Senior Data Center Project Controls Lead

Khazna Data Centers; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Khazna Data Centers seeks a Senior Project Controls Manager to lead planning, reporting, and governance for a large-scale data center campus. You will establish project controls, ensure data integrity, and drive standardized processes across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.

Responsibilities include developing master schedules, maintaining WBS/coding, and delivering management reports with dashboards and KPIs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with relevant professional/chartered qualification.
• 10+ years of relevant experience delivering data centers or complex engineering projects.
• Proficiency in P6, BIM 360, MS Project, AutoCAD, Revit, and Procore.
• Strong knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Power Apps, and SharePoint.
• Knowledge of construction technology, permitting, sequencing, testing, commissioning, and regulations.
• Strong strategic planning, risk management, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead programme-wide project planning, reporting, and governance strategy.
• Establish project controls policies, standards, systems, and procedures.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of programme data and reporting.
• Standardize document workflows and project controls processes.
• Develop and maintain the programme-wide master schedule.
• Establish WBS, coding structures, and project control frameworks.
• Coordinate schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Monitor progress, identify schedule variances, and drive corrective actions.
• Conduct critical path, scenario, and schedule risk analysis.
• Develop progress measurement systems, dashboards, and performance KPIs.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and management reports for senior leadership.
• Validate contractor progress submissions and maintain planning audit trails.
• Implement digital planning and reporting tools such as P6 and Power BI.
• Drive automation, visualization, and continuous improvement across project controls.

Skills

Project controls

Governance

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Planning

Reporting

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with professional/chartered qualification

Tools

P6

BIM 360

MS Project

AutoCAD

Revit

Procore

Excel

Power BI

Power Apps

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Job description

Khazna Data Centers seeks a Senior Project Controls Manager to lead planning, reporting, and governance for a large-scale data center campus. You will establish project controls, ensure data integrity, and drive standardized processes across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.

Responsibilities include developing master schedules, maintaining WBS/coding, and delivering management reports with dashboards and KPIs.