Associate - Project Controls

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We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. Job Description Planning / Project Controls Manager to support the delivery of major multidisciplinary design and engineering projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. This role to lead planning and project controls activities across the project lifecycle, working closely with Project Directors, Project Managers, Design Managers, discipline leads, commercial teams, and clients.  The role will be responsible for establishing robust planning and controls processes, monitoring project performance, identifying emerging risks and delays, and providing accurate forecasting and reporting to support effective project decision-making.    Key Responsibilities    Planning & Scheduling  Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of the project baseline programme in accordance with project requirements and contractual obligations.  Develop detailed design programmes covering all disciplines, design stages, deliverables, submissions, reviews, approvals, interfaces, and key milestones.  Establish appropriate WBS, activity coding, logic, calendars, resources, constraints, and programme controls.  Develop and maintain integrated master programmes and detailed Level 3/Level 4 schedules where required.  Monitor critical path activities, float, key interfaces, and schedule performance.  Coordinate with multidisciplinary design teams to ensure accurate activity status, remaining durations, and forecast dates.  Review the impact of scope changes, design development, client instructions, approvals, and technical interfaces on project schedules.  Prepare short-term and look-ahead programmes to support delivery priorities for every design stage.  Project Controls  Establish and manage project controls procedures, systems, and reporting requirements.  Develop appropriate progress measurement systems for design and engineering deliverables.  Track engineering deliverables, submissions, reviews, approvals, RFIs, technical queries, and outstanding actions.  Prepare progress curves, dashboards, performance indicators, and management reports.  Develop reliable forecasts for design completion, key milestones, and project deliverables.  Ensure project controls information is accurate, timely, and aligned across project disciplines.  Identify schedule risks, trends, potential delays, and areas requiring management intervention.  Maintain schedule risk and mitigation registers in coordination with the project team.  Undertake schedule impact assessments for changes, delays, late information, and other project events.  Develop mitigation and recovery programmes where required.  Provide early warning of potential programme slippage and recommend corrective actions.  Support project management in assessing the effect of risks and opportunities on time and cost.  Support earned value and performance measurement processes where applicable.  Assess schedule i