Head – Project Management Office (PMO)

Lahore, Pakistan

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning & Delivery Control

  • Establish and maintain effective project planning, monitoring, and control systems for both design and site supervision assignments.
  • Ensure approved baselines for scope, schedule, resources, and deliverables.
  • Track progress against plan and lead timely corrective and recovery actions.

2. Design Deliverables Management

  • Ensure proper planning and control of design outputs, including calculations, drawings, reviews, QA, and submissions.
  • Monitor design progress against milestones and prevent last-minute submissions through advance tracking and escalation.
  • Coordinate closely with Design, Drafting, QA, and Project Managers to maintain delivery discipline.

3. Site Supervision & Execution Oversight

  • Oversee PMO support to site supervision projects through progress tracking, issue escalation, deployment coordination, and execution follow-up.
  • Monitor contractor progress, key site risks, bottlenecks, and supervision effectiveness.
  • Ensure site reporting is timely, consistent, and actionable.

4. Performance Monitoring & Reporting

  • Develop and maintain project dashboards covering schedule, deliverables, resource use, risks, and key commercial indicators.
  • Implement a red-flag system for delays, bottlenecks, and critical issues.
  • Provide periodic fact-based reports to management for timely decision-making.

5. Coordination & Resource Management

  • Ensure effective coordination between site teams, design office, QA, finance, and management.
  • Support allocation and mobilization of the right resources at the right time.
  • Identify gaps in staffing, sequencing, or support and escalate accordingly.

6. Commercial & Contract Oversight

  • Monitor alignment of project progress with invoicing, certifications, cash flow visibility, and budget performance.
  • Provide oversight on contract administration matters, including variations, claims, and EOT tracking, while line responsibility remains with the concerned project/contract managers.
  • Highlight commercial and contractual risks for management action.

7. Quality, Risk & Compliance

  • Ensure PMO systems support implementation of QA/QC requirements, risk registers, and compliance obligations across projects.
  • Track rework, non-conformities, delays, and recurring delivery failures.
  • Support implementation of HSE and project compliance reporting where applicable.

8. PMO Systems & Continuous Improvement

  • Standardize PMO procedures, templates, controls, and reporting formats.
  • Improve digital reporting, document control integration, and management visibility.
  • Promote practical lessons learned and process improvements to enhance delivery performance.

9. Proposal & Mobilization Support

  • Support proposals and project startup through review of schedules, staffing plans, work methodologies, and mobilization readiness.

10. Leadership

  • Lead PMO staff and promote a culture of ownership, early completion, coordination, and disciplined project delivery.
  • Mentor Project Managers, Resident Engineers, and PMO personnel in project control and execution practices.