About the Role
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You can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible as a Project Controls Manager supporting a major railway programme in the UAE. In this role, you will lead integrated planning, scheduling, cost control, risk management, progress measurement, and performance reporting across a complex, multi-package rail programme.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the project controls function, including planning, cost, risk, change, forecasting, and reporting.
- Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule covering design, procurement, construction, rail systems, testing and commissioning, and handover.
- Review contractor baseline schedules, updates, recovery programmes, and time-impact analyses.
- Monitor progress, critical paths, earned value, cost performance, cash flow, and forecasts.
- Develop dashboards, KPIs, monthly reports, look-aheads, and early-warning indicators.
- Support delay, claims, and Extension of Time (EOT) assessments.
- Lead risk management and mitigation tracking across the programme.
- Manage project controls personnel and ensure accurate and timely reporting.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
- 13+ years of relevant experience, including significant project controls experience on major railway, metro, or transportation infrastructure projects.
- Minimum 7 years of rail design and/or construction experience.
- Previous experience as a Project Controls Manager or equivalent on a major rail or transportation programme.
- Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6, integrated scheduling, cost control, earned value management, forecasting, and risk management.
- Strong experience reviewing Design & Build contractor programmes and recovery schedules.
- Strong leadership, analytical, stakeholder-management, and reporting skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
- PMP, PMI-SP, AACE, RICS, APM, or equivalent professional certification.
- Previous PMC or Client-side experience on major rail programmes.
At the company, we equally employ representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information. We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the company's quest.
