Job Description:

Responsibilities:

· Provide leadership for planning and scheduling, progress measurement, risk management, and reporting for the entire project.

· Provide guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to project controls staff, interface with the client, and attend regular meetings.

· Develop, implement, and maintain project controls processes, procedures, systems, and tools and monitor compliance.

· Provide guidance and direction for the resolution of project controls issues as they arise.

· Review and convey Engineer’s consent to the Contractors’ Baseline schedule of works in line with Contract conditions, and using Parsons Recommended Practices.

· Validate the compatibility of project resources for timely completion of the project.

· Develop a Master Integrated Schedule, integrating project packages considering their interdependencies to identify and reflect the impact of one schedule/project on others.

· Identify the potential risks/conflicts, and document them in the Project Risk Register.

· Lead regular risk workshops with internally, with contractor, and client.

· Evaluate & verify the planning and scheduling information from the updated / progress schedules. Identify the potential areas of delay/slippage, highlight the critical events & suggest mitigation measures / corrective actions / robust recovery plan.

· Exercise “What if” analysis to assess the time impact of each change, variation, and potential event at an early stage and provide alternative courses of action & advice before issuing instructions to contractors.

· Prepare regular progress reports / monthly reports with program analysis and recommendations, addressing program issues to ensure timely project completion, and preparing presentations regarding the work's progress concerning interim and major milestones.

· Assess EOT and disruption claims using leading delay analysis methodologies including time impact analysis & window analysis with the strong skill to demonstrate the contractor’s concurrent delay.

· Discuss, coordinate, and resolve the planning and scheduling problems with the contractor and the client.

· Coordinate with the client to finalize the contractor’s programs, reports, and claims.

· Attend various meetings including kick-off, technical, service coordination, progress review, etc, and provide valuable inputs.

· Prepare concise & precise minutes of Project Controls meetings.

· Prepare Trackers / Logs to monitor critical issues during the Design and Construction stages of the Project.

· Agree on the progress measurement system (PMS) and key indicators with the consultants/contractors during the project for monitoring purposes.

· Ability to communicate clearly to conduct presentations to management and interface effectively with a diverse group of professionals.

· Provide the reasoned & analytic response to the contractor notices and detailed particulars using programming data, sound construction practices, and contractual provisions.

· Proper record keeping of project contemporary records.

· Issue delay notices for the contractor’s culpable delay and/or slow performance letters recording areas where the contractor’s performance is behind the schedule.

· Be able to manage a team of one or more project controls engineers/leads, providing them with technical and leadership skills.

Qualification and Experience:

· Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related degree from a recognized institution

· Minimum 15+ years of experience in Project Control Infrastructure projects, mainly Metro/Rail

· Previous experience in Planning & Scheduling, Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis, and Extension of Time Claims

· Extensive experience with the design processes and construction methodologies in Rail projects

· Experience in the application of Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis / or Safran Risk, Acumen Fuse, and TILOS in Rail projects

· Thorough knowledge of industry best practices and regulations

· Previous Middle East experience is preferred

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

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