Oman Project Controls Engineer – Oil & Gas DBOT

ZL Chemicals Ltd.; Muscat; On-site; OMR 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

ZL Chemicals Ltd. in Muscat, Oman, is seeking a Project Controls Engineer to lead planning, scheduling, progress measurement and cost control across a DBOT polymer injection facility programme.

You will own the integrated schedule and cost baseline, provide early warning of deviations, and support change management while coordinating with Operations, Engineering and HSE to deliver on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, quantity surveying, construction management or a related discipline.
• 10 years in project planning, scheduling, progress measurement and cost control on multi-disciplined oil, gas or petrochemical projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Work Breakdown Structure and the integrated Level 1–4 schedule across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Establish the schedule baseline and run the change control process for baseline revisions.
• Track the critical path and near-critical activities; flag slippage early and quantify the recovery needed.
• Carry out schedule risk analysis to set confidence levels against key milestones and contract dates.
• Design and maintain progress measurement systems — weighted milestones and earned value — that reflect real physical percentage complete across every discipline and contractor.
• Produce budget S-curves, weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards and KPIs for the project management team and the client.
• Track Value of Work Done and outgoing cash flow against the approved budget; report variance and forecast cost at completion.
• Maintain the cost baseline and cost breakdown structure, and monitor commitments, accruals, invoicing and payment milestones with Contracts and Procurement.
• Assess the schedule and cost impact of variations, Technical Queries and scope changes to support change management.
• Support close-out reporting, lessons learned and final cost and schedule reconciliation.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Cost control

Progress measurement

Earned value

Contract & change management

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

ZL Chemicals Ltd. in Muscat, Oman, is seeking a Project Controls Engineer to lead planning, scheduling, progress measurement and cost control across a DBOT polymer injection facility programme.

You will own the integrated schedule and cost baseline, provide early warning of deviations, and support change management while coordinating with Operations, Engineering and HSE to deliver on time and within budget.