Project Controls Specialist - Integrated controls

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for Project Controls Specialist to be based in Makkah, is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and monitoring project control processes to support the successful delivery of projects on time, within budget, and in accordance with approved scope and quality standards. The role provides accurate analysis of project schedules, costs, risks, changes, resources, and performance to support effective decision-making..

What You'll Be Doing:

Project Controls Management

• Develop and maintain project controls plans, procedures, tools, and reporting standards.
• Establish project baselines for scope, schedule, cost, resources, and performance measurement.
• Monitor project performance against approved plans and identify variances.
• Maintain accurate project control records, registers, and supporting documentation.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, governance requirements, and project controls procedures.
• Support project managers and delivery teams with project controls guidance and analysis.

Cost Control and Financial Management

• Develop and maintain project budgets, forecasts, cash-flow profiles, and cost reports.
• Track actual costs, commitments, accruals, purchase orders, invoices, and remaining budgets.
• Analyze budget and cost variances and provide explanations and recommendations.
• Support earned value management, cost forecasting, and estimate-at-completion analysis where applicable.
• Coordinate with finance, procurement, commercial, and project teams to validate financial data.
• Monitor cost trends and identify potential cost overruns or savings opportunities.

Schedule Management

• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules in collaboration with project teams.
• Monitor progress against key milestones, critical path activities, and contractual deadlines.
• Analyze schedule performance, delays, dependencies, constraints, and recovery requirements.
• Support schedule forecasting, what-if analysis, and recovery planning.
• Review schedule updates for accuracy, logic, sequencing, and completeness.
• Prepare schedule reports and provide recommendations to improve delivery performance.

Performance Reporting

• Prepare weekly, monthly, and ad hoc project controls reports and dashboards.
• Report on cost, schedule, progress, scope, risks, issues, changes, resources, and forecasts.
• Consolidate data from project managers, contractors, vendors, and functional teams.
• Provide trend analysis and management insights to support decision-making.
• Prepare executive summaries, performance presentations, and project review packs.
• Ensure all reports are accurate, timely, consistent, and aligned with reporting requirements.

Risk, Change, and Progress Control

• Maintain project risk, issue, opportunity, assumption, dependency, and change registers.
• Assess the potential impact of changes on cost, schedule, scope, resources, and benefits.
• Support change control processes, including impact assessments and approval tracking.
• Validate reported progress against deliverables, milestones, site records, or agreed performance measures.
• Monitor trends and identify emerging risks to project objectives.
• Support mitigation planning and follow-up on outstanding actions.

Governance and Stakeholder Support

• Support project reviews, stage gates, governance meetings, and assurance activities.
• Prepare agendas, reports, dashboards, minutes, and action trackers for project forums.
• Work closely with project managers, planners, cost engineers, finance, procurement, contractors, and senior stakeholders.
• Provide clear explanations of project performance, variances, trends, and corrective actions.
• Support audits, compliance reviews, lessons learned, and project closeout activities.
• Promote consistent use of project controls processes, systems, and reporting standards.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, engineering, construction management, finance, business, or a related discipline.
• 15 years of experience in project controls, project planning, cost control, project reporting, or project management.
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, forecasts, and performance reports.
• Strong knowledge of project controls principles, cost management, schedule management, and change control.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with project controls or project management systems such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, SAP, Oracle, EcoSys, Power BI, Jira, or equivalent.
• Strong analytical, numerical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Project Management Professional certification or equivalent.
• Experience with earned value management and performance measurement.
• Experience in construction, engineering, infrastructure, energy, technology, or major transformation projects.
• Knowledge of contract administration, procurement, commercial management, and change management.
• Experience developing automated reporting dashboards and data models.

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