About Our Client Our client is one of India's leading integrated steel and manufacturing organizations, undertaking large-scale greenfield and brownfield expansion projects. With a significant portfolio of complex capital projects, the organization is strengthening its Project Management Office (PMO) to bring greater transparency, predictability, and governance across project execution.

Reporting to the Head - PMO, you will:

- Lead the Project Controls function for large-scale, complex industrial capital projects.
- Establish integrated project control frameworks covering planning, scheduling, cost, resources, progress, and performance measurement.
- Develop and govern robust project baselines and ensure alignment across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
- Lead implementation and governance of Earned Value Management (EVM) to provide accurate visibility on project performance.
- Drive schedule development, critical path analysis, resource loading, schedule optimization, and recovery planning.
- Integrate schedule and cost information to provide reliable forecasting and early identification of project deviations.
- Monitor schedule and cost variances and recommend corrective actions to project and senior leadership.
- Establish robust cost-control processes covering budgets, commitments, forecasts, and cost-to-complete.
- Lead change-control processes and evaluate the schedule and cost impact of project changes.
- Drive Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) and structured risk and opportunity management across major projects.
- Develop executive-level dashboards providing actionable insights into project health, schedule, cost, risks, and performance.
- Champion adoption of PMIS, digital project controls, and real-time reporting tools across the project organization.




- Provide independent project performance assurance and ensure adherence to project controls governance and standards.
- Partner closely with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commercial, and Project Management teams to resolve performance gaps.
- Build and mentor a high-performing Project Controls team and drive adoption of global best practices.

The Successful

Applicant - Holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering; a Master's qualification in Project Management would be an advantage.

- Brings 15-20 years of progressive Project Controls experience across large-scale EPC, EPCM, or industrial construction programs.
- Has worked on complex greenfield and/or brownfield heavy-industrial projects, preferably within steel, metals, oil & gas, petrochemicals, or similar process industries.
- Demonstrates expert-level proficiency in Primavera P6, project scheduling, resource planning, and critical path management.
- Has strong hands-on expertise in EVM, cost control, forecasting, change management, and performance measurement.
- Has experience establishing integrated cost and schedule baselines for major capital projects.
- Brings solid exposure to risk analysis, scenario planning, schedule recovery, and project performance improvement.
- Has experience with PMIS platforms, digital dashboards, and data-driven executive reporting.
- EVP, PSP, or equivalent project controls certification would be preferred.
- Demonstrates strong analytical capability, leadership presence, and senior stakeholder management skills. What's on Offer - Leadership role within the PMO supporting some of India's largest industrial capital projects.
- Opportunity to establish best-in-class project controls, governance, and performance management practices.
- Significant exposure to senior leadership and multidisciplinary project organizations.
- Opportunity to drive digital transformation and greater predictability across complex project execution.

📌 Project Control Head - Mumbai
🏢 Michael Page
📍 Mumbai