Senior Project Controls Engineer - Scheduling

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 245,520 - 390,600; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer - Scheduling in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to oversee planning, scheduling, and reporting for major infrastructure projects. The role requires strong analytical judgment, EPC delivery understanding, and the ability to translate performance data into actionable insights.

You will maintain reliable schedules, monitor progress, analyze risks, and prepare dashboards for project leadership, coordinating with engineering, procurement, and construction

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in project controls, planning, scheduling, or project management support.
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, and construction processes and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules, critical path networks, progress reports, and performance measurement tools.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite and scheduling tools used on construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide project controls support across planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, performance tracking, and project reporting activities.
• Analyze project performance against approved baseline schedules and highlight trends, deviations, risks, and areas requiring management attention.
• Develop, maintain, and update critical path schedules, logic networks, progress reports, and project performance dashboards.
• Evaluate design changes, construction changes, delay events, and schedule impacts, then recommend corrective measures to reduce project risk.
• Prepare schedule status reports, variance analysis, dashboards, technical summaries, and management presentations for project teams and clients.
• Monitor project progress against planned milestones and identify possible schedule issues before they affect delivery targets.
• Support the customization and improvement of project control systems to meet project-specific reporting, tracking, and forecasting needs.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commercial, and project management teams to align schedules with actual delivery activities.
• Maintain historical project data to support planning, benchmarking, forecasting, productivity analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical input to resolve complex scheduling, progress measurement, and project controls challenges.
• Support resource planning by providing information related to project controls workload, staffing needs, reporting cycles, and schedule support requirements.
• Assist in mentoring junior project controls staff and provide practical guidance on scheduling methods, reporting standards, and analysis techniques.
• Track schedule performance indicators and support timely escalation of risks, delays, interface issues, or corrective action requirements.
• Review project activity logic, dependencies, critical paths, progress updates, and schedule narratives for consistency and reliability.
• Help strengthen project decision‑making by converting planning data into clear insights for senior project leadership.

Skills

Planning

Scheduling

Critical path method

Progress monitoring

Performance reporting

Earned value management

Risk analysis

Forecasting

Project dashboards

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Tools

Scheduling software

Project controls software

Logic networks

Job description

Senior Project Controls Engineer - Scheduling

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Construction

Function: Project-Program Management

Experience: Minimum 5 years

Job Type: Full-time

Country: Saudi Arabia

City: Riyadh

Salary: 22,000 – 35,000 (est.)

Senior Project Controls Engineer - Scheduling in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Construction opportunity with Parsons Corporation for an experienced project controls professional skilled in planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, forecasting, critical path analysis, and performance reporting for major infrastructure and construction projects. This role supports project leadership by maintaining reliable schedules, analyzing delivery risks, preparing project dashboards, and helping engineering, procurement, and construction teams stay aligned with approved delivery objectives. The role requires strong scheduling discipline, analytical judgment, understanding of EPC delivery, and the ability to translate project performance information into practical recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide project controls support across planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, performance tracking, and project reporting activities.
• Analyze project performance against approved baseline schedules and highlight trends, deviations, risks, and areas requiring management attention.
• Develop, maintain, and update critical path schedules, logic networks, progress reports, and project performance dashboards.
• Evaluate design changes, construction changes, delay events, and schedule impacts, then recommend corrective measures to reduce project risk.
• Prepare schedule status reports, variance analysis, dashboards, technical summaries, and management presentations for project teams and clients.
• Monitor project progress against planned milestones and identify possible schedule issues before they affect delivery targets.
• Support the customization and improvement of project control systems to meet project-specific reporting, tracking, and forecasting needs.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commercial, and project management teams to align schedules with actual delivery activities.
• Maintain historical project data to support planning, benchmarking, forecasting, productivity analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical input to resolve complex scheduling, progress measurement, and project controls challenges.
• Support resource planning by providing information related to project controls workload, staffing needs, reporting cycles, and schedule support requirements.
• Assist in mentoring junior project controls staff and provide practical guidance on scheduling methods, reporting standards, and analysis techniques.
• Track schedule performance indicators and support timely escalation of risks, delays, interface issues, or corrective action requirements.
• Review project activity logic, dependencies, critical paths, progress updates, and schedule narratives for consistency and reliability.
• Help strengthen project decision‑making by converting planning data into clear insights for senior project leadership.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in project controls, planning, scheduling, or project management support.
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, and construction processes and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules, critical path networks, progress reports, and performance measurement tools.
• Proficiency in project controls software and scheduling tools used on construction, infrastructure, transportation, or rail projects.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to analyze project performance, identify schedule risks, assess delay impacts, and recommend practical corrective actions.
• Experience preparing dashboards, progress reports, schedule analysis, forecasting updates, and management presentations.
• Knowledge of earned value management, forecasting, project performance measurement, and benchmarking methods is preferred.
• Experience on major infrastructure, transportation, rail, or construction projects is advantageous.
• Professional certification in project management, planning, scheduling, or project controls is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, organizational, coordination, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams while managing multiple priorities, deadlines, and reporting requirements.

Skills Set

• Project controls
• Planning
• Scheduling
• Critical path method
• Baseline schedules
• Logic networks
• Progress monitoring
• Performance reporting
• Schedule analysis
• Delay impact assessment
• Forecasting
• Earned value management
• Project dashboards
• KPI reporting
• Project performance measurement
• EPC processes
• Construction planning
• Infrastructure projects
• Transportation projects
• Rail projects
• Risk analysis
• Corrective action planning
• Resource planning
• Benchmarking
• Historical data analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Scheduling tools
• Project controls software
• Management presentations
• Progress reports
• Multidisciplinary coordination
• Riyadh construction projects
• Saudi Arabia project controls jobs