Project Controls Engineer
Posted 23 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Senior Project Controls Engineer”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyConstruction Management, Engineering, Project Management (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
CertificationsAPM, Project Management Professional, PMI-SP, Primavera P6 Professional Certification
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About the role
Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer / Planner to support the successful delivery of major infrastructure, transport, buildings, and land development projects across Saudi Arabia. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining project programmes, implementing project controls processes, and providing accurate performance reporting to support effective project delivery. Working closely with Project Managers, Project Directors, Design Managers and multidisciplinary technical teams, you will ensure projects are effectively planned, monitored and controlled throughout the project lifecycle. This role is ideal for a project controls professional experience who can provide clear programme and performance insights while supporting both project delivery and bid activities.
Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:
- Develop, maintain and monitor project programmes using Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
- Establish and manage Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), programme baselines and reporting frameworks.
- Coordinate programme development with project managers, design managers and technical discipline leads.
- Monitor project progress, maintain programme updates and perform critical path analysis.
- Support project forecasting, earned value management and performance measurement activities.
- Develop and maintain project controls dashboards, KPIs and management reporting.
- Administer change control processes and assess programme impacts associated with scope changes.
- Prepare project controls reports, executive summaries and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
- Support bid planning activities, including tender programmes, resource schedules and delivery strategies.