Program Controls Lead

Thea Energy • Kearny, NJ

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About The Position

Thea Energy is leveraging breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator with computer-controlled arrays of planar coils, replacing the intricate modular magnets used in other stellarator architectures. Its mission is to create a limitless source of zero-emission energy for a sustainable future.

The Program Controls Lead will own and maintain the integrated master schedule across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning. The role works with technical leads and Program Managers to develop schedule logic, assess risks and progress, manage changes, and keep schedule, budget, and risk information consistent across the program.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and own the integrated master schedule across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning workstreams.
• Develop schedule logic, milestones, and interdependencies with technical leads, and constructively challenge durations and assumptions.
• Identify and communicate the critical path, near-critical paths, and key schedule drivers.
• Run schedule risk analyses and turn results into mitigation options and decision-ready recommendations.
• Track progress, forecast completion, and regularly report variances and trends to leadership and stakeholders.
• Manage schedule baselines and change control, and integrate vendor and long-lead procurement schedules into the integrated master schedule.
• Partner with Program Managers and integrate cost control and risk management to keep schedule, budget, and risk data consistent across the program.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Employee equity stock options.
• 20 days PTO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed