Senior Project Controls Engineer - Scheduling
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Project Controls Engineer - SchedulingJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Project Controls Engineer - Scheduling
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Construction
Function: Project-Program Management
Experience: Minimum 5 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior Project Controls Engineer - Scheduling in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Construction opportunity with Parsons Corporation for an experienced project controls professional skilled in planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, forecasting, critical path analysis, and performance reporting for major infrastructure and construction projects. This role supports project leadership by maintaining reliable schedules, analyzing delivery risks, preparing project dashboards, and helping engineering, procurement, and construction teams stay aligned with approved delivery objectives.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Construction
Function: Project-Program Management
Salary: 22000-35000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Senior Project Controls Engineer
Key Responsibilities
* Provide project controls support across planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, performance tracking, and project reporting activities.
* Analyze project performance against approved baseline schedules and highlight trends, deviations, risks, and areas requiring management attention.
* Develop, maintain, and update critical path schedules, logic networks, progress reports, and project performance dashboards.
* Evaluate design changes, construction changes, delay events, and schedule impacts, then recommend corrective measures to reduce project risk.
* Prepare schedule status reports, variance analysis, dashboards, technical summaries, and management presentations for project teams and clients.
* Monitor project progress against planned milestones and identify possible schedule issues before they affect delivery targets.
* Support the customization and improvement of project control systems to meet project-specific reporting, tracking, and forecasting needs.
* Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commercial, and project management teams to align schedules with actual delivery activities.
* Maintain historical project data to support planning, benchmarking, forecasting, productivity analysis, and continuous improvement.
* Provide technical input to resolve complex scheduling, progress measurement, and project controls challenges.
* Support resource planning by providing information related to project controls workload, staffing needs, reporting cycles, and schedule support requirements.
* Assist in mentoring junior project controls staff and provide practical guidance on scheduling methods, reporting standards, and analysis techniques.
* Track schedule performance indicators and support timely escalation of risks, delays, interface issues, or corrective action requirements.
* Review project activity logic, dependencies, critical paths, progress updates, and schedule narratives for consistency and reliability.
* Help strengthen project decision-making by converting planning data into clear insights for senior project leadership.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
* Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in project controls, planning, scheduling, or project management support.
* Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, and construction processes and project delivery methodologies.
* Experience developing and maintaining project schedules, critical path networks, progress reports, and performance measurement tools.
* Proficiency in project controls software and scheduling tools used on construction, infrastructure, transportation, or rail projects.
* Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
* Ability to analyze project performance, identify schedule risks, assess delay impacts, and recommend practical corrective actions.
* Experience preparing dashboards, progress reports, schedule analysis, forecasting updates, and management presentations.
* Knowledge of earned value management, forecasting, project performance measurement, and benchmarking methods is preferred.
* Experience on major infrastructure, transportation, rail, or construction projects is advantageous.
* Professional certification in project management, planning, scheduling, or project controls is an advantage.
* Strong analytical, organizational, coordination, and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams while managing multiple priorities, deadlines, and reporting requirements.
Skills Set
* Project controls
* Planning
* Scheduling
* Critical path method
* Baseline schedules
* Logic networks
* Progress monitoring
* Performance reporting
* Schedule analysis
* Delay impact assessment
* Forecasting
* Earned value management
* Project dashboards
* KPI reporting
* Project performance measurement
* EPC processes
* Construction planning
* Infrastructure projects
* Transportation projects
* Rail projects
* Risk analysis
* Corrective action planning
* Resource planning
* Benchmarking
* Historical data analysis
* Microsoft Excel
* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft PowerPoint
* Scheduling tools
* Project controls software
* Management presentations
* Progress reports
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Riyadh construction projects
* Saudi Arabia project controls jobs
Why Join Us
This role gives a project controls professional the opportunity to support major infrastructure and construction delivery in Riyadh with Parsons Corporation. The position offers strong exposure to planning, scheduling, performance analysis, project reporting, and multidisciplinary coordination on complex projects. It is well suited for someone who wants to strengthen project controls expertise, support high-value delivery decisions, and contribute to reliable project performance across Saudi Arabia’s growing construction market.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, construction management, and program delivery company supporting major infrastructure, transportation, urban development, and public sector projects. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to large-scale programs through project controls, construction oversight, technical coordination, planning, scheduling, and integrated delivery support. The company helps deliver future-ready assets across Riyadh by combining international expertise, disciplined governance, and practical project execution experience.



