Project Controls Manager
Role Overview
Project Planning & Controls Manager reporting to the Project Company Construction Director.
Permanent, full-time role based on site in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with flexibility to travel throughout the region.
The role oversees EPC contractor performance through project scheduling, progress tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Project Planning & Controls Manager reporting to the Project Company Construction Director.
Permanent, full-time role based on site in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with flexibility to travel throughout the region.
The role oversees EPC contractor performance through project scheduling, progress tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
About ENGIE
ENGIE works in low-carbon energy and services, including gas, renewable energy, and services, and supports the transition to a carbon-neutral world.
Key accountabilities
- Review and update the EPC schedule across design, consenting, coordination, supply, erection, interfaces, fuel supply, commissioning, and testing.
- Prepare and track the project baseline schedule, KPIs, and reports; keep progress updates accurate and flag deviations.
- Use S-curves and look-ahead schedules to monitor progress, critical-path impacts, and early/late progress trends.
- Lead weekly planning meetings and support recovery schedules and mitigation strategies with the Construction Director and team.
- Prepare reports and presentations for management, shareholders, lenders, and insurers.
- Support risk-register updates and own planning and reporting actions; assess supplier and contractor payments.
- Develop project-control processes and document management systems; support engineering integration and coordination.
- Support Procore development and integration with project reporting systems, and coordinate technical issue resolution.
Qualifications and experience
- University degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
- At least 10 years of construction experience in a thermal power plant or complex industrial process plant.
- Thorough, proven experience in project scheduling theory, practice, and techniques.
- Familiarity with all features of Primavera and Microsoft Project, and with Microsoft Office, Power BI, and industry-standard EDMS packages.
Competencies and languages
- Strong planning, interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and coordination skills.
- Fluent written and spoken English required; Arabic language skills are a plus.
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