Project Controls & Change Management Manager

About the Role

Join Parsons as a Project Controls & Change Management Manager in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where you will collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams across engineering, procurement, construction, commercial, contracts, finance, and clients to evaluate project changes and enable informed decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enforce project control procedures, systems, tools, and reporting standards.
• Maintain project control baselines covering scope, schedule, cost, resources, and KPIs.
• Manage and update the integrated master schedule accurately.
• Track and report on budgets, commitments, actual expenditures, forecasts, and cash flow.
• Monitor project performance relative to cost and schedule baselines and identify deviations, risks, and opportunities promptly.
• Coordinate monthly performance reports and executive dashboards ensuring consistent reporting across all stakeholders.
• Lead recovery initiatives for projects facing cost or schedule challenges and support earned value management and productivity analysis.
• Administer the change management process: identify, assess, approve, implement, and close project changes while maintaining all related records such as change registers and logs.
• Evaluate change requests, variation orders, claims, and contract amendments ensuring their impacts on scope, cost, schedule, resources, procurement, compliance, and safety are thoroughly assessed.
• Lead change control meetings and advise project leadership and clients, ensuring authorized changes are properly incorporated into project documentation and schedules.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management for the project controls and change management team while collaborating across all project disciplines.
• Drive governance by ensuring compliance with company policies, contractual requirements, and standards, supporting audits and continuous process improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, or related discipline.
• At least 20 years of experience in project controls, cost control, planning, contract administration, change management, or project management.
• Experience in EPC, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, or industrial projects involving engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project change control, cost and schedule management, and contract administration practices.
• Skilled in interpreting project documentation such as drawings, specifications, schedules, contracts, and estimates.
• Strong analytical, organizational, documentation, and communication capabilities.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with project control and document management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications: PMP, AACE, PSP, CCP, MRICS, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of earned value management methodologies.
• Experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Oracle Unifier, EcoSys, SAP, Procore, or similar software.
• Experience with contract types such as FIDIC, NEC, EPC, EPCM, or design-build agreements.
• Expertise in cost forecasting, schedule analysis, risk management, and extension-of-time assessments.
• Strong experience working collaboratively with contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and clients.

Technical Skills

• Managing change control processes and registers.
• Cost estimating and impact analysis.
• Schedule impact and trend analysis.
• Budget control and forecasting.
• Contract change administration and claims management.
• Progress measurement and earned value management techniques.
• Project management software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project).
• Excel-based data analysis and reporting.
• Document management and audit controls.

Core Competencies

• High attention to detail.
• Commercial and contract awareness.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective coordination of stakeholders.
• Clear verbal and written communication.
• Early impact identification abilities.
• Capability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Sound judgment and confidentiality.
• Ability to work efficiently in multidisciplinary project teams.

Key Performance Indicators

• Accuracy and timeliness of change evaluations.
• Completeness and maintenance of the change register.
• Proportion of changes conforming to procedures.
• Accuracy in cost and schedule impact assessments.
• Incorporation of approved changes into project baselines promptly.
• Reduction of unauthorized or undocumented changes.
• Accuracy of forecasts and trend reporting.
• Efficient resolution of pending changes.
• Quality and audit readiness of change documentation.
• Stakeholder satisfaction with the change control process.

Additional Information

Parsons is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. The company values employee wellbeing and growth, offering ample opportunity to advance your career. Awareness about fraudulent recruitment practices is maintained, and precautions are in place.