Job description

Egis, a leading global architectural, consulting, construction engineering, operations and mobility services firm operating across over 100 countries with 20,500 employees and a strong Middle East presence delivering over 700 complex development projects, is seeking a highly experienced Project Controls Manager to lead and manage all project controls functions for large-scale multidisciplinary design projects in Dubai. The role encompasses full ownership of planning, cost control, reporting, risk management, change management, and data governance, while leading a team of project controls engineers and planners. The position requires establishing a project controls governance framework, developing and implementing project controls plans, procedures, and reporting standards, ensuring consistency, data integrity, and compliance with contractual and corporate requirements, and providing strategic oversight to support Project Directors in decision making. The Planning & Scheduling mandate includes developing and maintaining integrated design schedules using Primavera P6 or equivalent, preparing detailed planning packages incorporating Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), deliverable mapping, interfaces, and milestones, aligning schedules with contractual milestones and submission requirements, conducting critical path analysis and scenario modelling, and monitoring progress with recovery strategy recommendations. In Cost Control & Forecasting, the role establishes project budgets and cost breakdown structures, implements Earned Value Management, monitors actuals versus budget with variance analysis, develops and maintains Estimate at Completion and Estimate to Complete, prepares cash flow forecasts and revenue projections, and supports financial reporting and margin analysis. Under Data Management & Reporting, the role develops and maintains the Master Deliverables Register (MDR), implements structured reporting dashboards using Power BI or similar tools, manages large datasets from multiple disciplines ensuring data accuracy, automates reporting workflows, improves data visualization standards, and delivers executive-level reports highlighting performance, risks, and trends. In Risk & Change Management, responsibilities include facilitating risk workshops, maintaining project risk registers, quantifying schedule risk analysis and cost risk analysis impacts through quantitative analysis, supporting mitigation strategies, managing change logs, evaluating variations, and providing integrated impact assessments across schedule, cost, and resources. The role interfaces with internal design teams, commercial teams, and external stakeholders, supports client reporting and technical presentations, and provides advisory input during bid and tender phases. The position requires 15+ years of experience in project controls within large infrastructure or design projects, proven experience managing multidisciplinary design packages, advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, strong knowledge of Earned Value Management, advanced data analytics and reporting skills using Power BI, strong Microsoft Excel modelling capabilities, experience managing MDR systems and large deliverables databases, familiarity with risk management tools and quantitative analysis, and knowledge of ERP systems as an advantage. Preferred experience includes GCC infrastructure or port/marine projects, international consultancy environments, and exposure to design & build or EPC interface environments.