Senior Project Controls Engineer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and analyze integrated Primavera P6 schedules, including approved baselines, critical path analysis, and recovery plans.
• Manage cost control processes, budgets, commitments, expenditure, accruals, cash flow, and project forecasts.
• Prepare and maintain EAC, ETC, variance analysis, and cost trends.
• Monitor physical progress and earned value indicators; identify issues and recommend corrective action.
• Review contractor schedules, progress updates, forecasts, change submissions, and invoice-support documents.
• Prepare weekly and monthly dashboards, project performance reports, and management presentations.
• Support risk registers, schedule and cost risk assessments, change control, assurance reviews, and audits.
• Coordinate project controls inputs across project management, engineering, procurement, construction, commercial, and client teams.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project controls personnel and promote consistent governance and best practices.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years of relevant project controls experience.
• Oil & Gas, Energy, Petrochemical, or major industrial project experience is preferred.
• Proven experience in PMC, EPC, EPCM, FEED, or major capital project delivery environments.
• Strong knowledge of planning, cost engineering, forecasting, earned value management, risk, and change management.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel; Power BI and enterprise project controls systems experience is advantageous.
• PMP, AACE PSP/CCP, or equivalent professional certifications are desirable.
• Strong analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills; able to work effectively in a multicultural environment.

Key competencies

• Planning and scheduling; cost engineering and forecasting; earned value management.
• Risk and change management; performance reporting and analytics; commercial awareness.
• Leadership and mentoring; client and stakeholder management.

What KBR offers

• Opportunity to contribute to major energy projects in Abu Dhabi and across the Middle East.
• Collaborative, inclusive, performance-focused working environment.
• Professional development and career growth opportunities.