97 Project Control jobs in the United Arab Emirates

Project Control Tools – Proficiency with software tools like Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or other project management and scheduling software.

Financial and Cost Management – Understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and cost control methods.

Scheduling and Planning – Expertise in creating and maintaining project schedules and identifying project milestones.

Risk Management – Ability to assess and mitigate project risks.

Leadership and Communication Skills – Ability to communicate effectively with clients and teams, providing leadership across projects.

Problem-Solving and Decision-Making – Capable of quickly identifying issues and determining effective solutions to ensure project success.

Time Management – Ability to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and oversee project activities.

Dubai

• Postal Code: 10001
• Created Date: 2025-03-03
• End Date: 2025-07-27
• Experience: 5 - 10 years
• Openings: 1

Ensure efficient monitoring and control of project scope, cost, time, and quality.

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, or related fields; Master's Degree (optional).
• Work Experience: 5-10 years in project management or control, with industry-specific experience preferred.
• Certifications: PMP, CCP, Agile/Scrum, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, among others.

• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, ability to multitask under pressure, industry knowledge, professionalism.

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Location

Category

Project Controls

Specialist

Job Type

Full-time

Working Days

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Project Control Specialist to join our engineering consultancy firm in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate must have demonstrated experience in managing project control functions specifically in design and construction supervision consultancy projects with a reputable consultancy organization.

The Project Control Specialist will support Project Managers in budget estimation, forecasting, cost control, invoicing, reporting, and performance monitoring. The role requires strong proficiency in Deltek ERP, Excel-based forecasting tools, and a sound understanding of revenue, cost structures, accruals, and project financial dashboards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist Project Managers in the preparation of initial budget estimates and regular cost forecasts.
• Monitor project performance and prepare monthly financial reports, including variance analysis.
• Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition, cost capture, and overhead allocation as per company policies and project contracts.
• Budget setup
• Cost tracking
• Forecasting
• Resource planning
• Invoicing and accruals
• Develop and maintain Excel-based pricing and forecasting models; ensure data integrity and usability for planning purposes.
• Prepare dashboards and performance KPIs for ongoing projects to support management decision-making.
• Track and process monthly accruals, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal guidelines.
• Collaborate with finance and commercial teams for invoice preparation, submission, and collections follow-up.
• Support proposal teams with cost inputs, resource loading, and price structuring when required.
• Maintain comprehensive records of all financial and cost data across the project lifecycle.

Education & Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Finance, Project Management, or a related field.
• Certification in Project Controls or Financial Management (e.g., PMP, CCP, or equivalent) is a plus.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in project control roles within the engineering consultancy sector.
• Proven experience working on design and construction supervision consultancy projects.
• Strong familiarity with UAE consultancy project structures and financial practices.

Skills:

• Proficiency in Deltek ERP.
• Understanding of:
  • Revenue recognition (fixed fee, % completion, T&M)
  • Direct/indirect cost structures
  • Overhead allocations
  • Accrual techniques and project closing
• Experience preparing visual reports using Excel dashboards or BI tools.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive, solution-driven mindset.
• Effective communication and reporting skills.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Team player who collaborates effectively with project and finance teams.

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

As a Project Control Manager, you will be part of DBI Operations team and will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient planning, monitoring, and control of our projects. You will work closely with project managers, technical coordinators / managers, and engineers from the project team as well as with the Client’s team to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

• Project Planning: Collaborate with project managers to develop detailed project plans (at detailed stage), including schedules, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Cost Management: Prepare and manage project budgets, ensuring cost control and financial reporting.
• Monitor project budgets, track expenses, and provide regular financial reports to project teams and senior management.
• Risk Assessment: Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize disruptions and delays. Conduct regular risk assessments and update risk management plans.
• Resource Allocation: Coordinate the allocation of resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials, to meet project requirements.
• Progress Tracking: Implement performance measurement systems to track project progress. Continuously monitor project progress, collect data, and analyze key performance indicators to ensure projects are on track.
• Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate effective communication among project team members, clients, and stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency. Attend external and internal meeting when requested.
• Quality Assurance and Documentation: Understand and implement the organization’s quality process, ensure alignment with Client’s requirements. Maintain accurate project documentation, including contracts, change orders, and other project-related records.
• Change Management: Develop and / or implement the change management plan on a project. Maintain proper change log with qualitative and quantitative analysis. Collaborate with the Contracts Management team to prepare variations and claim proposals.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, or an equivalent.
• Proven experience in project control, project management, or a related role within the infrastructure or construction industry.
• At least minimum of 15 years of overall experience.
• Minimum 10 years of Rail or Metro project experience
• Proficiency in project management software and tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Primavera, etc.).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Preferably with UAE or GCC experience.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.

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The jobholder is responsible to manage the project planning in all phases with all respective stakeholders on timely manner to ensure meeting the Projects’ plans, mandates, and all other objectives while adhering to the Owners’ strategies, directives and practices.

This role includes; leading the projects’ planning, and overseeing project’s progression, reviewing and evaluating the planning procedure, progress measurement system’s development and monitoring, Contractors in alignment with ADNOC Guidelines. baseline schedule in integrated baseline review and monitor the projects are completed within the determined time frame and within the constraints of the budget.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Job Specific Accountabilities

Project Planning

• Oversee the project development, analyze project effectiveness and monitors the projects are completed within the determined time frame and within the constraints of the budget.
• Gather project work progress summary, monitor project progress status, project variance and milestones achieved and missed.
• Prepare and deliver on time all internal and external project reports for management on weekly and monthly basis.
• Ensure to provide inputs on the development of baseline schedule and support Project Control Team in Integrated Baseline Review.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor project milestones status and convey required project data and information to project teams.
• Support the execution of Major Projects, overseeing project’s progression, providing inputs on Tender Evaluation process to Planning/ Scheduling related activities.
• Generate project work orders in SAP required for project material reservations and time writing activities in order to capture actual data on project material withdrawals and actual internal resource costs and forecast deviations from the plan which considerably impact the estimate at completion.
• Coordinate and work with the project management team to resolve project schedule delay issues to ensure delivery and completion of the project work.
• Collect and analyze data associated with projects undertaken, and reporting on project outcomes.
• Oversee schedules and risk management plans and provide serious deviations warnings hindering project results.
• Investigate any variance of project progress and analyze data for corrective necessary actions as required.
• Ensure to provide inputs in the preparation of PTS CAPEX and OPEX 5-year Business Plan

Project Administration

• Monitor and control projects compliance as per project contractual terms and conditions
• Support in the development of project controls systems, guidelines, workflows and procedures
• Support in the technical evaluation process related to Project Planning matters
• Support in the development of Project Organization
• Support in the utilization of SAP System to capture plan and actual data relative to cost
• Contribute to Lessons Learned register. Support project audits.
• Develop and maintain project database
• Participate in international events related to petrochemicals industry
• Support in the establishment of projects benchmarking criteria.

Reporting and Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

• coordinate with IPMT (Integrated Project Management Team) and RSI (Ruwais Site Integration) Teams for planning and scheduling matters of projects in all stages.
• Monitor of monthly progress status to measure project schedule index in the aim of achieving functional KPIs.
• Provide inputs on internal and external project reports for management.
• Provide inputs to PTS Functional Balanced Scorecard
• Provide inputs to Monthly PTS report
• Provide inputs to Weekly ADNOC report
• Provide periodic inputs to ADNOC eEXPRIS dashboard

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Graduate in Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent University Degree.
• Fluent in English Language both written and spoken.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

• Minimum of 7 - 10 year’s professional experience in the field of Project Planning in the Petrochemical Industry or Oil and Gas.
• Proficient in using Planning Software such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Expert with SAP Software is desired using Project System Module (PS), Plant Maintenance Module (PM) and Material Management Module (MM).
• Advanced understanding of industry best practice and technology trends and of applicable legislation and regulations.
• Proficiency with common computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Outlook)
• Must be able to develop professional presentation materials as well as present same competently in meetings.
• Proven ability to work as an effective team player in multicultural environment.
• Self-starter, highly dependable and possess ability to work with minimal day to day guidance.
• Adaptability and strong analytical problem solving skills are also required.

Professional Certifications

• PMP Certification or PMI Scheduling Professional is preferred

Our client

is seeking a Project Control Director to work in Abu Dhabi.

The Project Control Director will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of project control functions for a high-speed rail project in the UAE. This role involves managing complex technical systems, ensuring compliance with international and UAE-specific standards, and delivering the project within budget and schedule while maintaining the highest quality and safety standards.

This position focuses on overseeing all aspects of project controls for a high-speed rail project, including tunneling, system integration (rolling stock, signaling, telecommunications, power supply, catenary systems), and civil works (depot, stations, infrastructure). The role requires expertise in EN 50126 standards, safety case development, and UAE railway regulations.

Responsibilities : - Develop and implement project control frameworks for scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.- Ensure seamless integration of technical systems with civil works. - Strong background in planning, project and cost control (not Claims) - Monitor progress against key performance indicators (KPIs) and report to senior stakeholders. Job Requirements Qualifications : - Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field; Master's degree preferred.- Minimum 15 years of experience in large-scale rail projects, including high-speed rail systems.Preferred Experience : - Proven track record in managing complex projects.- Experience in tunneling projects within high-speed rail contexts.- Familiarity with UAE railway regulations and permitting processes.Required Skills and Qualifications : - Proficiency in project control tools like Primavera P6 or equivalent software.- Strong leadership skills for managing multidisciplinary teams.- Expertise in EN 50126 standards.Specialized Knowledge : - Technical knowledge of high-speed rail systems integration- Knowledge of 5D BIMWork Environment : The role involves working in a dynamic environment that includes collaboration with local authorities, international contractors, consultants, and suppliers.

We are looking for a Project Control Engineer for one of our clients with the following details:

Location: Dubai/Abu Dhabi - UAE

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Duration: 2 years - extendable based on project requirement - Contract Hire

Work Schedule: 5 days per week - 9 hours/day

Qualification and Experience Required:

• 10 and above years of experience in Electrical engineer - Upstream/FEED/Detailed Engineering & EPC projects

Terms and conditions:

• All-inclusive salary package with overtime hours paid as per UAE labour law.
• Yearly round-trip economy ticket to home country.
• Demobilization tickets for the consultant will be provided.
• Leave entitlement as per UAE Labor Law.
• UAE Residence visa and Work Permit will be provided for the consultant.
• Single Sponsorship/Status.
• International premium medical and repatriation insurance will be provided to the consultant.

If Interested Kindly apply.

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The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology, engineering solutions, and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. 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.

KBR is looking for a Lead Project Control (Offshore) to be based in Abu Dhabi for an EPC project.

Experience required:

Minimum overall 20 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry. At least 5 years of experience in the execution of Offshore EPC contracts in the Oil & Gas industry. Must have at least 5 years of experience in a similar position for mega oil and gas EPC projects (more than US$ 1 Billion). A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is a MUST.

Interested and suitable candidates, please apply for the role. Suitable candidates will be contacted directly.

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Location

Category

Project Controls

Specialist

Job Type

Full-time

Working Days

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Project Control Specialist to join our engineering consultancy firm in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate must have demonstrated experience in managing project control functions specifically in design and construction supervision consultancy projects with a reputable consultancy organization.

The Project Control Specialist will support Project Managers in budget estimation, forecasting, cost control, invoicing, reporting, and performance monitoring. The role requires strong proficiency in Deltek ERP, Excel-based forecasting tools, and a sound understanding of revenue, cost structures, accruals, and project financial dashboards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist Project Managers in the preparation of initial budget estimates and regular cost forecasts.
• Monitor project performance and prepare monthly financial reports, including variance analysis.
• Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition, cost capture, and overhead allocation as per company policies and project contracts.
• Budget setup
• Cost tracking
• Forecasting
• Resource planning
• Invoicing and accruals
• Develop and maintain Excel-based pricing and forecasting models; ensure data integrity and usability for planning purposes.
• Prepare dashboards and performance KPIs for ongoing projects to support management decision-making.
• Track and process monthly accruals, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal guidelines.
• Collaborate with finance and commercial teams for invoice preparation, submission, and collections follow-up.
• Support proposal teams with cost inputs, resource loading, and price structuring when required.
• Maintain comprehensive records of all financial and cost data across the project lifecycle.

Education & Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Finance, Project Management, or a related field.
• Certification in Project Controls or Financial Management (e.g., PMP, CCP, or equivalent) is a plus.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in project control roles within the engineering consultancy sector.
• Proven experience working on design and construction supervision consultancy projects.
• Strong familiarity with UAE consultancy project structures and financial practices.

Skills:

• Proficiency in Deltek ERP.
• Understanding of:
  • Revenue recognition (fixed fee, % completion, T&M)
  • Direct/indirect cost structures
  • Overhead allocations
  • Accrual techniques and project closing
• Experience preparing visual reports using Excel dashboards or BI tools.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive, solution-driven mindset.
• Effective communication and reporting skills.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Team player who collaborates effectively with project and finance teams.

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Location

Category

Project Controls

Specialist

Job Type

Full-time

Working Days

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Project Control Specialist to join our engineering consultancy firm in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate must have demonstrated experience in managing project control functions specifically in design and construction supervision consultancy projects with a reputable consultancy organization.

The Project Control Specialist will support Project Managers in budget estimation, forecasting, cost control, invoicing, reporting, and performance monitoring. The role requires strong proficiency in Deltek ERP, Excel-based forecasting tools, and a sound understanding of revenue, cost structures, accruals, and project financial dashboards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist Project Managers in the preparation of initial budget estimates and regular cost forecasts.
• Monitor project performance and prepare monthly financial reports, including variance analysis.
• Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition, cost capture, and overhead allocation as per company policies and project contracts.
• Budget setup
• Cost tracking
• Forecasting
• Resource planning
• Invoicing and accruals
• Develop and maintain Excel-based pricing and forecasting models; ensure data integrity and usability for planning purposes.
• Prepare dashboards and performance KPIs for ongoing projects to support management decision-making.
• Track and process monthly accruals, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal guidelines.
• Collaborate with finance and commercial teams for invoice preparation, submission, and collections follow-up.
• Support proposal teams with cost inputs, resource loading, and price structuring when required.
• Maintain comprehensive records of all financial and cost data across the project lifecycle.

Education & Certification:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Finance, Project Management, or a related field.
• Certification in Project Controls or Financial Management (e.g., PMP, CCP, or equivalent) is a plus.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in project control roles within the engineering consultancy sector.
• Proven experience working on design and construction supervision consultancy projects.
• Strong familiarity with UAE consultancy project structures and financial practices.

Skills:

• Proficiency in Deltek ERP.
• Understanding of:
  • Revenue recognition (fixed fee, % completion, T&M)
  • Direct/indirect cost structures
  • Overhead allocations
  • Accrual techniques and project closing
• Experience preparing visual reports using Excel dashboards or BI tools.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive, solution-driven mindset.
• Effective communication and reporting skills.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Team player who collaborates effectively with project and finance teams.