Project Controls- Manager

Overview

The organization is seeking a Project Controls Manager to establish and lead the project controls function within the Project & Program Management Office. This role develops standards, tools, reporting practices, and governance to provide consistent visibility into project cost, margin, schedule, change, risk, and forecast performance across high-risk projects and strategic programs.

Working closely with Senior Project Managers, Program Managers, Operations, Finance, Estimating, and other functional teams, the manager will help improve predictability, identify performance issues early, and support timely corrective action. Project Managers and Operations retain accountability for project delivery; Project Controls provides the discipline, analysis, and transparency needed to manage performance effectively.

This position is Remote and may require travel 20–30%.

Work Authorization Requirement: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. The employer does not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Responsibilities

Project Controls Framework and Governance

• Establish and maintain project controls standards, procedures, templates, reporting requirements, and governance expectations for PMO-supported work.
• Define minimum controls based on project size, complexity, contract type, schedule risk, and financial exposure to ensure the level of control is appropriate.
• Standardize baseline development, forecast updates, variance analysis, change tracking, schedule controls, risk visibility, and project performance reporting.
• Support PMO leadership in determining when enhanced project controls are required for high-risk or strategically important work.

Cost, Margin and Forecasting Controls

• Oversee consistent tracking of approved project baseline, actual cost, committed cost, estimate to complete (ETC), estimate at completion (EAC), revenue, billing, and projected gross margin.
• Develop and maintain forecasting practices that provide early visibility into margin movement, cost exposure, and projected financial outcomes.
• Review significant variances and forecast changes with project leadership and help identify corrective actions or escalation needs.
• Partner with Finance and Operations to improve forecast accuracy, financial reconciliation, and executive confidence in project reporting.

Schedule and Planning Controls

• Establish scheduling standards appropriate for a mix of field service, outage, data center, industrial, and multi-year project work.
• Provide oversight of baseline schedules, milestone plans, look-ahead schedules, critical-path reviews, and schedule recovery planning.
• Ensure material, subcontractor, customer, resource, and outage dependencies are reflected in project schedules where applicable.

Change, Risk and Commercial Visibility

• Establish consistent controls for change events, change-order tracking, unpriced exposure, pending customer decisions, and commercial risks.
• Ensure project risk, issue, and action information is incorporated into project controls reporting and escalated when financial, schedule, or customer impact is material.
• Support project teams in connecting identified risk and change exposure to EAC, margin, and schedule forecasts.

Reporting, Analytics and Leadership

• Develop project and portfolio dashboards that provide concise visibility into financial performance, schedule status, change exposure, risk, and forecast trends.
• Lead recurring project controls reviews and support executive high-risk project reporting.
• Manage, coach, and develop Project Controls Analysts and Project Schedulers/Planners as the function grows.
• Drive continuous improvement in data quality, reporting efficiency, project systems, and controls maturity across the PMO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• Seven or more years of progressive experience in project controls, project management, cost control, scheduling, or related project-delivery functions.
• Proven track record supporting complex, multi-disciplinary projects in industrial services, construction, utilities, electrical services, EPC organizations, data centers, or comparable project environments.
• Experience developing or leading cost, schedule, forecasting, and project reporting processes across multiple projects or business units.
• Prior leadership or functional ownership experience strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, AACE Certified Cost Professional (CCP), Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP), PMI-SP, or comparable professional certification.
• Experience implementing or maturing a project controls function within a growing organization.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: USD $100,000.00 - USD $171,000.00 /Yr.

Location

• Remote
• Travel: 20–30%

Equal Opportunity Statement

The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.