Senior Project Controls Engineer

Client of Eram Talent; Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Eram Talent is recruiting on behalf of a leading Petrochemical client in Saudi Arabia for a Senior Project Controls Engineer. You will lead planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting and performance reporting across EPCM and construction environments.

Responsibilities include developing monitoring and reporting of project performance against baselines, coordinating contractors, and delivering reliable reports to project management and clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Management.
• Minimum 5 years of refinery or petrochemical plant project experience.
• Experience in multinational corporate environments.
• Proficient in MS Office and Primavera P6.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance for resolving complex project control issues.
• Analyze, report and forecast project data (scope, cost, schedule, risk, quality, safety).
• Develop project cash-flow forecasts.
• Maintain WBS mapping of scope, cost, schedule.
• Assess effects of design or construction changes and schedule slippages.
• Report schedule status to management and client.
• Develop and maintain critical-path logic networks and bar charts.
• Oversee EPCM and Construction contractors' project controls and reporting.

Skills

Project controls

Scheduling

Cost control

Forecasting

Reporting

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Management

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Job description

Eram Talent is hiring on behalf of its leading Petrochemical client for a strong Senior Project Controls Engineer strong to support major refinery and petrochemical projects The client is seeking an experienced project controls professional with a strong background in project planning scheduling cost control forecasting and performance reporting within EPCM and construction environments The successful candidate will be responsible for developing monitoring analyzing and reporting project performance across scope cost schedule risk quality and safety while ensuring effective project controls systems accurate forecasting critical-path management and alignment with approved project baselines The role will also involve coordinating and overseeing contractors project controls activities providing guidance to project teams and delivering reliable performance reports to project management and clients

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance direction and specialized support for resolving complex project control issues
• Calculate analyze report and recommend actions on project data including schedule cost budget risk quality and safety
• Develop project cash-flow forecasts
• Integrate scope cost and schedule within the Work Breakdown Structure and maintain accurate mapping
• Analyze evaluate and forecast current project status against the approved baseline schedule
• Assess the effects of design or construction changes and schedule slippages
• Report schedule status to project management Sadara management and the client as applicable
• Apply engineering procurement and construction terminology concepts and relationships
• Develop and maintain critical-path logic networks and bar charts
• Customize project control systems to meet specific project requirements
• Accumulate and maintain historical performance data to support realistic future planning and forecasting
• Guide and oversee EPCM amp Construction contractors to effectively sett up their project controls amp reporting structure
• Pro-actively verify amp ensure accurate reporting from other project contractors
• Supervise and support lower-level project controls engineers or support personnel when assigned
• Perform other responsibilities associated with the position as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Management.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in refinery or petrochemical plant project activities.
• Strong practical experience working in a multinational environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze and present reports clearly and in an organized manner.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project controls software, including Primavera P6.