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Projects Control Director | MADKOUR Holding
MADKOUR Group is seeking an experienced Projects Control Director to lead the Project Controls function across our portfolio of EPC and construction projects, ensuring effective planning, cost management, performance monitoring, forecasting, and project reporting.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the Projects Control function across multiple EPC projects.
- Establish and implement project controls strategies, standards, procedures, and reporting systems across the Group.
- Oversee Planning, Scheduling, Cost Control, Progress Monitoring, and Project Performance Management activities.
- Develop and maintain integrated master schedules and ensure alignment between engineering, procurement, construction, and project milestones.
- Monitor project progress against approved baselines, identify deviations, and ensure timely corrective actions.
- Oversee project cost control, budgets, commitments, actual costs, forecasts, and cash-flow projections.
- Review and challenge project forecasts, including Cost to Complete (CTC), Estimate at Completion (EAC), and projected final costs.
- Establish effective Earned Value Management (EVM) and project performance measurement practices where applicable.
- Analyze schedule and cost variances and provide management with clear insights and recommendations.
- Lead the preparation and consolidation of monthly project controls reports, dashboards, and management reports.
- Identify potential schedule delays, cost overruns, and project risks and ensure appropriate mitigation plans are developed.
- Ensure effective integration between Project Controls, Project Management, Contracts, Commercial, Procurement, Engineering, and Construction teams.
- Review project recovery plans and monitor their implementation and effectiveness.
- Provide senior management with accurate and timely visibility of portfolio performance, risks, forecasts, and key project KPIs.
- Develop and lead the Projects Control team, ensuring strong technical capabilities, accountability, and continuous development.
- Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement of project controls processes across Madkour Group.
Job Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
- 15+ years of relevant experience in Project Controls, Planning, Cost Control, or Project Management.
- Proven experience in a Projects Control Director, Project Controls Head, Project Controls Manager, or equivalent senior leadership position.
- Strong experience within EPC, construction, infrastructure, energy, utilities, or industrial projects.
- Extensive knowledge of project planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, and performance management.
- Strong experience managing project controls across multiple projects or a large project portfolio.
- Advanced knowledge of project controls tools and systems, particularly Primavera P6 and ERP/project reporting systems.
- Strong understanding of project cost management, forecasting, and schedule control.
- Experience with EVM, KPIs, dashboards, and executive-level project reporting.
- Strong leadership, analytical, decision-making, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex project performance information to senior management.