Director, Project Controls & Scheduling Excellence

Airswift; Doha; On-site; QAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift in Doha, Qatar seeks a Senior Project Controls Lead to govern cost, schedule, progress, and risk across a major oil & gas project, ensuring baselines are met and reporting is reliable.

You will lead a team, coordinate with engineering, construction, procurement, and PMT, and act as the interface with senior leadership and contractors to drive timely decisions.

The role demands extensive experience in planning, risk management, change control, and compliance with international standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Sciences or Engineering.
• Minimum 12 years of experience across project management functions in oil & gas.
• Minimum 3 years of leadership on a major oil & gas project.

Responsibilities

• Provide management and technical oversight for all areas of project controls (scheduling, planning, reporting, cost engineering).
• Lead project control activities and coordinate inputs from engineering, construction, and PMT functions.
• Ensure effective project control measures by contractors and subcontractors; adjust to meet standards.
• Interface with senior leadership, PMT members, and contractors on cost, schedule, reporting and approvals.
• Maintain the Project Control Plan and Change Management processes.
• Consolidate and report cost, schedule, trends and progress data; identify issues.
• Review changes for schedule and cost impact and update reporting accordingly.
• Manage workforce planning and fair decision-making across the project.
• Monitor contractor performance in scheduling, reporting, progress measurement, and cost estimating.
• Review invoices for compliance and coordinate with Accounts Payable.
• Support accounting and audit functions with contractor data.

Skills

Leadership

Cost control

Scheduling

Risk management

Project controls

Stakeholder management

Reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Sciences or Engineering

Job description

Airswift in Doha, Qatar seeks a Senior Project Controls Lead to govern cost, schedule, progress, and risk across a major oil & gas project, ensuring baselines are met and reporting is reliable.

You will lead a team, coordinate with engineering, construction, procurement, and PMT, and act as the interface with senior leadership and contractors to drive timely decisions.

The role demands extensive experience in planning, risk management, change control, and compliance with international standards.