Chief - Project Controls

MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES INC•Charlotte, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief - Project Controls builds and leads a project controls function supporting complex industrial and infrastructure projects. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the role establishes an integrated capability focused on schedule certainty, cost predictability, risk mitigation, and informed decision-making. It serves as a trusted advisor to project teams and executive leadership and partners with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Accounting, and executive leaders to improve forecast accuracy, schedule reliability, margin performance, and project delivery. The position establishes organization-wide project controls standards and governance, oversees integrated schedules and cost forecasting, develops risk-management and reporting processes, and turns project data into forward-looking business intelligence. It also leads project controls systems, reporting platforms, data governance, automation, and teams supporting multiple projects or portfolios. The role is expected to improve forecasting, portfolio risk visibility, reporting efficiency, predictability, accountability, and execution performance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related discipline.
Ten or more years of project controls experience supporting complex capital, industrial, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, or EPC projects.
Proficiency with Primavera P6 and modern project reporting and analytics tools.
Demonstrated experience in scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, and project performance management.
Experience developing or improving project controls processes within a growing organization.
Strong understanding of the project lifecycle from engineering through commissioning and startup.
Experience working closely with project managers, finance teams, and executive leadership.
Strong technical knowledge of scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, risk management, and project performance management.
Ability to integrate schedule, cost, progress, risk, and commercial performance into a clear view of project health.
Business acumen and understanding of how project performance affects profitability, cash flow, client satisfaction, and long-term business success.
Executive-level communication, influence, analytical judgment, and ability to deliver difficult messages, challenge assumptions, and elevate concerns early.
Demonstrated ability to build, standardize, and improve processes, systems, and organizational capabilities.
Ability to lead organizational transformation and drive adoption of new ways of working in a project environment.
Ability to move around a project site, including climbing structures.

Nice To Haves

Professional certification such as PMP, PSP, EVP, AACE, or equivalent.
Experience leading project controls teams across multiple projects or portfolios.
Familiarity with integrated project delivery and EP+S or EPC contract environments.

Responsibilities

Establish and lead the project controls organization across the project portfolio; mentor and develop team members while promoting accountability and continuous improvement.
Develop and implement standards, processes, and governance for scheduling, forecasting, risk management, progress measurement, and reporting.
Build a scalable project controls framework that supports company growth and operational excellence.
Oversee the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules reflecting execution strategies, key milestones, and critical-path activities.
Lead schedule reviews, recovery planning, and forecasting, and identify schedule risks and opportunities before they affect project outcomes.
Implement cost-control and forecasting processes and monitor performance against budgets, commitments, and forecasts.
Develop estimate-at-completion methodologies and partner with Accounting and Project Management to improve forecast accuracy and financial visibility.
Establish project risk-management processes and reporting; ensure risks are identified, quantified, tracked, and incorporated into forecasts.
Improve visibility into project changes and commercial impacts, and support leadership in assessing and mitigating emerging risks.
Develop executive dashboards, portfolio metrics, trend analysis, project-health assessments, and early-warning indicators.
Serve as the business leader for project controls systems, reporting platforms, and data governance.
Improve data quality, reporting efficiency, and system integration; support automation that reduces manual effort and improves decision-making.
Standardize project controls across the organization to improve forecasting, portfolio-level risk visibility, predictability, accountability, and execution performance.