Project Lead jobs in United Arab Emirates

• Provide strategic leadership for project controls across FEED and Detail Engineering projects in the Oil & Gas sector.
• Develop, implement, and maintain robust project controls processes and systems to ensure accurate planning, scheduling, cost control, and earned value management.
• Interface with multi-disciplinary teams and clients to establish baselines, monitor performance, and drive on-time, on-budget project delivery.
• Mentor project control professionals, improve forecasting accuracy, and ensure compliance with corporate standards and regulatory requirements.

Lead the development of project schedules (critical path method, resource-loaded schedules) and cost forecasts; manage baseline establishment and change control.

• Implement and maintain cost accounting, budgeting, earned value management (EVM), trend analysis, and risk registers.
• Monitor and report on scope, schedule, cost, and risk performance; provide actionable insights to project leadership.
• Establish and maintain integrated master schedules (IMS) and work breakdown structures (WBS); coordinate with all EPC disciplines.
• Manage change control processes (ECP/MOC), interfaces, and documentation control for project controls deliverables.
• Prepare and review dashboards, progress reports, cost reports, and forecast-at-completion (FAC) analyses for stakeholders and clients.
• Conduct risk analyses (quantitative and qualitative), perform contingency planning, and escalate critical issues.
• Ensure compliance with company standards, codes, and safety requirements; support internal and external audits.
• Lead the development of procedures for cost estimation, procurement planning, and schedule risk analysis.
• Mentor and develop junior project controls engineers; support staffing, training, and performance evaluations.
• Support procurement, construction, and commissioning activities with timely data and analyses.
• Stay current with advances in project controls tools and methodologies; recommend value-added solutions.

• 15+ years of experience in FEED and Detail Engineering and EPCM experience in the Oil & Gas industry.
• Proven experience in oil & gas projects in the Middle East – mandatory
• Extensive experience in gas processing facilities projects – mandatory
• Experience with Tier-1 or Tier-2 Consultants (preferable, managing consultants from the client side)

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil)

• Professional membership or relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, PMI-SP) are a plus.
• Certification in project controls or earned value management is advantageous.

• Strong background in project controls, scheduling, cost control, and earned value management.
• Proficiency with project management software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project) and cost management tools.
• Experience with integrated cost and schedule reporting, change management, and document control.
• Knowledge of procurement planning, risk management, and interface management.
• Familiarity with FEED and detail engineering deliverables and workflows.
• Ability to develop and maintain IMS, WBS, and baselines; conduct performance analysis and forecasting.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

This position offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-value projects in the oil & gas sector, utilising your extensive experience to deliver engineering excellence.

STRAGO, an equal employment opportunity employer, is recruiting on behalf of our client. If your application aligns closely with the required profile, you will be contacted to proceed with the next stage of the selection process.