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These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.\"\nJob Description- Senior Project Controls Engineer\nTitle: Senior Project Controls Engineer\nCompany: KBR Corporate - Inhouse Engineering\nLocation: Abu Dhabi, UAE - KBR Office\nKBR is seeking an experienced Senior Project Controls Engineer to join our Abu Dhabi team. The successful candidate will provide integrated project controls support across planning and scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, risk, change management and performance reporting for major energy projects.\nKey Responsibilities\n· Develop, maintain and analyse integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, including approved baselines, critical path analysis and recovery plans.\n· Manage cost control processes, budgets, commitments, expenditure, accruals, cash flow and project forecasts.\n· Prepare and maintain Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to Complete (ETC), variance analysis and cost trends.\n· Monitor physical progress and earned value indicators, identify emerging issues and recommend corrective actions.\n· Review contractor schedules, progress updates, forecasts, change submissions and invoice support documentation.\n· Prepare accurate weekly and monthly dashboards, project performance reports and management presentations.\n· Support project risk registers, schedule and cost risk assessments, change control, assurance reviews and audits.\n· Coordinate project controls inputs across project management, engineering, procurement, construction, commercial and client teams.\n· Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project controls personnel and promote consistent governance and best practices.\nQualifications and Expereince\n· Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or a related discipline.\n· Minimum 10-15 years of relevant project controls experience, preferably within Oil & Gas, Energy, Petrochemical or major industrial projects.\n· Proven experience in PMC, EPC, EPCM, FEED or major capital project delivery environments.\n· Strong knowledge of planning, cost engineering, forecasting, earned value management, risk and change management.\n· Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel; 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