Strategic Planning & Cost Control Lead

Client of iPS - Powerful People; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of iPS - Powerful People is seeking a Planning & Cost Control Lead to drive planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, risk management, and reporting across a major Jubail industrial project.

You will lead the Project Services function, guide a team, ensure governance and HSE standards, and coordinate with contractors and stakeholders to deliver on schedule and budget commitments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is required.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in Planning, Scheduling, Cost Control, or Project Controls.
• Minimum 5 years of experience within the Middle East region, preferably in KSA.
• PMP, APM, or equivalent professional certification is required.
• Advanced Primavera P6 expertise is essential.
• Strong experience in cost estimation, cost control, forecasting, and project reporting.
• Proven experience managing planning activities for major capital or EPC projects.
• Strong knowledge of FEED, Detailed Design, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Startup phases.
• Experience in Critical Path Analysis, Trend Analysis, Recovery Planning, and Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA).
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and contractor coordination skills.
• Experience within metal processing, refining, petrochemical, or industrial projects is preferred.
• International project experience is an advantage.
• Immediate availability is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning scheduling and cost control activities.
• Develop and maintain project control systems procedures and reporting frameworks.
• Monitor project progress cost performance and schedule adherence.
• Prepare weekly monthly and management project reports.
• Manage project forecasting benchmarking and trend analysis.
• Perform schedule and cost risk analysis and support contingency planning.
• Coordinate with Finance on cash flow budgeting and cost reporting activities.
• Manage project change control and management of change processes.
• Review and approve contractor schedules progress updates and cost estimates.
• Support project assurance reviews and decision gate requirements.
• Lead project controls interfaces with contractors and project stakeholders.
• Develop recovery plans and corrective actions for schedule and cost deviations.
• Support project closeout reporting and lessons learned activities.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Project Services team.
• Promote strong HSE leadership and project governance compliance.

Skills

Planning

Scheduling

Cost control

Forecasting

Project reporting

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Contractor coordination

Risk analysis

HSE leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Client of iPS - Powerful People is seeking a Planning & Cost Control Lead to drive planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, risk management, and reporting across a major Jubail industrial project.

You will lead the Project Services function, guide a team, ensure governance and HSE standards, and coordinate with contractors and stakeholders to deliver on schedule and budget commitments.