Senior Project Control Lead – Oil & Gas

Petrofac; Sharjah Emirate; On-site; AED 391,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Petrofac in Sharjah, UAE, is seeking a Deputy Manager – Project Control to lead project controls for complex oil and gas projects. The role demands deep knowledge of project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and reporting to support timely delivery.

You will develop systems and procedures, guide the planning team, manage manpower histograms and S-curves, monitor progress through regular reviews, and coordinate with construction management, engineering and procurement to ensure schedule

Qualifications

• Graduate engineer with substantial oil and gas project controls experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems and procedures for Project control functions on project onset and as client requirements evolve to enable monitoring.
• Determine staffing requirements based on workload and allocate resources to project phases.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the project planning team to develop, implement and maintain project controls procedures, schedules (level 1-4), and reporting systems.
• Prepare progress measurement systems such as manpower histograms and S-curves to reflect monthly staffing needs and project progress.
• Monitor weekly/monthly progress, identify issues, bottlenecks and scheduling conflicts, and ensure timely execution.
• Coordinate internal project reviews followed by client approvals of schedules, progress measurement, and reporting systems.
• Keep the Project Director/Manager informed of progress and areas needing attention for schedule adherence.
• Ensure field project controls documents (schedules, resources histograms, reporting systems, data bases) are developed and interfaced with engineering and procurement.
• Carry out diagnostic studies to measure progress against plan and propose actions for schedule adherence.
• Carry out schedule risk analyses as required and advise corrective actions.
• Participate in departmental development activities for continual improvement of project control systems and services.
• Perform any other duties as directed by the HOD.

Job description

Petrofac in Sharjah, UAE, is seeking a Deputy Manager – Project Control to lead project controls for complex oil and gas projects. The role demands deep knowledge of project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and reporting to support timely delivery.

You will develop systems and procedures, guide the planning team, manage manpower histograms and S-curves, monitor progress through regular reviews, and coordinate with construction management, engineering and procurement to ensure schedule