Associate - Project Controls

AECOM
Dubai
Workplace: HybridContractFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Client relationship management","Risk management","Reporting","Stakeholder communication"]

Own planning and project controls across the full project lifecycle for multidisciplinary design and engineering work in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Build and maintain project baselines and integrated schedules (including Level 3/4) with WBS, logic, calendars, and critical path monitoring. Establish controls procedures and reporting, track design deliverables and actions, produce forecasts and dashboards, and serve as the primary planning focal point for client reporting and schedule risk mitigation.

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Associate - Project Controls

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Job Summary

Own planning and project controls across the full project lifecycle for multidisciplinary design and engineering work in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Build and maintain project baselines and integrated schedules (including Level 3/4) with WBS, logic, calendars, and critical path monitoring. Establish controls procedures and reporting, track design deliverables and actions, produce forecasts and dashboards, and serve as the primary planning focal point for client reporting and schedule risk mitigation.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead development, implementation, and maintenance of the project baseline programme aligned with requirements and contractual obligations.
  • •Build detailed design programmes (all disciplines, stages, deliverables, interfaces, and milestones) and maintain integrated master programmes and Level 3/4 schedules where required.
  • •Establish and manage project controls procedures, progress measurement systems, and reporting, including tracking design deliverables, submissions, reviews, approvals, and outstanding actions.
  • •Identify schedule risks and emerging delays; maintain schedule risk and mitigation registers and perform schedule impact assessments for changes and late information.
  • •Prepare weekly, monthly, and periodic project controls reports and executive dashboards, and act as the primary project controls focal point for client schedule/cost/risk discussions.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLifePaid LeaveRetirement SavingsEquityFlexible Work

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
  • •10+ years of relevant experience in planning/project controls for major design, engineering, infrastructure, buildings, or multidisciplinary consultancy projects.
  • •Demonstrated experience managing planning and project controls for complex multidisciplinary design projects.
  • •Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6.
  • •Strong Microsoft Excel skills plus experience with schedule analysis, progress measurement, forecasting, risk management, and delay/time-impact analysis.
Experience:10+ yearsConstructionEngineeringInfrastructureBuildingsMultidisciplinary consultancyProject controlsPlanning
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Client relationship managementRisk managementReportingStakeholder communication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Primavera P6Microsoft ExcelDashboardsEarned value management

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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