Project Controls Manager - Metro Delivery

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 391,000 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking a senior Project Controls Manager for a metro delivery program. You will lead planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, and change management across civil, structural, architectural, MEP, rail systems, and handover activities.

The role requires 12 years of project controls experience, previous supervision on major infrastructure projects, and strong knowledge of Primavera P6, integrated master schedules, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline required.
• Minimum 12 years progressive project controls experience.
• Previous supervisory or management responsibility required.
• Experience on major metro/rail infrastructure projects.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 and PMIS platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, scheduling, cost analysis, progress measurement, forecasting, reporting, and change control.
• Establish and maintain the integrated project baseline against scope, milestones, budget, and delivery requirements.
• Oversee detailed schedules including design, procurement, construction, interfaces, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Monitor critical and near-critical paths and identify threats to milestones.
• Develop reliable forecasts for completion, cost performance, and milestones.

Skills

Project controls

Primavera P6

Integrated master scheduling

Baseline schedule management

Critical path analysis

Progress measurement

Cost control

Cost analysis

Project forecasting

Schedule forecasting

Performance analysis

Schedule impact analysis

Change control

Claims support

Delay analysis

Variation assessment

Milestone management

Recovery planning

Resource planning

Rail project controls

Metro project controls

Rail systems integration

Handover planning

PMIS

Project dashboards

Executive reporting

Performance indicators

Project controls team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

PMIS platforms

Job description

Project Controls Manager - Metro Delivery Job Snapshot Role: Project Controls Manager - Metro Delivery Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function: Project-Program Management Experience: 12 years in project controls, including supervisory experience on major infrastructure projects Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Project Controls Manager - Metro Delivery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Construction opportunity focused on planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, and performance management for a major metro station project. Parsons Corporation is hiring an experienced Project Controls Manager to lead integrated controls across civil, structural, architectural, MEP, rail systems, finishes, public realm, testing, commissioning, and handover activities while maintaining visibility of schedule, budget, milestones, change, and project risk.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: Construction Function: Project-Program Management Salary: 35000-50000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Project Controls Manager will establish the performance framework used to measure and forecast delivery of a complex metro station from active construction through systems integration, commissioning, and handover. The position will combine schedule governance, cost intelligence, progress measurement, and change analysis to provide project leadership with an accurate forward-looking view of performance. Particular attention will be required around multidisciplinary interfaces where late design information, construction constraints, systems integration, or commissioning dependencies could affect critical milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the complete project controls function covering planning, scheduling, cost analysis, progress measurement, forecasting, reporting, and change control.
• Establish and maintain the integrated project baseline against approved scope, contractual milestones, budget, and delivery requirements.
• Oversee detailed schedules incorporating design, procurement, construction, interfaces, testing, commissioning, operational readiness, and handover.
• Monitor critical and near-critical paths and identify emerging threats to key project milestones.
• Analyze schedule performance, float consumption, slippage, productivity trends, and milestone movement.
• Evaluate the effects of design revisions, construction changes, interface constraints, delayed information, and other disruptions.
• Develop reliable forecasts for project completion, cost performance, and key delivery milestones.
• Maintain structured progress measurement processes across civil, structural, architectural, MEP, systems, finishes, and public realm activities.
• Coordinate project controls requirements between technical disciplines and major project workstreams.
• Integrate testing and commissioning dependencies into overall project planning and performance reporting.
• Lead development of project controls dashboards, executive reports, performance indicators, and management information.
• Provide the Client and project leadership with clear analysis of current performance, emerging trends, and required corrective actions.
• Prepare statistical, schedule, cost, progress, and forecast reports for regular project reviews.
• Provide specialized project controls advice when complex schedule, cost, or performance issues arise.
• Support change management by assessing time and cost implications of variations, claims, delays, and potential change orders.
• Develop schedule impact analyses that clearly establish the effect of proposed or realized project changes.
• Coordinate with commercial and contracts teams where project controls findings may affect claims, entitlement, or contractual milestones.
• Maintain traceable records supporting schedule and cost assessments associated with change events.
• Review consultant, contractor, supplier, and subcontractor schedules and progress information for accuracy and alignment.
• Challenge unsupported forecasts, unrealistic recovery assumptions, and inconsistencies in reported performance.
• Support development and assessment of mitigation and recovery schedules for delayed activities.
• Monitor interfaces between construction packages to identify dependencies that could constrain downstream work.
• Maintain project management fully informed of significant controls issues, trends, risks, and forecast changes.
• Coordinate staffing requirements and allocate project controls resources according to workload and project priorities.
• Supervise Project Control Engineers and Specialists responsible for schedule, cost, forecasting, and performance analysis.
• Review team outputs for technical accuracy, consistency, and reporting quality.
• Develop assigned personnel through technical guidance, training, feedback, and performance reviews.
• Support continuous improvement of project controls procedures, reporting systems, and digital performance tools.
• Provide project controls information for management presentations and other strategic project requirements.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive project controls experience.
• Previous supervisory or project controls management responsibility is required.
• Demonstrated experience on major metro, rail, transportation infrastructure, transit station, or complex building projects.
• Strong understanding of planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, reporting, and change control.
• Practical experience establishing and maintaining integrated baseline schedules.
• Strong knowledge of critical path analysis, milestone management, schedule forecasting, and performance measurement.
• Experience evaluating schedule and cost impacts associated with claims, variations, delays, and interface constraints.
• Working knowledge of civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, and electrical project interfaces.
• Exposure to systems integration, testing, commissioning, and handover planning is highly valuable.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 or equivalent professional scheduling software.
• Experience using PMIS platforms, project controls dashboards, reporting systems, and digital delivery tools is desirable.
• Strong Microsoft Office capability and proficiency with project controls software.
• Able to analyze complex project information and convert findings into concise management recommendations.
• Comfortable coordinating with clients, consultants, contractors, suppliers, government entities, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Saudi Arabian or wider Middle East project experience is advantageous.
• Ability to meet Parsons Project Controls Manager Certification requirements.

Skills Set

• Project controls
• Primavera P6
• Integrated master scheduling
• Baseline schedule management
• Critical path analysis
• Progress measurement
• Cost control
• Cost analysis
• Project forecasting
• Schedule forecasting
• Performance analysis
• Schedule impact analysis
• Change control
• Claims support
• Delay analysis
• Variation assessment
• Milestone management
• Recovery planning
• Resource planning
• Metro project controls
• Rail infrastructure
• Transit station delivery
• Civil works coordination
• Structural works coordination
• Architectural works coordination
• MEP coordination
• Rail systems integration
• Testing and commissioning
• Handover planning
• PMIS
• Project dashboards
• Executive reporting
• Performance indicators
• Project controls team management

Why Join Us

Riyadh 's expanding metro and transportation infrastructure requires sophisticated project controls to integrate construction, architectural works, rail systems, commissioning, and final handover against demanding program milestones. This position provides direct responsibility for the performance intelligence behind a major station project, allowing an experienced controls professional to influence recovery strategies, change decisions, schedule outcomes, and management priorities within Saudi Arabia 's growing Construction market.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, program management, and technology solutions for complex transportation and development projects worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, its multidisciplinary teams support major rail and infrastructure programs through integrated project controls, engineering expertise, construction management, digital delivery, and disciplined performance oversight.