Associate Director - Project Controls

Job Description

We are looking for an Associate Director - Project Controls to be based in UAE.The Associate Director - Project Controls reports to the Managing Director and a functional reporting line to the Regional Controls & Assurance Director (RCAD) and as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of the PD&E business. The role is focused on:

• Project Controls ? Schedule, Cost, Risk & Earned Value Management
• Operations & Governance
• Resource Management

They will drive the strategy process and then monitor the delivery of the strategy against forward-looking KPIs as part of a balanced scorecard using a data-driven approach.This will be a centralised role. However, it could be based in any Middle East officeThe successful candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to:Project Controls:

• Oversees the direction of the project controls team within PD&E.
• Develops and maintains the project control system for the PD&E business that includes but is not limited to:
  • Development of L1, L3 & L5 schedules
  • Cost forecasting
  • Integration of cost & schedule through earned value
  • Risk & Opportunity management
  • Development of the Engineering Progress & Performance Reporting (EPPR) System

• Manages staff coordination and workload and directly supervises project controls team.
• Tracks and analyses the project costs, including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts.
• Assists in analysing project control requirements as part of the bid review process to ensure all requirements are incorporated.
• Supports the development of the earned value management system
• Provides senior level, project management support as necessary (e.g., financial/operational budgeting, consolidation, analysis, forecasting; business development; pricing; billing; key client/consultant relationship management).
• Carry out all required duties of that of a supervisor, Performance management etc.
• Align the management of the P, D&E project controls job family with the RCAD.
• Liaise with (or manage) quality assurance process in relation to design delivery. Work with relevant departments to provide oversight of BMS implementation.
• Generally implement and promote a data driven culture to improve business and project performance to support EBIT growth in region.
• Work with the MD, RCAD and Business Unit Leads to implement strategy & promote a culture of collaboration;
• Define the strategy and lead the design and implementation of a common project management methodology, standards and tools to drive and facilitate the successful delivery of projects
• Monitor and report against strategic plan and actions;
• In conjunction with Business Unit Leads, continually assess priority markets and services to position short and long terms growth;
• Contribute positively as a member of the PDE SLT and support Managing Director on any other strategic matters.
• Support the execution of project governance, reporting and review framework to provide a holistic view of all organisational programme activity.
• Manage interdependencies and coordination across projects within the business to ensure that information relating to project deliverables, risks and issues are effectively communicated between stakeholders and that KPIs are monitored and evaluated.
• Identify and define the major strategic issues for the organisation and integrate diverse stakeholder interests with the broader agenda to inform the development and prioritisation of initiatives and to proactively understand and mitigate risks.
• Define governance strategies and organisational policies to enable the strategic coordination of multiple projects and initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of projects.

Resource management:

• Work with practice leads in maintaining a consistent system for resource management.
• Support the Business Unit Leads and GTC (offshore design office in India) in maintaining a resource look ahead based on hard backlog & pipeline work
• Monitor the deployment of staff to projects in conjunction with business unit leads & practice leads.
• Drive a utilisation culture, and ensuring we have staff deployment accurately planned
• Consider bidding effort and input requirements working with business and practice leads.

Commercial Reporting & Finance Interface

• Work closely with finance team to ensure commercial and project performance measure are aligned and feed into financial reporting.
• Work with PD&E finance director to establish business unit and department cost breakdown structures that drive business reporting
• Work with finance to measure and ensure continue improvement to project and business performance

Digital support to services :

• Implement technology that has been developed by the digital futures group that supports automation and intelligent growth;
• Oversight and Development of ICS ? our internal project management tool

Relevant experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor?s Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
• Minimum of 15 years in project controls (Cost, Schedule & Risk)
• Expert problem-solving skills
• Expert presentation skills
• Expert in MS tools excel, including visual basic, access & PowerBi
• Proficient in P6
• Proficient in the set up of the Earned Value Management Systems

Rewards & Benefits:We offer an excellent package which includes:

• A competitive salary
• Transportation allowance
• Medical and life insurance cover
• Annual leave
• Medical and life insurance cover
• Company gratuity scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual flight allowance to point of origin
• Employee Well-Being Programme ? 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants;

SNC Lavalins Atkins business is one of the largest multidisciplinary, multi sector engineering design consultancies in the world and is part of the SNC Lavalin Group.As one of the world?s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies with a leading track record in the defence sector, Atkins are ideally placed to respond to this market. We have a broad establishment and proud, 50 year history throughout the Middle East region.We provide a full range of design, engineering and project management services for buildings, transportation and other infrastructure programmes.Atkins in the Middle East now employs around 2,000 staff serving Gulf clients across all market sectors from offices in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sharjah.Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting ? and then developing ? brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It?s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.Acquired by SNC Lavalin in 2017, we also have an extensive depth of geographic exposure across 50 countries and the breadth of 53,000 experts. As one of the largest engineering consultants, we have access to 17,000 staff in the Middle East making us one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies in the region.

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