Senior Project Controls Specialist - Cost and Schedule

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 18,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Controls Specialist - Cost and Schedule in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You will oversee project schedule, cost, resources, revenue, and financial performance to provide leadership with a dependable view against baselines.

Responsibilities include developing baseline schedules, performing variance analysis, Earned Value Management, and preparing cost tracking reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline.
• 5–10 years of experience supporting construction, design or similar projects.
• Saudi National as specified for the position.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, cost control, forecasting and EVM.
• Experience establishing baselines and budgets, and preparing weekly/monthly reports.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain baseline schedules for construction, design, and related project activities.
• Analyze project status against approved baselines and identify deviations.
• Coordinate with Project Managers to establish Work Breakdown Structures for scheduling and cost control.
• Develop baseline budgets covering resources, revenue, expenditure and delivery needs.
• Maintain alignment between cost accounts and reporting requirements.
• Analyze actual and forecast cost performance against baselines.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cost tracking reports for project leadership.
• Establish resource, revenue, and cost projections with project teams.
• Update forecasts using performance data and identified risks.
• Apply Earned Value Management to evaluate project performance.
• Prepare explanations and supporting analysis for major variances.
• Support monthly/quarterly performance reviews and project planning.

Skills

Project controls

Cost control

Project scheduling

Earned Value Management

Power BI

Primavera

Oracle PM

Excel

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, or related discipline

Tools

Primavera scheduling tools

Oracle project management systems

PMIS

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Role: Senior Project Controls Specialist - Cost and Schedule

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Construction

Function: Production Engineering/Planning/Scheduling

Experience: 5-10 years

Job Type: Full-time

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia

City: Riyadh

Industry: Construction

Function: Production Engineering/Planning/Scheduling

Salary: 18000-28000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Saudi National

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Senior Project Controls Specialist will provide integrated oversight of project schedule, cost, resources, revenue, and financial performance. The role combines planning and cost control disciplines to give project leadership a dependable view of actual performance against approved baselines. Through detailed variance analysis, Earned Value Management, forecasting, and structured reporting, the specialist will identify emerging issues before they materially affect project results. The position will also coordinate closely with project management, planning, finance, billing, and other departments to maintain accurate cost allocation and realistic forecasts.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain baseline schedules for construction, design, and related project activities.
• Analyze project status against approved baseline schedules and identify emerging deviations.
• Coordinate with Project Managers to establish Work Breakdown Structures suitable for schedule and cost control.
• Develop baseline budgets covering project resources, revenue, expenditure, and anticipated delivery requirements.
• Maintain alignment between budget structures, cost accounts, project activities, and reporting requirements.
• Analyze actual and forecast cost performance against approved baselines.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cost tracking reports for project leadership.
• Establish resource, revenue, and cost projections in coordination with project teams.
• Update forecasts using current performance data, commitments, historical trends, and identified risks.
• Perform detailed variance analysis against approved schedule and financial projections.
• Identify significant deviations and recommend corrective actions to responsible project personnel.
• Use historical performance information to improve future project planning and forecasting accuracy.
• Monitor physical and financial progress throughout project execution.
• Apply Earned Value Management principles to evaluate project performance.
• Calculate and report Earned Value, Estimate at Completion, and Estimate to Complete.
• Analyze cost and schedule trends to forecast anticipated final project outcomes.
• Support monthly and quarterly project performance reviews.
• Prepare explanations and supporting analysis for major cost, schedule, revenue, or resource variances.
• Assist the Project Director with preparation and finalization of project business plans.
• Coordinate project controls information required for business planning and management reviews.
• Customize project control systems, procedures, reports, and workflows to suit individual project requirements.
• Work with Finance, Planning, Commercial, Project Management, and other departments to improve cost visibility.
• Verify that project expenditure is charged to the correct jobs, cost accounts, and work packages.
• Maintain cost control records and resolve inconsistencies affecting project reporting.
• Develop and maintain project schedules using appropriate project controls platforms.
• Monitor design and construction milestones and highlight activities requiring management attention.
• Support billing activities by preparing invoices and coordinating required supporting information.
• Follow up with relevant stakeholders to facilitate timely invoice processing and collection.
• Maintain billing and collection records as part of overall project financial monitoring.
• Prepare trackers and logs covering costs, revenues, forecasts, billing, outstanding issues, and management actions.
• Develop dashboards and reporting outputs that clearly communicate project controls performance.
• Use Power BI to improve visualization of cost, schedule, and project performance information.
• Participate in project meetings and provide project controls analysis where required.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to obtain accurate and timely schedule and financial information.
• Maintain comprehensive records of baseline changes, forecasts, assumptions, and approved adjustments.
• Support identification of project control risks and implementation of mitigation measures.
• Provide guidance to project teams on project controls procedures and reporting requirements.
• Supervise and mentor Project Controls Engineers when assigned.
• Support personnel development and provide performance feedback for direct reports.
• Contribute to improvements in project controls systems, reporting practices, templates, and analytical methods.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline.
• 5-10 years of experience supporting construction, design, or comparable project environments.
• Saudi National as specified for the position.
• Strong practical knowledge of project controls principles and methodologies.
• Experience establishing and maintaining baseline schedules and budgets.
• Strong understanding of cost control, resource planning, revenue forecasting, and expenditure monitoring.
• Practical experience preparing weekly and monthly project controls reports.
• Strong capability in variance analysis and forecast development.
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management.
• Experience calculating and interpreting Earned Value, Estimate at Completion, and Estimate to Complete.
• Ability to integrate schedule, cost, resource, and financial information.
• Experience developing schedules for construction or design projects.
• Familiarity with PMIS and Oracle project management platforms.
• Practical experience with Primavera scheduling tools.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capability.
• Strong Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Experience developing project dashboards using Power BI.
• Understanding of billing, invoice preparation, and collection coordination is advantageous.
• Ability to prepare cost trackers, issue logs, forecasts, and management reports accurately.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Good communication skills and ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong stakeholder management capability.
• Ability to mentor junior project controls personnel when required.
• Organized approach to managing multiple reporting deadlines and project priorities.

Skills Set

• Project controls
• Cost control
• Project scheduling
• Baseline schedules
• Baseline budgets
• Cost forecasting
• Schedule forecasting
• Earned Value Management
• Earned Value
• Estimate at Completion
• Estimate to Complete
• Variance analysis
• Cost variance analysis
• Schedule variance analysis
• Resource planning
• Resource forecasting
• Revenue forecasting
• Cost projections
• Cash flow awareness
• Project budgeting
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Cost tracking
• Progress monitoring
• Historical trend analysis
• Corrective action planning
• Project performance reporting
• Monthly reporting
• Weekly reporting
• Primavera
• PMIS
• Oracle project management systems
• Microsoft Excel
• Power BI
• Project dashboards
• Cost allocation
• Billing support
• Invoice preparation
• Collection coordination
• Cost trackers
• Project logs
• Business planning
• Construction scheduling
• Design scheduling
• Forecast accuracy
• Financial performance
• Management reporting
• Stakeholder coordination
• Project controls systems
• Project controls mentoring

Why Join Us

This role offers the opportunity to work across the full project controls spectrum rather than focusing exclusively on either planning or cost management. The combination of scheduling, budgeting, Earned Value Management, forecasting, revenue monitoring, billing, and performance reporting provides broad exposure to the commercial and operational drivers of successful project delivery.

For a Saudi project controls professional in Riyadh, the position provides a strong foundation for progression into senior project controls, planning, cost management, commercial, and program management roles while developing advanced capability in Primavera, Power BI, forecasting, and integrated performance management.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, construction management, technology, and program delivery solutions for major developments worldwide. Its multidisciplinary teams use integrated project controls, scheduling, cost management, financial forecasting, and performance reporting to improve predictability and support informed project leadership decisions.