Project Controls Manager

Marathon Petroleum Corporation • Anacortes, WA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Marathon Petroleum Company (MPC) Anacortes Refinery is seeking a Project Controls Manager to provide leadership and oversight for project controls activities supporting Routine Maintenance, Major Maintenance Programs, Turnarounds, Construction, Engineering Projects, and Budget Coordination. This position is responsible for the development, management, and reporting of budgets, estimates, schedules, and cost controls to ensure the maintenance and engineering portfolio, TAR events are executed within approved financial targets. The Project Controls Manager ensures consistency and accuracy in project controls reporting across the site while driving continuous improvement in processes, tools, and performance metrics. This role partners closely with Maintenance, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Supply Chain, and Accounting to deliver timely, data‑driven insights that support decision‑making and risk management related to cost and schedule. The position reports to the site Maintenance Director.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Seven (7) years or more project management, project controls, and execution experience.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US on a full-time indefinite basis without the need for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• TWIC Required.
• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Organizing, planning, critical thinking, and communication.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in dynamic refining environment.
• Ability to navigate and understand project schedules in Primavera (P6).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management.
• Ten (10) years or more of project controls or project management experience
• Project construction or field execution experience.
• Previous experience in the refining or petrochemical industry.
• Experience with Marathon Systems (Primavera P6, IPS, iCON, iTAR, RCR, SAP).

Responsibilities

• Leads the project controls team, providing guidance and support, and fostering collaboration among team members to achieve project objectives.
• Facilitates communication among project stakeholders, informs stakeholders about project developments, changes, and challenges related to project controls discipline.
• Prepares and presents regular reports on project status to stakeholders, highlighting any issues, opportunities, risks, or deviations from the plan.
• Manages all aspects of cost management, schedule management, and budgeting efforts on a project, program, or event during its lifecycle. This includes overseeing the project's budget development, cost estimation, tracking expenditures, and ensuring that financial resources are allocated appropriately.
• Developing and maintaining project schedules, ensuring that timelines are realistic and adhered to, and updating schedules as needed based on project progress.
• Tracking project performance using key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess whether the project is on track in terms of time, cost, and scope.
• Manages overall budget portfolio (development & reporting) of multiple projects, events, and programs within a division.
• Supports management and teams on selecting, prioritizing, and developing projects in a way that aligns with the division’s strategic goals and maximizes overall value.
• Ensures the use and understanding of other project systems tools and procedures along with ensuring projects comply with corporate policies, applicate RSP project controls deliverable requirements and industry standards.
• Analyzes data and metric trends effectively to make informed decisions that drive organizational success.
• Grasps complex business situations, anticipates challenges, and seizes opportunities. Supports development of strategies to manage the risk or opportunity and monitor throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provides project and division management with the necessary tools & training for project control deliverables, procedures, and processes.
• Manages and documents customization of project control systems to meet specific project requirements.
• Maintain fluency and working expertise in project controls systems including IPS, RCR, SAP, iTAR, iCON, and P6

Benefits

• Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement.
• Detailed benefit information is available at mympcbenefits.com.
• The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees