Director of Project Controls

About the role

Provide executive leadership of Project Controls, integrating planning, cost, risk, change, progress and performance to ensure predictable project delivery and protection of time, cost and commercial objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the Project Controls strategy, governance and team across multi‑billion‑dollar major projects and programmes.
• Own baseline, critical path, cost plan, forecasting and performance management.
• Drive integrated planning, cost control, progress measurement, risk and change management.
• Provide accurate EAC/ETC, cash‑flow, productivity and schedule forecasts.
• Identify emerging deviations and lead recovery and mitigation strategies.

Required profile

• 18+ years in project controls with a Tier‑1 contractor, EPC or major programme environment.
• Proven leadership on large‑scale GCC/Saudi construction, infrastructure or giga‑projects.
• Engineering/Construction/Project Management degree; PMP, AACE or PMI‑SP certification advantageous.
• Exceptional commercial acumen, executive communication and stakeholder management.

Required skills

• Primavera P6
• Cost management
• Forecasting
• Risk management
• Change management
• Performance analytics