Senior Project Controls Manager – Offshore Water Injection Project
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About the Role
KBR is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager for an Offshore Water Injection Project based in Abu Dhabi with relocation to Spain. The role leads all project controls activities including planning, scheduling, cost control, risk management, and reporting.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain integrated Level 1–4 project schedules using Primavera P6
- Establish project baselines, milestones, and critical path analyses
- Monitor schedule performance and identify delays, risks, and recovery opportunities
- Lead schedule reviews and progress assessment meetings
- Develop project control budgets and cost management frameworks
- Monitor expenditures, commitments, forecasts, and cash flow
- Analyze cost variances and recommend corrective actions
- Manage earned value management (EVM) processes and reporting
- Establish project KPIs and performance measurement systems
- Consolidate engineering, procurement, fabrication, offshore installation, and commissioning progress
- Prepare weekly and monthly project performance reports for senior management and stakeholders
- Provide executive dashboards highlighting project status and forecasts
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field
- Minimum 18 25 years of project controls experience within major Oil & Gas, Offshore, EPC, or Energy projects
- Extensive experience on offshore development, water injection, brownfield, or subsea projects
- Strong expertise in Primavera P6, cost management systems, and project reporting tools
- Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM), risk management, and change control processes
- Professional certifications such as PMP, PMI SP, AACE CCP, or equivalent are advantageous
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Position Summary
- The Senior Project Controls Manager is responsible for leading all project controls activities for a major offshore water injection development project, ensuring effective planning, scheduling, cost control, progress measurement, risk management, forecasting, and reporting throughout the project lif
- The role provides strategic oversight to support safe, timely, and cost effective project delivery while coordinating with project management, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and client stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Project Planning & Scheduling: Develop and maintain integrated Level 1–4 project schedules using Primavera P6.
- Establish project baselines, milestones, and critical path analyses.
- Monitor schedule performance and identify delays, risks, and recovery opportunities.
- Lead schedule reviews and progress assessment meetings.
- Cost Management & Control: Develop project control budgets and cost management frameworks.
- Monitor expenditures, commitments, forecasts, and cash flow.
- Analyze cost variances and recommend corrective actions.
- Manage earned value management (EVM) processes and reporting.
- Progress Measurement & Reporting: Establish project KPIs and performance measurement systems.
- Consolidate engineering, procurement, fabrication, offshore installation, and commissioning progress.
- Prepare weekly and monthly project performance reports for senior management and stakeholders.
- Provide executive dashboards highlighting project status and forecasts.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
- Minimum 18 25 years of project controls experience within major Oil & Gas, Offshore, EPC, or Energy projects.
- Extensive experience on offshore development, water injection, brownfield, or subsea projects.
- Strong expertise in Primavera P6, cost management systems, and project reporting tools.
- Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM), risk management, and change control processes.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, PMI SP, AACE CCP, or equivalent are advantageous.
Key Skills
- Project Planning & Scheduling
- Cost Control & Forecasting
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Risk & Opportunity Management
- Change Management
- Offshore EPC Project Delivery
- Executive Reporting
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Leadership
- Primavera P6 and Power BI
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