Sr. Project Controls Manager

Faithful+Gould Saudi Arabia Limited; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Life insurance

Medical insurance

Annual leave

Gratuity scheme

Discretionary bonus

Flight allowance

Housing allowance

Wellbeing program

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Project Control Manager in Saudi Arabia to lead planning, cost control, scheduling, and risk management across large-scale projects. You will establish baselines, monitor progress, and drive governance and reporting to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role requires senior experience, international certifications, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will develop robust frameworks, manage change, and provide actionable insights to leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, Finance).
• 7+ years of experience in project controls, project management, PMO, or related disciplines.
• Experience managing large-scale projects and cross-functional stakeholders.
• PMI-SP, PMP, PRINCE2, or similar certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project control frameworks, procedures, and standards.
• Establish project baselines for scope, schedule, and budget.
• Monitor progress against milestones and deliverables; identify variances and corrective actions.
• Ensure effective change management and configuration control processes.
• Track budgets, forecasts, commitments, and expenditures; analyze cost performance.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules; conduct schedule risk analysis.
• Provide KPI dashboards and performance insights to leadership; report on project status.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to mitigate delays and project risks.
• Prepare and present project status reports and facilitate governance forums.

Skills

Project controls

Budgeting

Scheduling

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business/PM/Finance

Job description

Job Description Overview

The Project Control Manager is responsible for planning, monitoring, controlling, and reporting project performance across scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources. The role ensures projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with organizational objectives by establishing robust project controls, governance frameworks, and performance reporting mechanisms. Your role

Project Planning & Control

• Develop and maintain project control frameworks, procedures, and standards.
• Establish project baselines for scope, schedule, and budget.
• Monitor project progress against planned milestones and deliverables.
• Identify schedule variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensure effective change management and configuration control processes.

Cost Management

• Track project budgets, forecasts, commitments, and expenditures.
• Analyze cost performance and provide variance reports.
• Support financial planning, budgeting, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Ensure accurate project financial reporting and compliance.

Schedule Management

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules using project management tools.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis and critical path assessments.
• Monitor project milestones and provide schedule performance reports.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to mitigate delays and project risks.

Risk & Performance Management

• Identify, assess, and monitor project risks and opportunities.
• Maintain risk registers and mitigation plans.
• Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and project dashboards.
• Provide trend analysis and performance insights to leadership teams.

Reporting & Governance

• Prepare and present project status reports for senior management.
• Facilitate project review meetings and governance forums.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, standards, and contractual requirements.
• Support audits and project assurance activities.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with project managers, finance teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Communicate project performance, risks, and issues effectively.
• Support decision-making through accurate and timely project data and analysis.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, Finance, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in project controls, project management, PMO, or related disciplines.
• Experience managing large-scale projects and cross-functional stakeholders.
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-SP, or similar certification preferred.

Rewards & benefits

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, familycare, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and our people. Find out more.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and our people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.