Director - Project Controls

Overview:

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job – you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities:

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Director - Project Controls to join our PMCM Division based in Doha, Qatar . This position is responsible for establishing, managing and continuously improving KEO's project controls framework across GCC-based projects. This core-office position ensures the effective planning, scheduling, resourcing, progress monitoring, reporting, and document control of multi-disciplinary consultancy projects.

The role provides strategic oversight and governance to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within approved schedules, and in alignment with contractual, corporate, and client requirements. The Director will act as a trusted advisor to project directors and senior leadership, supporting informed decision-making through accurate data, forecasting, and performance analysis.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Establish and maintain corporate standards, procedures, and best practices for project planning and scheduling across all projects.
• Provide strategic oversight of project baseline schedules, ensuring alignment with contracts, scopes, and milestones.
• Review, validate, and approve project schedules, recovery plans, and revised programs.
• Ensure integration of schedules across disciplines, phases, and stakeholders.
• Monitor schedule performance, identify critical path risks, and drive mitigation strategies in collaboration with project teams.
• Oversee project performance measurement systems, including progress tracking, earned value management, and KPI reporting.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of executive dashboards, monthly reports, and schedule risk assessments.
• Analyze trends, variances, and forecast impacts on project timelines and advise leadership on corrective actions.
• Support senior management with data-driven insights for strategic planning and decision-making.
• Lead the development and management of resource planning and forecasting across all projects in GCC.
• Ensure optimal allocation of personnel in line with project requirements, skills, availability, and workload.
• Work closely with HR, Operations, and Project Directors to address resource gaps, mobilization planning, and recruitment forecasting.
• Monitor utilization rates and proactively manage capacity planning to support business objectives.
• Support succession planning and development of project controls talent within the organization.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include minimum 15 years work experience partnered with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Constructuon Management , Project Management or related discipline.

Chartered status or Professional Membership will be viewed favourably.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its' contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.