Project Control Engineer

About the role

Al Masaood Power Division is seeking an experienced Project Controls Engineer to support the commercial control of major projects across the UAE and GCC. The role focuses on cost and commercial reporting, progress visibility, and early risk escalation.

Key responsibilities

• Review project programmes and progress updates to identify commercial impact.
• Track project progress against payment milestones, invoice readiness and contractual entitlement.
• Support cost‑to‑complete reviews, cost forecasting and margin movement reporting.
• Maintain project cost reports, commercial dashboards, milestone and payment trackers, variation and risk registers.
• Support payment applications by tracking MIRs, delivery and acceptance status and required evidence.
• Identify delays, progress issues, cost movement and commercial risks early.
• Coordinate with Projects, Commercial, Procurement, Finance and site teams to obtain accurate project information.
• Provide regular project commercial reports for management review and ensure compliance with procedures and contractual obligations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying or engineering with a minimum of 3 years experience, or at least 5 years experience in a similar Project Controls role within the past 10 years.
• Experience in power generation EPC, maintenance or data‑centre projects is advantageous.
• UAE/GCC based candidates with strong English language proficiency.
• Highly organized, proactive, solution‑oriented and able to travel to project sites when required.

Required skills

• Primavera P6
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, etc.)
• Power BI
• SAP ERP systems