Project Cost Controller
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We are looking for a Project Controls / Cost Control professional to join the Project Control team on a challenging energy construction project in Dubai. The role involves building and maintaining schedules, tracking progress, and supporting cost monitoring, forecasting, and change control.
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Overview
- eMagine Solutions DMCC is supporting a key client on a challenging energy construction project in Dubai, and we’re looking for a Project Controls / Cost Control professional to join the Project Control team.
- Reporting to the Project Control Lead, you’ll support both planning and cost control across multiple work packages building and maintaining schedules, tracking progress, and supporting cost monitoring, forecasting, and change control.
- This is an office-based role in Dubai, with site visits as required (no rotation).
- What you’ll be doing Planning / Scheduling
- Build, maintain, and update integrated project schedules using Primavera P6 and/or MS Project
- Collect weekly progress updates from package leads, contractors, and vendors and reflect accurate status in the schedule
- Track milestones, critical path, slippages, and support recovery planning where needed
- Produce regular schedule updates, lookaheads, and reporting packs for project teams
Cost Control And Reporting
- Monitor project spend and commitments and proactively flag risks before overruns occur
- Track budget vs actual vs committed costs using SAP extracts, Excel, and in-house tools
- Maintain variance tracking and analyse cost deviations by WBS / package
- Support forecasting updates based on progress, events, and emerging scope changes
- Support change control: identify potential scope changes, assess cost impact, and maintain change logs/change records
- Assist with month-end cost reporting and contribute to Monthly Project Status Reports
Stakeholder Management
- Liaise with package leads and project stakeholders to gather reports, minutes of meetings, and cost/scope inputs
- Ensure project controls data is accurate, consistent, and ready for leadership reporting
- What we’re looking for (construction / EPC background)
- 5–10 years’ experience in Project Controls, Cost Control, Planning, or Project Planning within a construction contractor or EPC environment
- Experience supporting large, complex projects with multiple work packages and subcontractors (FPSO/offshore construction experience is a strong advantage)
- Strong understanding of cost control fundamentals: budgets, commitments, actuals, variance analysis, forecasting, and change control
- Confident producing schedule updates and progress reporting for project teams
- Strong Excel skills and comfort working with SAP cost extracts and reporting tools
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or similar (or strong equivalent experience)
- Analytical, detail-focused, proactive, and comfortable raising risks early
Tools
- Primavera P6 and/or MS Project (must-have)
- SAP + Excel (must-have)
- Power BI (nice to have)
- To apply Send your CV plus a short note on:
- Planning tool experience (P6 vs MS Project)
- Relevant construction/EPC projects supported (scope/value if possible)
- Cost control exposure (tracking, forecasting, commitments, change control)
- Keywords (for search) Project Controls, Project Cost Controller, Cost Control Engineer, Planning Engineer, Project Planner, Scheduler, Project Scheduling, Primavera P6, P6 Scheduler, MS Project, Microsoft Project, EPC, Construction Contractor, Offshore Construction, Oil & Gas Construction, Marine Construction, Module Fabrication, Yard Construction, Brownfield, Greenfield, WBS, CBS, Cost Breakdown Structure, Work Breakdown Structure, Progress Measurement, Earned Value, EVM, Budgeting, Cost Forecasting, Cost Reporting, Commitments, Actual Cost, Accruals, Variance Analysis, Cost Variance, Schedule Variance, Change Control, Change Orders, Scope Change, Trend Register, Risk Alerts, Monthly Cost Report, Project Status Report, SAP, SAP PS, SAP CO, Excel Reporting, Power BI, Dashboards, Reporting Pack, Lookahead Planning, Critical Path, Baseline Schedule, Schedule Updates, Package Management, Subcontractor Reporting, Vendor Reporting, Dubai, UAE.
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