Senior Project Controls Lead – Oil & Gas Scheduling

Penspen; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Penspen is seeking an experienced Lead Project Control Engineer with a strong oil & gas background to lead project planning and scheduling across the full project lifecycle in Abu Dhabi. You will develop, monitor, and control integrated schedules, baselines, WBS, critical paths, and look-ahead plans, coordinating across engineering teams, contractors, and client representatives to ensure on-time delivery.

This role requires Primavera P6 expertise, EVA, and schedule risk analysis for complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• 17+ years of oil & gas experience in the oil and gas industry.
• 5+ years in PMC projects.
• Proven experience as a Lead Planning Engineer on compression facility projects and other upstream, midstream, or downstream oil & gas developments.
• Strong experience in FEED, Detailed Engineering, EPC, commissioning, and start-up phases.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with project controls and reporting tools is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of EPC project execution, critical path methodology (CPM), earned value management (EVM), forecasting, and schedule risk analysis.
• Experience preparing recovery schedules, delay analyses, claims support documentation, and project performance reports.
• Excellent analytical, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, AACE PSP (Planning & Scheduling
• Experience supporting procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities.
• Strong experience in greenfield & brownfield compression facility projects.
• GCC/Middle East oil & gas project experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Prepare project baselines, work breakdown structures (WBS), critical path analyses, recovery schedules, and look-ahead plans.
• Plan and monitor engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up activities for LNG compression facility and oil & gas projects.
• Coordinate planning activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams, contractors, vendors, and client representatives.
• Monitor project progress, identify schedule risks and delays, and recommend mitigation and recovery strategies.
• Review and assess contractor schedules, resource plans, and progress reports to ensure alignment with project milestones.
• Prepare weekly and monthly planning reports, S-curves, dashboards, KPIs, progress measurement reports, and management presentations.
• Support project controls activities, including forecasting, change management, earned value analysis (EVA), and schedule risk analysis.
• Participate in project review meetings and provide planning support to project management for informed decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with project planning procedures, contractual requirements, and company standards.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Scheduling

CPM

EVM

Forecasting

Recovery schedules

PMP

AACE PSP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Penspen is seeking an experienced Lead Project Control Engineer with a strong oil & gas background to lead project planning and scheduling across the full project lifecycle in Abu Dhabi. You will develop, monitor, and control integrated schedules, baselines, WBS, critical paths, and look-ahead plans, coordinating across engineering teams, contractors, and client representatives to ensure on-time delivery.

This role requires Primavera P6 expertise, EVA, and schedule risk analysis for complex