Project Control Engineer

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.•Pooler, GA

About The Position

Mitsubishi Power is hiring a Project Control Engineer at Savannah Machinery Works. The role provides project controls support for repair service projects, overseeing cost, schedule, scope, risk, and financial performance throughout the project lifecycle. The engineer partners with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Planning, and Commercial teams to identify risks, manage variances, and support successful project delivery and customer satisfaction. The role demonstrates the company’s core competencies: action oriented, change champion, customer-focused, developing self and others, and ownership. It also involves maintaining project documentation, reporting, forecasts, and action tracking, while identifying opportunities to improve project controls processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred; three years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret technical information, analyze data, and support project decisions.
Experience managing and analyzing project costs, budgets, forecasts, schedules, risks, milestones, and cost variances.
Strong understanding of project financials and ability to communicate financial and project information clearly.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, actions, and deliverables while working effectively across cross-functional teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing reports, presentations, business correspondence, and project documentation.
Proficiency with spreadsheets, project management and scheduling software, databases, presentation and word-processing tools, and electronic communication systems.
Ability to read and interpret technical diagrams, process flowcharts, and business and technical documentation.

Nice To Haves

Experience in project controls, project management, cost engineering, estimating, or financial project analysis, preferably within manufacturing, power generation, repair services, or a heavy industrial environment.
Experience with project estimating, proposal development, budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, scheduling, and risk management.
Ability to evaluate the cost and schedule impacts of scope, engineering, and customer-driven changes.
Experience working cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Production Planning, and Commercial teams.
Experience preparing and presenting project cost, schedule, risk, and performance updates to leadership.
Proficiency with SAP or a comparable ERP system and advanced Microsoft Excel or data analysis skills.
PMP or other relevant project management, project controls, or cost-management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage project controls for repair service projects, including costs, budgets, schedules, forecasts, scope, risks, and financial performance.
Coordinate project activities, resources, milestones, and deliverables to support successful execution, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
Support project estimating, scope development, risk identification, and proposal preparation for service opportunities.
Lead project kickoff and review activities, communicating project status, costs, schedules, risks, changes, and action items to stakeholders and leadership.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Production Planning, and Commercial teams to support project execution.
Monitor project financial performance, including budget-to-actual costs, forecasts, cost variances, and project risks.
Evaluate and manage the cost and schedule impacts of scope changes, change orders, and engineering changes.
Maintain accurate project documentation, reporting, forecasts, and action tracking, and identify opportunities to improve project controls processes.
Perform other duties as required.