Qatar, Doha
Fulltime: 60 hrs a week
Experience: > 10 Years
Education Level: Academic Bachelor
Conventional Energy
Closing: September 02, 2025

Introduction

  • Establish and deliver the most cost-effective method of performance for project administration, controls, cost, and schedule through timely execution of key activities and compliance with standardized processes.
  • Understand the key project drivers, define roles and responsibilities, develop communication protocols, identify, develop, and implement project procedures for reporting, cost control and planning/scheduling; identify elements of project design and construction likely to give rise to disputes and claims, communicate and influence across the organization to ensure delivery of project within the agreed timeframe.
  • Major challenges are (1) completing detailed assessments of project controls, cost, schedule, and recovery/rectification plans, in short deadlines and a high-pressure environment and (2) developing and sustaining relationships with Contractor Project Controls personnel throughout project execution to ensure Company is provided with timely and the best available information to aid decision making.

What are you going to do 

  • Provide management and technical direction for all facets of the division (scheduling, planning, reporting, change order cost estimating and cost engineering) by establishing a set of project control procedures, guidelines, and flow charts to suit project requirements and needs to support management decision making process.
  • Lead project control activities, coordinate input from PMT functions such as engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning etc. and ensure project controls information is accurately compiled and reported to Project Management to provide visibility on overall project status and performance.
  • Ensure effective project control measures are executed by the contractor and sub-contractor organizations, with particular emphasis on schedule management, planning and progress monitoring, recommend modifications to management to ensure Company and PMT standards and requirements are met.
  • Coordinate the collecting, consolidating, analyzing, and reporting all project cost and schedule, control, trend, and progress measurement information to support cost estimation activities as requested by project leadership.
  • Monitor contractor’s performance and progress in areas of project controls, scheduling, reporting, progress monitoring and cost estimating assessing any discrepancies and revert to contractor for clarifications/corrections.
  • Establish and maintain appropriate planning systems, fully integrated, and appropriate for the project.
  • Develop Project Controls deliverables as per the approved Roadmap and participate in project review.
  • Develop and implement the Project Control Plan, in addition to reviewing project changes related to schedule and/or cost, incorporating the effect and impact of approved changes into overall cost and schedule stewardship and reporting.
  • Manage project workforce planning and resourcing, ensuring changes are managed fairly using consistent decision-making criteria across the project.
  • Lead interface between Project Manager, Business Manager, PMT members and contractor with respect to cost and schedule performance, reporting and approvals.
  • Review invoices for compliance and completeness, liaise with the contractor and the Project Accounting department in the resolution of queries and disputes.
  • Provide data for accounting and auditing functions and ensures contractor’s accounting systems meet Company audit requirements.

Essential skills and knowledge 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Commercial, Marketing, Sciences, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Law, Communication, Technologies, Mathematics, or Statistics
  • 8 years’ experience in business related function or discipline, including 4 years in the Oil & Gas Industry, and 1 year experience in a supervisory or acting role, or oversight of contractor/subcontractors/service/vendor personnel.
  • Experience of Oil & Gas Companies, EPC contractors, subcontractors, vendors or service companies involved in the oil and gas industry.
  • Knowledge in project business related function/discipline such as planning, scheduling, cost control, estimating, claim management, risk management, change management, procurement, pre- and post-award contract management, actionable and informative reporting, support services, lessons learned, etc.
  • Strong knowledge of relevant software and computer skills, e.g., dashboards, data analytics, P6, SAP, etc.
  • Excellent written and spoken English.
  • Strong leadership skills.
  • Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills.
  • Advanced computer literacy.

What we offer 

  • Salary:
    • Day Rate in USD Plus Allowance
  • Work Schedule:
    • 10 Hours / 6 Days
  • Duration:
    • 2028, with possible extension
  • Location:
    • Qatar

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