Project Controls Managers / Analysts

Sisco Jobs; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sisco Jobs, Dubai-based recruitment consultancy, is hiring for Project Controls Managers / Analysts in Dubai, UAE. The role focuses on developing schedules, monitoring performance, and providing data-driven insights to management.

Ideal candidates have strong project-controls capabilities, scheduling expertise, and experience coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, procurement, and construction. Reporting, dashboards, and forecasting are key elements of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field.
• Postgraduate qualification in Project/Construction Management preferred.
• Relevant project-management, planning, scheduling, or cost-control certification recommended.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, control plans, and progress-monitoring systems.
• Monitor project performance against schedules, budgets, milestones, and baselines.
• Analyze schedule and cost variances and identify risks, delays, and corrective actions.
• Prepare periodic project-control reports, dashboards, forecasts, and management updates.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineering, procurement, construction and other stakeholders for progress data.
• Support cost-control activities including commitments, forecasts, trends, and variance analysis.
• Maintain project-control data and ensure reporting information is accurate and timely.
• Support management with project-performance analysis and data-driven recommendations.

Skills

Project Controls

Project Planning & Scheduling

Cost Control

Progress Monitoring

Project Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Postgraduate qualification in Project/Construction Management

Project-management or cost-control certification

Tools

Scheduling software

Job description

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 06/09/2026

We are Sisco Jobs, a recruitment consultancy based in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. We are hiring on behalf of our client for the position of Project Controls Managers / Analysts in Dubai, UAE. Our client is seeking skilled, motivated professionals with strong project-controls capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, control plans, and progress-monitoring systems.
  
• Monitor project performance against approved schedules, budgets, milestones, and baselines.
  
• Analyze schedule and cost variances and identify potential risks, delays, and corrective actions.
  
• Prepare periodic project-control reports, dashboards, forecasts, and management updates.
  
• Coordinate with project managers, engineering teams, procurement, construction teams, and other stakeholders to obtain accurate progress information.
  
• Support cost-control activities including commitments, forecasts, trends, and variance analysis.
  
• Maintain project-control data and ensure reporting information is accurate, consistent, and timely.
  
• Support management with project-performance analysis and data-driven recommendations.
  

Required Skills

• Project Controls: Ability to establish and maintain effective project monitoring and control processes.
  
• Project Planning & Scheduling: Ability to develop, update, and analyze project schedules and milestones.
  
• Cost Control: Understanding of project budgets, forecasts, commitments, and cost variance analysis.
  
• Progress Monitoring: Ability to measure actual progress against approved project baselines.
  
• Project Reporting: Ability to prepare clear dashboards, forecasts, variance reports, and management reports.
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience with project scheduling and controls software.
  
• Strong analytical and project-performance reporting capability.
  
• Experience coordinating project-control information across multidisciplinary teams.
  

Work Experience Requirements

The source does not specify an experience requirement. Typical requirement: Project Controls Analyst positions commonly require prior hands-on project planning/control experience, while Project Controls Manager positions generally require more extensive project-controls experience with responsibility for reporting, scheduling, cost control, and stakeholder coordination.

Education

Minimum: Typical - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.

Preferred: Typical - Postgraduate qualification in Project/Construction Management.

Additional: Typical - Relevant project-management, planning, scheduling, or cost-control certification.