Programme Recovery & Schedule Stabilisation
Reframing broken or misleading schedules, restoring critical path confidence, and building a delivery logic that leadership can actually trust.
PROGRAMME CONTROLS · AVIATION, TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY
Bringing clarity, control, and recovery to complex capital programmes.
I work with leadership teams to stabilise major infrastructure programmes when schedules drift, governance weakens, interfaces fragment, and the data stops supporting confident decisions — drawing on 23 years across delivery partner, client-side, and contractor environments.
Project Controls Director on a USD 7B airport giga-project in KSA · PMP · MBA · 23 years of infrastructure and capital delivery
Core expertise
Integrated project controls leadership
End-to-end command of schedule, cost, risk, change, governance and executive reporting — built for mega-programme delivery.
Project Controls Leadership
Leading integrated planning, cost, risk, reporting, and performance controls across high-pressure, multi-package environments — with hands-on command of IMS development, EVM, CAPEX/OPEX forecasting, and SRA/P80 validation.
Client PMO Governance & Controls
Contributing to client-side PMO governance, stage-gate assurance, reporting discipline, and programme controls that support confident executive decision-making.
Delay Analysis & Claims Strategy
Supporting defensible entitlement assessment through TIA, windows analysis, schedule diagnostics, and clear cause-and-effect narratives.
Executive Reporting & Decision Support
Turning fragmented project data into concise insight so leadership sees exposure, options, and decisions early instead of after damage is done.
Interface & Multi-Contract Coordination
Aligning contractors, consultants, client teams, and package interfaces where governance gaps often become schedule and delivery failures.
Proven impact
Added value that matters to decision-makers
Outcomes delivered in live mega-programme environments — not theoretical frameworks.
Enabled data-driven capital decisions on a USD 7B airport programme through integrated schedule and controls alignment
Developed and maintained the Integrated Project Schedule aligned to the client-owned IMS, linking EVM, cost baseline, change control, and SRA reporting into a single controls framework at KSIA — giving leadership the confidence to make capital phasing and funding decisions based on programme data, not assumptions.
Redirected USD 40M to critical packages through QRA validation
Reviewed P50/P80 quantified risk outputs and identified misaligned contingency distribution — translating probabilistic exposure into revised capital phasing scenarios that redirected funding to under-resourced critical packages.
Maintained programme performance within ±3% of approved baseline on a USD 5.7B metro programme
Integrated schedule, cost, and risk controls using Primavera P6 and Acumen Fuse across greenfield and brownfield delivery on Sydney Metro Northwest — managing interfaces with JV partners and multiple systems vendors.
Protected owner interests on contractor claims exceeding USD 52M
Led delay causation analysis, EOT assessment, and change impact review on Sydney Metro Northwest (USD 5.7B) — producing evidence-based positions that held under scrutiny across multiple claim events.
Built and led project controls teams of up to 25 across four countries
Recruited, structured, and managed controls teams across aviation, metro, and entertainment programmes in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Australia — establishing reporting frameworks, mentoring junior planners and cost engineers, and embedding controls discipline on projects that previously had none.
Selected experience
Major programmes and environments
Not a full career history. Just enough signal to show the level of complexity, stakeholder density, and programme exposure behind the capability.
Led integrated controls across 40+ packages — IMS, EVM, cost baseline, change control, SRA/P80 reporting — reducing cost variance from ±12% to ±5% and restoring executive confidence in programme data.
Implemented AWP and ECI protocols, integrated Primavera P6 and Acumen Fuse controls, and maintained performance within ±3% of the approved baseline throughout delivery, achieving a 15% uplift on critical path activities.
Established PMO governance framework, stage-gate reporting, and portfolio controls structure across multiple contract packages — supporting on-time delivery milestones and executive decision quality.
Managed project controls and delivery for AMANA Group's MEP and mechanical packages — establishing cost baselines, progress measurement, and construction schedule control to support the programme's on-time delivery for the official opening in September 2009.
Embedded as Project Controls Director within the client PMO on a USD 4.9B giga-programme — delivering programme-level controls oversight across planning, cost, risk, and reporting, and supporting the Senior VP of Project Controls with executive decision-making.
Provided delay analysis, EOT assessment, and claims strategy support on programmes exceeding USD 52M in contested value — producing defensible positions that held under scrutiny.
Tools & technical strengths
Built for complex delivery environments
The toolset behind integrated controls — used in anger on live mega-programmes, not just listed on a CV.
Primavera P6
Scheduling & Planning
P6 scheduling on giga-programmes with 40,000+ activities
Full lifecycle schedule development, baselining, critical path analysis, recovery planning, and forensic delay analysis on major infrastructure programmes.
Deltek Acumen Fuse
Schedule QA
Schedule QA on live mega-programme environments
Schedule health diagnostics, logic review, float analysis, and contractor programme validation before executive submission.
TILOS
Linear Planning
Linear infrastructure programmes (rail, road, utilities)
Time-location planning for roads, rail, utilities, and geographically spread construction — integrating production rates and crew logic.
Power BI
Reporting & Dashboards
Executive dashboards on live giga-programmes
Integrated controls dashboards pulling from P6, cost systems, and risk registers — replacing manual reporting with real-time decision-support views.
UNIPHI / PRISM
Cost & Programme Controls
Cost control and integrated programme controls
Cost forecasting, commitments tracking, change management, and integrated commercial reporting across programme portfolios.
Oracle Unifier / Aconex
PMIS & Document Control
Enterprise PMIS and document control
Document workflows, stage gate tracking, approval management, correspondence control, and PMIS-level programme governance.
Primavera Risk Analysis
Schedule Risk
Monte Carlo simulation and P50/P80 forecasting
Schedule risk analysis and confidence forecasting — used to validate contractor SRAs and inform executive investment decisions.
How I work
A commercial and leadership lens, not just a controls lens
There is a question that separates well-run programmes from struggling ones. On struggling programmes, leadership walks into the meeting asking: "Can we trust these numbers?" — which means the controls function is generating reports but not generating confidence. On well-run programmes, the question shifts to: "What decision do we need to make today?"
That shift is what I work towards. Not more dashboards. Not more schedule updates. The job is to create the conditions where leadership can act on information rather than interrogate it — where bad news travels fast, risks are visible early, and the programme narrative is honest enough to support real decisions.
I have spent 23 years in environments where the controls function either earns its place at the executive table or becomes a reporting burden. I know the difference, and I know how to build one and fix the other.
Credentials
Certifications & education
MBA
Master of Business AdministrationExecutive leadership & commercial strategy
PMP
Project Management ProfessionalPMI — Project Management Institute
BSc
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical EngineeringEngineering foundation & technical discipline
Contact
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Open to Director and executive-level roles, programme controls advisory mandates, and strategic infrastructure conversations — primarily across the GCC and Australia.
- Base: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Open to: Director and executive-level roles, advisory mandates, and programme governance engagements
- Response: All submissions are received privately and responded to directly
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