Job Description

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Project Controls Manager

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Project Controls Manager to join our team!

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provide leadership and oversight for planning and scheduling, progress measurement, risk management, change management, cost control, and reporting for the entire project.

• Provide guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to planning and risk staff; interface with clients; and attend regular coordination and progress meetings.

• Develop, implement, and maintain project controls processes, procedures, systems, and tools, and monitor compliance across all project stakeholders.

• Provide guidance and direction for the timely resolution of planning and project control issues as they arise.

• Set up and manage the Primavera P6 Project Management System for program management across the planning team and all stakeholders.

• Prepare, maintain, and update the integrated master programme for the project, ensuring alignment with contractual milestones and deliverables.

• Establish and deliver formal reporting arrangements on project progress, risks, and issues for the client and internal management.

• Arrange and lead project controls workshops/meetings to discuss, coordinate, and assist contractors/consultants in resolving their project control issues.

• Review and challenge claims and extension of time (EOT) requests, ensuring compliance with contractual provisions and supporting documentation.

• Review consultants’ and contractors’ programmes and updates, analyzing them in line with contractual, technical, and procedural requirements.

• Assess and analyze the impact of design and construction changes, schedule slippages, and interface issues on project milestones and completion dates.

• Coordinate the execution of effective project risk management processes, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, and monitoring.

• Support and coordinate with the contract administration team in evaluating variations, claims, and change orders from a time and cost perspective.

• Ensure that planning and scheduling data, progress records, and contemporaneous documentation support contract administration, dispute avoidance, and potential dispute resolution processes.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, or construction management, from a recognized institution.

• Minimum of 15 years post-graduate experience, including significant exposure to infrastructure and mixed-use development projects.

• Proven experience in planning and scheduling, quantitative schedule risk analysis, and extension of time claims.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Demonstrated experience working closely with contract administration teams on variations, claims evaluation, and change management.

• Thorough knowledge of industry best practices, standard forms of contract, and relevant regulations.

• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and other project controls and reporting tools

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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