Director of Project Controls
About The Position
The Director of Project Controls leads the project controls function for TRISO-X’s advanced nuclear fuel programs. The role provides strategic leadership and oversight for enterprise project planning, scheduling, cost control, estimating, risk management, resource planning, and change management across programs and capital projects within the TRISO-X Project Management Office (PMO). The director establishes governance systems, procedures, and performance measurement standards aligned with organizational goals, business growth objectives, and regulatory requirements. The director oversees earned value management (EVM) and other performance methods, partnering with executive leadership, program management, finance, and other organizations to define KPIs, forecasting methods, and reporting cadence. The role provides hands-on guidance and quality checks for project schedules, cost reports, forecasts, estimates, risk registers, trend logs, and change requests, helping leaders assess project status and trends. The director also advises executives on early project planning, investment decisions and gates, project execution plans, procurement strategy, tax benefit realization, and risk mitigation frameworks, and establishes project cost accounting frameworks and budgets. The director builds and develops a collaborative, cross-trained team of direct-report and matrixed project controls engineers and analysts, fostering accountability and continuous improvement. This is a full-time, exempt position based in the office five days per week at 151 Lafayette Drive, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Standard hours are 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in management, business, engineering, science, or a related technical discipline from an accredited university or college.
- At least 17 years of progressive experience in project controls, project management, or project engineering supporting large, complex (mega) capital projects and working in a PMO environment.
- At least 5 years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary project controls or project management teams at the enterprise or program level.
- Demonstrated ability to lead development and implementation of enterprise-wide project controls frameworks, governance systems, risk management, and performance measurement tools.
- Working knowledge of earned value management principles and their practical application.
- Demonstrated ability to help project teams define and use KPIs and performance data to drive timely, effective decisions.
- Strong strategic, analytical, and communication skills, including the ability to influence senior executives and drive organizational change.
- Basic software application skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
Nice To Haves
- An advanced degree and/or MBA.
- Proficiency using MS Project, Primavera P6, or other project software tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead and continuously improve TRISO-X’s project controls function across programs and projects, overseeing planning and scheduling, cost control, estimating, risk management, resource and staff planning, and change management.
- Oversee implementation of EVM and other project performance methodologies that meet client, regulatory, and PMO governance requirements.
- Partner with executive leadership, program management, finance, and other TRISO-X organizations to define KPIs, metrics, forecasting methodology, and enterprise performance reporting cadence, and ensure adherence to established standards.
- Develop project controls engineers and analysts through workload assignment, hiring and recruiting input, onboarding, performance management, coaching, and training, including cross-training; lead direct-report and matrixed employees.
- Provide hands-on guidance and quality checks for schedules, cost reports, forecasts, estimates, risk registers, trend logs, change requests, and other project controls outputs.
- Help teams interpret project data and reports, assess project status, identify performance detractors, and project future performance if current trends continue; assist with performance report development.
- Oversee development, execution, and continuous improvement of project controls processes, procedures, templates, toolsets, and software implementation, scaled to project size and complexity and incorporating lessons learned.
- Assist executive leadership with early project planning, strategic investment decisions and gates, project execution plans, procurement strategy, tax benefit realization, and risk mitigation frameworks.
- Establish project cost accounting frameworks and budgets.
- Maintain project performance data, knowledge management resources, and lessons-learned archives for analysis, reporting, and future project planning.
- Build and sustain a collaborative, accountable, continuously improving team culture aligned with TRISO-X’s values.
- Ensure compliance with X-energy and TRISO-X corporate policies, procedures, and ethical standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Paid time off.
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development policy supporting continuing education.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
