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Senior Project Control Specialist

Unlock employer Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Direct to Company 1 hour ago · 27 Oct 2026

Financial

  • Estimate: $60k - $120k/yr*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

About the Role
The position focuses on ensuring that HSSEQ (Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Quality) goals, objectives, and targets are met through personal leadership and involvement. The role is pivotal in the safe delivery and handover of the project to the owner, ensuring it is done sustainably, safely, on time, and within budget while producing a quality product that represents 'best value' for the owner and their stakeholders. Additionally, the role involves providing cost and estimating management, leadership, and support for all project activities.

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Responsibilities

  • Champion the Project Safety culture, behaviors, and engagement activities.
  • Report to PMC Project Controls Manager and work under his direction.
  • Identify, evaluate, and resolve Planning/Cost Control/Financial issues during the EPC Contract phase.
  • Review, monitor, and control project costs, schedules, deliverables, programs, progress, and productivity.
  • Review the EPC Contractor’s Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for compliance with the contractual scope of work used while preparing the total project scope, project coding, project schedules, and cost reporting.
  • Review EPC Contractor’s proposed measurement weight factors and work schedules, ensuring sequence and logic are correct for Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-commissioning, Commissioning, Start-up, and Performance Testing.
  • Verify EPC Contractor requests for payments, including required supporting documents and certified entitlements.
  • Review EPC Contractor’s Invoices, Progress Measurement, and Forecasts, providing assessments to senior project management.
  • Participate in project risk reviews, constructability reviews, and value engineering workshops.
  • Provide functional input to project management and reporting, highlighting trends in costs and schedules.
  • Establish and implement a project statistical database for benchmarking purposes.
  • Perform trend analysis on both schedule and cost for early identification of potential deviations.
  • Evaluate change orders/claims requests, making recommendations to approve, modify, or reject.
  • Prepare project cost reports highlighting current expenditures, commitments, and forecast payments.
  • Monitor cash flow in multi-currencies, structure payments, and supervise internal and external audits.
  • Ensure compliance with PMC procedures for estimating, progress measurement, and forecasting.
  • Review and provide functional input to processes for contract close-out reports and performance evaluations.

Qualifications and Experience

  • A bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering or equivalent from an accredited university.
  • Minimum of fifteen (15+) years of relevant experience in the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical industry, including at least five (5) years of experience in the GCC region.
  • At least three (3) years of experience in a similar position for international major Oil & Gas or Petrochemical projects.
  • Experience in FEED & EPC roles is required; experience in PMC roles is preferable.
  • ADNOC project experience is preferable.

Benefits
The company is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, focusing on values that inspire a culture where everyone feels they belong. The organization emphasizes reskilling its workforce and supporting the transition to low-carbon energy infrastructure.

  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
  • Participation in innovative projects and collaboration within diverse teams.
  • A respectful workplace where every employee's voice is heard.
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