Planning & Cost Lead

Short Description

Ready to grow your career as a Planning & Cost Control Lead? Join a major industrial development project in Jubail and play a key leadership role in managing project controls, planning, scheduling, cost management, forecasting, and project reporting.

Function Description

As a Planning & Cost Control Lead, you will lead the Project Services function and oversee planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, risk management, and project reporting activities throughout the project lifecycle.

• Lead project planning, scheduling, and cost control activities.
• Develop and maintain project control systems, procedures, and reporting frameworks.
• Monitor project progress, cost performance, and schedule adherence.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and management project reports.
• Manage project forecasting, benchmarking, and trend analysis.
• Perform schedule and cost risk analysis and support contingency planning.
• Coordinate with Finance on cash flow, budgeting, and cost reporting activities.
• Manage project change control and management of change processes.
• Review and approve contractor schedules, progress updates, and cost estimates.
• Support project assurance reviews and decision gate requirements.
• Lead project controls interfaces with contractors and project stakeholders.
• Develop recovery plans and corrective actions for schedule and cost deviations.
• Support project closeout reporting and lessons learned activities.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Project Services team.
• Promote strong HSE leadership and project governance compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is required.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in Planning, Scheduling, Cost Control, or Project Controls.
• Minimum 5 years of experience within the Middle East region, preferably in KSA.
• PMP, APM, or equivalent professional certification is required.
• Advanced Primavera P6 expertise is essential.
• Strong experience in cost estimation, cost control, forecasting, and project reporting.
• Proven experience managing planning activities for major capital or EPC projects.
• Strong knowledge of FEED, Detailed Design, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Startup phases.
• Experience in Critical Path Analysis, Trend Analysis, Recovery Planning, and Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA).
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and contractor coordination skills.
• Experience within metal processing, refining, petrochemical, or industrial projects is preferred.
• International project experience is an advantage.
• Immediate availability is preferred.

If this isn't the right opportunity you're looking for, please take a look at our other vacancies below: