About this opening
NSR Associates is hiring a Project Controls Manager for buildings in Dubai, interviewing now for a start before Christmas, for a Tier 1 UAE main contractor with more than 30 years of work behind it. The manager sits within the Senior Leadership Team at the Dubai head office, with strategic oversight across programme and risk.
What the role involves
- Hold strategic oversight across programme and risk as part of the Senior Leadership Team in the Dubai head office
- Audit and review the live project teams, add value to tenders, and monitor a range of activities related to cost and time
- Cover critical path analysis, earned value management, risk analysis, cost control and resource planning
- Get into the finite detail while keeping the bigger picture on new awards and final accounts, and walk sites with operations managers to check that the real numbers reflect progress on site
- Adapt, improve and drive change, raising conversations internally so leaders approach the finish line in a different way where needed
Requirements noted by the source board
- Proven experience as a Project Controls Manager / Leader on new-build construction projects (as listed on the board)
- Major project experience across buildings of AED 500 million and above, with a permanent employment background for main contractors (as listed on the board)
- A real eye for detail and a strategic view of planning, controls and risk, able to convey the message up and downstream and to client-face when needed (as listed on the board)
- Preferred: a degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline (as listed on the board)
- Preferred: a professional certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or an equivalent project management qualification, with clear Primavera P6 software experience (as listed on the board)
- Previous experience working on Tier 1 projects or in the UAE construction sector is preferred (as listed on the board)
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