Project Control Specialist

Company profile; Saudi Arabia; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Project Control Specialist to join the Joint Venture Projects Support Division. The role involves overseeing project health checks, performance monitoring, and providing consultation in project management. Ideal candidates will possess significant experience, relevant certifications, and strong analytical skills, contributing to large scale refinery and petrochemical projects.

Qualifications

• 15 years of work experience in project management.
• 10 years of experience in project control, including planning, scheduling, and cost control.
• Certified PMP and PMI-SP from Project Management Institute.

Responsibilities

• Conduct project health check assessments and present outcomes.
• Review projects performance and prepare progress reports.
• Manage project risks and conduct benchmarking studies.

Skills

Project management

Cost control

Risk management

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree in engineering

Job description

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a ’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a project control specialist to join joint Venture projects Support Division (JVPS)

Joint Venture Projects Support Division (JVPS) under Fuels Strategy & Capital Planning Department (FS&CPD) is responsible for providing oversight and support to Aramco affiliates projects within Downstream Fuels portfolios. This includes providing an independent view to decision makers on project progress, identifying areas of improvement and recommending corrective actions.

Your primary role is to lead and conduct project health check assessment process and advice on mitigation plans to maintain project cost and schedule. You are also going to provide project control services to project team as required.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Conduct project health check assessment for joint venture projects and present the outcome to the project sponsor.
• Review and monitor projects performance and present results to the project team and project sponsor.
• Prepare reports to analyses project progress in development or execution stages.
• Perform project risks analyses.
• Manage the database for projects lessons learned.
• Conduct benchmarking studies.
• Support project team by providing them with the best practices in project oversight and project control.
• Provide consultation services in project management such as project economics, governance, organization setup, cost estimating, scheduling, procurements and risk management.
• Provide support to develop the business plan, project feasibility, project technical development

Analyze claims and advice on negotiation strategies.

Minimum Requirements

As the successful candidate you will hold a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from a recognized and approved program. A master degree in engineering is .

You will have 15 years work experiences in project management, including at least 10 years in project control e.g., planning, scheduling and cost control.

• you must have PMP and PMI-SP certificates from Project Management Institute (or equivalent certificates)
• you must be certified by & AACEI (Advanced Association of Cost Engineer) or equivalent certificates.
• You must have work experiences in mega projects for refineries, petrochemicals or infrastructure industries.
• you will also have experiences in developing project scope, project schedule and cost estimates.
• You must have the capability to enhance benchmarking database from cost and industry perspective.

Job Post Duration

Job posting start date: 07/03/2025

Job posting end date: 12/31/2025

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.