Senior Project Controls Lead for Mega Infrastructure Projects

Confidential; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking an experienced Project Controls Manager to lead planning, cost control, forecasting, and performance reporting for major landscape, public realm, and infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia.

The role partners with Project Directors to provide visibility on schedule, cost, risks, and overall performance while guiding the project controls team. Strong Primavera P6 skills and a track record on large-scale projects are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 10–15 years of project controls experience in construction or infrastructure.
• Experience on large-scale or mega projects; landscape/public realm preferred.
• Advanced Primavera P6 proficiency.
• Experience with Power BI, Excel, dashboards, and exec reporting.
• Leadership of project controls teams.
• Certifications such as PMP/PSP/CCP advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, scheduling, cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and project reporting.
• Develop baselines, Level 3–5 schedules, cash flow, and cost forecasts.
• Track performance using EVM, KPIs, dashboards, and progress measurement.
• Identify deviations and develop recovery/mitigation plans.
• Lead weekly and monthly project controls reporting for management and clients.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, procurement, commercial, and finance teams.
• Manage planners, schedulers, and cost control engineers.
• Support change management, variations, claims, delay analysis, and EOT.
• Drive improvements in project controls processes and automation.

Skills

Planning

Scheduling

Cost control

Budgeting

Forecasting

Project reporting

EVM

KPIs

Dashboards

Variance analysis

Cash flow

WBS/CBS

Power BI

Excel

Change management

Leadership

EOT assessments

Claims analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Confidential is seeking an experienced Project Controls Manager to lead planning, cost control, forecasting, and performance reporting for major landscape, public realm, and infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia.

The role partners with Project Directors to provide visibility on schedule, cost, risks, and overall performance while guiding the project controls team. Strong Primavera P6 skills and a track record on large-scale projects are required.