Project Controls Manager - SCCT

Purpose: 

As part of a project leadership team, APMT are looking for an individual to lead the project controls discipline for the SCTT Equipment Electrification Upgrade project on a contract basis, starting Q3 2026. The role is the Project Controls Manager.  

This position requires the Project Controls Manager to be based full-time on site in Port Said, Egypt. The role is highly hands-on and requires the successful candidate to actively perform detailed planning and scheduling activities, while also leading and overseeing the overall Project Cntrols function across the project. The Project Controls Manager will be supported by a direct-report team member responsible for cost control and change management functions. 

Project implementation is a key value driver in APM Terminals (APMT). Our ability to build a container terminal, establish an operational organisation and secure commercial business delivers real NPV to APMT and the broader A.P. Møller – Mærsk (APMM) business. Equally, if we are able to improve on the original plans for a project, we may be able to secure incremental value for the entire APMM group and broader stakeholders. 

To be successful in this role, we need our Project Controls Manager to deliver in three areas: 

• A source of one-truth on performance. Transparent and purposeful communication is essential. This will include internal (the broader project team) and external (broader APMM and external) stakeholder communication. Building rapport, project-wide commitment (to accurate reporting and planning) and psychological trust will be critical to providing accurate information. 

• A centre of excellence for project management knowledge to support decision making. Knowledge of project management best practice and tools, and an understanding of lean will be important. Success will be possible if the project can remain focusssed on customer value, even if this evolves from what it looks like today.  

• A driving force for proactive and effective project management and leadership. To facilitate the management of project performance, projects need to be proactive. This means a strong knowledge and responsibility for reporting on leading and lagging indicators. 

Project controls is a key technical function to deliver our project success criteria and ultimately the benefits back to the business. How this is led and delivered is just as essential as what is delivered. We believe it requires transparency on the results, great knowledge or experience to draw upon, and a mindset focussed on predicting and improving in the future.  

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all project controls activities, including planning, scheduling, reporting, governance, change control, risk management, and performance monitoring.
• Develop, maintain, and consolidate project controls systems and deliverables, including Primavera P6 schedules, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Advanced Work Packaging (AWP), and the Project Execution Plan (PEP).
• Establish and maintain approved scope, schedule, cost, and quality baselines, and track project performance against them.
• Drive project reporting, providing accurate and timely performance updates, forecasts, KPIs, leading and lagging indicators, and executive-level reporting to project leadership, PMO, and corporate stakeholders.
• Facilitate and oversee change management, risk management, document control, and correspondence management processes.
• Act as the primary owner and administrator of project control systems (primarily PMWeb), including governance, user access management, system improvements, and integration with project controls processes.
• Proactively identify, manage, escalate, and resolve project control issues affecting construction, equipment delivery, IT, and automation workstreams.
• Ensure compliance with APMT project management standards, procedures, and ways of working, including governance, reporting, and project controls methodologies.
• Collaborate closely with project teams, global functions, consultants, contractors, and suppliers to ensure alignment, consistency, and transparency across all project controls activities.
• Lead and mentor project controls resources where required.

REPORTING AND SCOPE: 

• Direct reporting: Project Manager 

• Functional reporting: Global Project Execution Senior Project Management Officer (PMO) 

• Geographical scope: Port Said/Egypt 

CRITICAL QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE 

Must Have… 

• Relevant professional experience:  

• 7years overall, including a minimum of 5 years within a project controls functional discipline 

• Accountability in project delivery on at least one large-scale and complex capital infrastructure projects 

• Working in a culturally and technical diverse team and environment, internally and externally to your organisation 

• Confidently presenting and effectively communicating to internal (project) and external (HQ) stakeholders in written and spoken English  

• Coaching and/or mentoring others across a team or broader functional business 

• Delivering a high-level of accuracy and quality 

• Relevant (& hands on) technical experience and knowledge of: 

• Completion and been awarded an advanced project management qualtification, for example APM PMQ, PMI PMP certificate or equivalent. 

• Project management platforms and systems (for managing document controls, contracts, change, cost, communication and milestones) e.g. PMWeb, Proliance, PCM, Skire or similar. 

• Project management tools including scheduling software e.g. Primavera, MS Project, etc. 

• Managing through influence and creating team commitment to following a governance structure, including procedures, processes and project controls 

• Proactive performance management through leading (predictive) measures 

• Advanced planning and scheduling using Primavera P6, including schedule development, maintenance, progress monitoring, critical path analysis, WBS development, resource loading, and reporting. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline is essential 

Preferred (but not essential)… 

• Experience of working in a matrix organisation  

• Experience of supervision and line management of others in project controls or project management roles.