Director Project Control

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.
• Oversee project controls across subcontractors, procurement, engineering, construction and commissioning.
• Lead controls input into change, delay, disruption and commercial assessments.
• Deliver concise, forward‑looking executive reporting and performance intelligence to senior management and client/PMC stakeholders.
• Build and lead a high‑performing, multidisciplinary project controls organisation.

Required profile

• 18+ years of experience 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.
• Strong expertise in Primavera P6, cost management, forecasting, risk, change and performance analytics.
• Engineering, Construction or Project Management degree; PMP, AACE, PMI‑SP or equivalent advantageous.
• Exceptional commercial acumen, executive communication and stakeholder management.

Required skills

• Primavera P6
• Cost Management
• Forecasting
• Risk Management
• Change Management
• Performance Management
• EAC/ETC
• Cash Flow
• Productivity
• Schedule Forecasts
• Project Controls