Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Project Controls professional with strong expertise in planning, scheduling, cost control, estimation, forecasting, and project performance management across the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) lifecycle. The role will support project execution teams by providing effective project controls, monitoring performance, identifying deviations, and driving corrective actions to ensure projects are delivered within planned timelines and budgets.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in EPC projects, preferably with site exposure, and experience managing projects valued at 10 Cr+, with strong capabilities in scheduling, cost management, resource planning, and project reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain project execution plans, detailed schedules, milestones, and baseline plans across the EPC lifecycle.

- Track project progress against approved schedules, budgets, and execution plans and identify deviations at an early stage.

- Monitor and control project costs, productivity, budgets, commitments, and actual expenditure.

- Prepare regular progress reports, variance analysis, performance dashboards, and management reports.

- Analyze schedule and cost variances and develop appropriate mitigation and recovery plans.

- Prepare project cost estimates, forecasts, cash-flow projections, and periodic cost-to-complete assessments.

- Manage and monitor scope, schedule, cost, and resource changes throughout the project lifecycle.

- Support project teams in identifying schedule risks, cost overruns, resource constraints, and execution bottlenecks.

- Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Finance, Commercial, vendors, and contractors to ensure accurate project tracking.

- Support resource planning and allocation based on project schedules, priorities, and execution requirements.

- Monitor procurement progress, material availability, contractor performance, and other dependencies affecting project schedules.

- Support project planning and controls activities across site and corporate/project-office environments.

- Maintain project control systems, reporting structures, trackers, and relevant documentation.

- Provide data-driven insights to project leadership to support decision-making and corrective actions.

- Ensure project controls processes are aligned with organizational standards, governance requirements, and project objectives.

- Identify opportunities to improve planning accuracy, cost visibility, productivity, reporting, and project execution efficiency.

Required Skills & Experience:

- 9 - 14 years of experience in Project Controls, Project Planning, Project Management, or a related function.

- Strong hands-on experience in EPC project controls, preferably with meaningful site execution exposure.

- Experience managing or supporting projects with a value of 10 Cr or above.

- Strong expertise in project scheduling, planning, cost control, estimation, forecasting, and performance monitoring.

- Experience working across the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction lifecycle.

- Strong understanding of project baselines, progress measurement, critical path, schedule variance, cost variance, and forecasting.

- Experience coordinating with engineering teams, procurement teams, contractors, vendors, and project execution teams.

- Good understanding of construction practices, procurement processes, contractor management, and site execution.

- Hands-on experience with project planning and controls tools.

- Familiarity with project documentation and document control systems.

- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills with the ability to identify trends, risks, and project deviations.

- Experience preparing management reports, dashboards, progress reports, and project performance reviews.

- Strong communication, coordination, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a project-driven environment.

Preferred:

- Experience in the fertilizer, chemicals, process, petrochemical, manufacturing, or other industrial EPC sectors.

- Certifications in Project Controls, Planning, Cost Management, PMP, or equivalent.

- Exposure to Primavera P6, MS Project, SAP/ERP, Power BI, or similar project controls and reporting tools.

- Experience handling multi-disciplinary and multi-vendor EPC projects.