Regional Project Controls Manager

Overview

The Regional Project Controls Manager plays a key role in the successful delivery of PMO projects valued between $10 million and $250 million. This position supports routine outages, planned maintenance, expansions, and emergency work, reporting to the Project Controls Director. The role functions as a billable resource for cost control and works closely with stakeholders across the business.

Responsibilities

• Create and update large PMO project detailed schedules (L3 and L4).
• Manage budget loading, track actuals, and estimate at complete cost on large PMO outages.
• Review contractual payment terms with clients and develop a schedule of payments.
• Ensure invoices are issued to clients in accordance with contractual terms and project progress.
• Travel to sites to audit costs, meet with project teams and vendors.
• Support site planners and other remote planners and cost resources as a subject matter expert.
• Mentor and cross-train team resources on scheduling and cost tracking.
• Indirectly manage and scope third-party resources (approximately 4–6 resources).
• Work directly with Project Managers, procurement, regional resources, and management to properly track vendor costs and cashflows, including updating vendor installments based on project progress.
• Support development of Primavera standard scopes of work for Boiler outages, Turbine/generator outages, and PMO projects.
• Support regional planning refreshes 2 times a year.
• Support preparation of regional monthly cost, schedule, and cashflow reviews.
• Ensure project dashboard KPIs are completed accurately in accordance with the company’s calendar.
• Run team calls and meetings when necessary.
• Contribute to completing Post Outage Review summaries, including improvement actions, best practices, and lessons learned.

Requirements

Education

• A 4-year college degree is desirable; candidates with at least 2 years of direct experience may be considered with a High School Diploma or equivalent.

Experience

• Direct experience in outage planning, outage cost tracking, and a strong understanding of power plant operations is strongly preferred.
• Project Controls experience, including building cost-loaded schedules and tracking prior outage cost.
• Prior experience with onsite tracking of large complex outages (cost and schedule).
• Prior experience reporting outage performance to senior management.

Skills

• Proficiency using planning tools such as Primavera or Microsoft Project, and strong skills in MS Office applications—especially Excel (spreadsheets, modeling, pivot tables). Higher proficiency preferred in Access.
• High level of financial acumen, including the ability to create budgets in a project costing role and track actual costs and forecast estimates at completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively with management at all levels across corporate offices and operating facilities.
• Understanding of cost implications on changes to schedule critical path, including the ability to explain key drivers related to cost impacts.
• Ability to compile planning documentation for review and make revisions as needed.
• Good presentation skills for communicating with PMO Project Managers and the Project Control team.
• Experience planning multiple projects and coordinating them through various phases.
• Ability to delegate and deploy external resources and hold them accountable for defined KPIs.
• Ability to mentor and train other team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in an industry with large scale planned maintenance cycles with similar project sizes.

Travel

• Must be willing to travel to assigned plants for planning, cost tracking during execution, and reviews.
• Typical duration could last up to a month at a time; overall projects can last for several years.
• Average travel expectation is approximately 50%, with adjustments based on business need.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to climb ladders and scaffold, enter and traverse tight spaces and areas.
• Must be able to walk, sit, climb, balance, crawl, and kneel.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range for the primary location of this position: $91,200.00 - $121,400.00 USD per annum.
• In addition to salary, benefits eligibility includes:
  • Medical, prescription drug, vision, and dental plans
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays

Location

• Primary location: USA (pay range based on primary posting location).