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About DataVolt and the Project Controls Lead Role

DataVolt is a global leader in sustainable and innovative data center solutions, providing businesses worldwide with the infrastructure needed to connect, collaborate, and grow. Our solutions prioritize security, reliability, scalability, and sustainability, empowering clients to achieve digital transformation. With strategic operations in Riyadh, Dubai, California, Mumbai, and Tashkent, DataVolt is committed to shaping a sustainable digital future through groundbreaking innovation. We are seeking a Project Controls Lead to join our team in Tabūk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

Role Overview

The Project Controls Lead will be responsible for developing and maintaining detailed project schedules for engineering, construction, and maintenance activities. This full-time role is crucial for ensuring that all engineering efforts are efficiently coordinated, delivered on time, and meet the necessary quality standards across DataVolt's data center projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage internal master schedules for data center projects, integrating all phases including design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning.
• Establish and manage the project’s baseline schedule in collaboration with the EPC contractor, ensuring alignment with approved scope, contractual requirements, and project execution strategy. Define the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activity sequencing, durations, resource requirements, and key milestones.
• Identify critical path activities and milestones, conducting Critical Path Analysis to proactively identify high-risk activities and potential scheduling conflicts or delays.
• Prepare comprehensive 4-week, 8-week, and 12-week lookahead schedules, actively coordinating with EPC contractors to ensure readiness for all upcoming works.
• Monitor and track project progress, updating schedules to reflect actual performance, productivity levels, and forecasted outcomes. Identify deviations, delays, and potential risks by reviewing schedule variances and critical path impacts.
• Recommend practical corrective actions, coordinate with discipline teams to implement recovery strategies, and make real-time schedule adjustments as required to maintain control and ensure timely project completion.
• Conduct regular site visits to verify actual construction progress against the approved schedule and planned look-ahead activities. Assess work fronts, manpower deployment, equipment availability, and material readiness to identify potential scheduling conflicts or bottlenecks.
• Engage with site engineers, construction managers, and subcontractors to understand field constraints, evaluate risks, and address issues proactively.
• Develop realistic short-term and long-term forecasts based on current performance trends, risks, and opportunities, providing early warnings and actionable insights to project leadership.
• Identify schedule changes (due to any form of change), assess their impact on timelines, and communicate necessary adjustments to relevant teams. Update and re-baseline the schedule whenever necessary, through a formal change control process to ensure accurate performance measurement and transparent project reporting.

Candidate Profile and Experience

The ideal candidate for the Project Controls Lead position will possess a strong background in project scheduling and controls, with proven experience in complex engineering and construction environments. A minimum of 5 to 10 years of relevant experience is required for this role.

Work Location

This full-time position is based in Tabūk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, supporting DataVolt's regional operations and project delivery.

Application

We invite qualified candidates to apply for this opportunity to contribute to DataVolt's mission of shaping a sustainable digital future.