Cost Control & Planning Manager
On-siteMuscat, Muscat, Oman
Job Summary
Establish, maintain and enforce project controls procedures and reporting frameworks across utility-scale renewable energy and industrial construction projects. Oversee planning and cost control teams to unify schedules, resource plans, and budget forecasts while acting as the primary escalation point for disputes and contractual issues. Develop and approve baseline schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project, monitor critical path metrics, and lead forensic delay analysis for dispute resolution. Own the project budget framework, validate Earned Value Management metrics, and mandate corrective actions on cost or schedule deviations. Supervise preparation of extension of time claims, variation orders, and interim payment applications in accordance with contract provisions. Maintain a consolidated risk register, evaluate mitigation strategies, and present executive-level dashboards integrating schedule performance, cost forecasts, and risk data to senior leadership. Liaise directly with clients, consultants, and EPC contractors on all project controls matters as the department's project controls authority.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of progressive professional experience in construction project controls, combining planning/scheduling and cost control functions
- Minimum 5 years in a senior or managerial project controls role with direct team management responsibility
- Minimum 5 years of direct experience on renewable energy projects, specifically Wind and/or Solar PV projects above 100 MW
- Proven experience managing project controls across multiple simultaneous projects within a construction or EPC environment
- Experience working with Owners, Owner's Engineers, EPC contractors, IPPs or international engineering consultants
- Advanced Primavera P6: baseline development, resource loading, cost loading, progress update, logic review and schedule compression
- MS Project: schedule integration, multi-project consolidation and reporting
- Critical Path Method (CPM), network logic and schedule health analysis
- Forensic delay analysis: Time Impact Analysis (TIA), Windows Analysis, As-Planned vs. As-Built, Collapsed As-Built
- Look-ahead programme management (3-week and 6-week rolling programmes)
- Advanced Excel: financial modelling, macros, pivot tables, cost dashboards and automated reporting tools
- Earned Value Management: EAC, ETC, CPI, SPI, BCWS, BCWP, ACWP and variance analysis
- Budget preparation, cost breakdown structure (CBS) development and cost forecasting
- Cash flow modelling and S-curve analysis
- Subcontractor cost management, invoice verification and payment certification
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in multi-contract or Owner-managed project delivery environments preferred
- Experience in Middle East, GCC or equivalent emerging market project environments is advantageous
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