Business Plan and are embedded in the construction sequence.
• Direct the production of executive-level cost reports and quarterly Estimate At Completion (EAC) updates.
• Manage the integrity of Value of Work Done (VOWD/CWIP) measurements and provide actionable insights for financial decision-making.
• Lead the preparation of internal status presentations for the Project Board and Head Office.
• Act as a technical "check and balance," defending project data integrity and providing a respected voice on technical positions.
• Direct the development and submission of the Mega-Project’s annual Business Plan and end-of-quarter updates.
• Own the strategic validation of the Estimate At Completion (EAC) process, ensuring financial forecasts are resilient, risk-adjusted, and aligned with corporate business performance and financial reporting objectives.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in project controls, with a focus on mega-projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading Project Controls teams, including Planning, Cost Control, and Risk professionals.
• Proven ability to manage Performance Measurement Baselines (PMB) and complex Extension of Time (EoT) claims.
• Strong understanding of project control systems and their application as predictive instruments.
• Experience in stakeholder diplomacy and driving continuous improvement in project-level control standards and risk governance.

Benefits

This full-time position offers standard benefits including paid annual leave, public holidays, living allowances, healthcare coverage, and end of service benefits. Discretionary benefits such as a performance bonus, merit increase, and training and development opportunities may also be available based on eligibility.