Vacancy Overview

Project Controls Manager – Houston, TX

• Establish and maintain scheduling systems to effectively track progress to report updates. 
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules using Primavera P6 ensuring accuracy and alignment with project goals.
• Establish work breakdown structures (WBS) and ensure integration within the schedules.
• Monitor and oversee schedule updates no less than twice per month to track progress.
• Review and evaluate schedule quality, critical paths, schedule performance indicators, schedule logic, excessive lags, and schedule resource loading.
• Identify and analyze schedule risks and provide recommendations for mitigations / recovery measures and provide timely feedback to the Project Leadership team.
• Review and approve project reports, including weekly and monthly progress updates and project status.

• Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring alignment with scope and funding.
• Conduct cost analysis and prepare financial reports for senior management.
• Work with the Project Leadership team implementing cost-saving strategies. 
• Maintain Team month-end accruals and cost forecasting. 
• Track actual costs against forecasts and identify variances.

• Identify and report to the Risk team potential project risks related to cost, schedule, and resources.
• Develop risk mitigation and contingency plans with the Project Leadership team.
• Regularly update risk registers and ensure proactive risk management.

• Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for monitoring project progress and performance.
• Prepare detailed project status reports, dashboards, and presentations for stakeholders.
• Conduct Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis to assess cost and schedule performance.
• Ensure that effective project controls are in place to manage the Contractor/s and contractual deliverables are properly prepared and submitted to the appropriate stakeholders. 
• Manage and verify Contractor progress and payment curves, ensuring accurate financial oversight.

• Oversee change control processes and evaluate the impact of changes on project scope, cost, and schedule.
• Ensure that change requests are documented, assessed, and approved appropriately.

• Lead and mentor project controls teams, including schedulers, quantity specialists, project controls specialists, cost analysts, document controllers, estimators, and third-party consultants.
• Encourage / support developmental training to grow the project controls team and individual capabilities.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives and the use of ‘best practices.

• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, finance teams, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure that schedule and cost data are accurately aligned with contract requirements. 
• Work closely with the contracts administration, financial planning teams and other stakeholders to ensure project impacts on schedule and budget are properly analyzed and managed.
• Facilitate / participate in project meetings and workshops to align project objectives and updates.
• Ensure effective communication of project controls data to the Project Leadership and Company Management. 
• Participate in project meetings; interface with Contractor's Project Controls' Team, engage in critical discussions to address project issues and client concerns.

• Provide recommendations and strategic forward-looking information to support management decision-making. 
• Lead the development and optimization of reporting systems, including dashboards for project updates. 
• Prepare executive meeting materials and key talking points, ensuring clear, concise, and data-driven communication for executive leadership. 
• Participate in strategic planning and provide concise actionable recommendations to meet project objectives. 
• Collect and analyze cost impacts and critical activity to ensure alignment with project objectives.

• Ensure project controls processes align with company policies, procedures, and industry standards.
• Support capital value processes, audits, and reviews related to cost, schedule, and project performance.
• Implement governance frameworks to enhance project delivery efficiency.

• Proficient with the set up and use of Primavera scheduling tools.             
• Strong technical management abilities with effective project management and leadership skills.       
• Strong understanding of project execution.
• Strong understanding of Earn Value Measurement Systems; Rules of Credit and Chart of Account, project accounting
• Strong knowledge of planning, scheduling, estimating, risk analysis, progress tracking and reporting.             
• Possesses strong interpersonal skills; collaborative; self-starter; commitment and dedication through project completion; attention to detail; sound decision-making; and problem-solving abilities to analyze data, identify issues, recommend, develop, and implement solutions.
• Possesses in-depth knowledge of project execution i.e. construction and project completions techniques and practices.
• Ability to manage, develop, multiple schedules and deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to adapt to change, organize, plan, control, coordinate, and effectively manage cross-functional assignments and teams.
• Sufficient computer literacy to provide quantitative and concise written reports through the use of spreadsheets, charts, PowerPoint, Visio and Dashboard.
• Extensive experience with Project Controls Systems for progress and schedule evaluation, analysis and reporting with software program such as Primavera P6, Primavera Risk, Deltek Acumen Fuse & Risk, @Risk, Schedule Analyzer, SharePoint, Project Controls Management System (PCMS).

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other discipline with relevant experience required.
• 8+ years of strong background in Project Controls of major LNG project (oil, gas, power, pipeline, liquefaction) required.
• 8+ years of Primavera 6 and MS Project schedule development experience required.