Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in construction consulting? Hill International is seeking talented and motivated professionals to join our team! With projects spanning various sectors and locations, Hill International offers a dynamic and stimulating work environment where innovation, collaboration, and excellence are our core values.

Hill International provides comprehensive program, project, and construction management services for clients across diverse sectors undertaking major construction projects worldwide. Our expertise includes cost engineering and estimating, quality assurance, inspection, scheduling, risk management, and claims avoidance. To learn more about Hill International, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.

We are committed to delivering exceptional project management services and solutions globally. Whether you are an experienced project manager, engineer, or a recent graduate eager to launch your career in the construction industry, we have opportunities that will both challenge and inspire you.

We are currently looking for a Department Manager - Project Controls to join our mega NWC project in Saudi Arabia. Submit your application in English today at apply@hillintl.com.

Join us and be part of a team that's shaping the future of the construction industry!

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Has overall responsibility for managing and monitoring budgets, cost, planning/scheduling, and management of change, including managing the development and implementation of budgets and baselines to meet the project objectives and ensure adherence to the policies and procedures of the project.
• Assessing the capability of project control staff and recommending appropriate roles and responsibilities.
• Inputting to the project control department knowledge transfer program includes comprehensive on-the-job learning.
• Developing and getting ratified section operating structure and department operating processes and procedures based on the PMM processes and procedures.
• Controlling and monitoring project schedules from registration to handover.
• Implementing the relevant Stage Gate Process on all new and existing projects.
• Ensuring that all projects provide input to monthly dashboards, consistent with project guidelines
• Undertaking cost-related activities.
• Preparing and maintaining portfolio cost reports, showing the budget for each project, forecast commitments and actual costs.
• Defining cost requirements for contracts.
• Preparing financial input for contracts.
• Preparation of consolidated cost report.
• Establish project invoice registration and update it monthly.
• Monitor the project's cash flow and available funds.
• Implementing PMM standard planning and scheduling processes and procedures Qualifications.
• Undertaking all planning and schedule-related activities.
• Preparing and maintaining portfolio level 1 management schedule showing plan/actual/forecast for each project in a single line highlighting critical projects.
• Preparing and maintaining a level 1 stage gate schedule for each project.
• Preparing schedules for projects before bidding.
• Defining schedule requirements for contracts.
• Evaluating bidder's schedule submittals.
• Preparing milestones and schedules input for contracts.
• Maintaining Master Schedule.
• Preparing a consolidated schedule performance report.
• Review and approve baseline schedules submitted by the contractor.
• Review the recovery plans and corrective actions proposed by contractors and accepted by the supervision consultant.
• Implementing an Enterprise Documents Management System (EDMS) per relevant retention legislation.
• Developing a structure and archiving project documents.
• Preparing document management input for contracts.
• Preparing the Document Management department knowledge transfer program, which includes comprehensive on-the-job learning.
• Monitoring and auditing of cluster Document Management performance, including spot checks and other verification of adherence to project record filing requirements per project.
• Preparing testing and commissioning scope of work for construction RFPs.
• Reviewing testing and commissioning aspects of contractors' proposed project execution plans.
• Preparing testing and commissioning input to contracts.
• Assigning testing and commissioning resources to projects.
• Maintaining functional responsibility for testing and commissioning resources assigned to projects.
• Maintaining overall responsibility for construction contractor/subcontractor testing, commissioning performance, and adherence to their respective contracts.
• Development and rectification of department operating structure [Org. Chart, Roles, Responsibilities] as well as tools to be deployed [software, apply Int’l best practice].
• Informs themselves of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals, and Procedures in place within Hill International, and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.

Experience, Knowledge, and Skills:

• Bachelor in engineering from an accredited Western university.
• Minimum 20 years’ experience in planning and scheduling, including working as the scheduling manager on large-scale projects.
• Thorough knowledge and demonstrated experience in directing cost engineering, cost estimating, control and analysis, planning and scheduling, schedule development, control, and analysis. Experience and demonstrated skill in establishing criteria and system set-up for all project control activities.
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup/set-up work processes.
• Involvement in continuous improvement and capacity building/talent development.
• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, which include schedule development, control, and analysis, in the field and the home office.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes.
• Professional user of scheduling software such as Primavera P6 and EPPM platform.
• Ability to review and analyze project schedules and contractor performance.
• Demonstrated management skills and supervisory and personnel administrative functions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working internationally (preference KSA experience).