Project Controls Manager - Houston, TX

S&B Houston•Field Project, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

S&B is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead planning, scheduling, auditing, cost control, risk management, and reporting across EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) and Alliance projects. The role is accountable for helping ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with contractual and organizational requirements. The manager leads the project controls team and works closely with project managers and engineering, procurement, subcontracts, and construction teams. The position oversees project controls strategies, procedures, and tools, and manages planning, scheduling, cost management, risk analysis, change management, forecasting, and performance reporting. It also provides leadership and mentoring to project controls personnel and represents the function in client and executive meetings. The role may involve field assignments at job sites across the Southern United States. Candidates must be willing to travel and accept assignments based on project needs. Field work may involve outdoor conditions and exposure to noise, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, chemicals, and airborne particles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience.
Minimum 12 years of progressive project controls experience within EPC/Alliance or large-scale industrial projects.
Strong expertise in cost engineering, scheduling, earned value management, and risk analysis.
Proficiency with project controls software, including EcoSys, Prism, SAP, Primavera, MS Project, or Omega 365.
Deep understanding of EPC/Alliance contracts, including lump sum, cost reimbursable, and unit rate contracts, and of financial controls.
Strong leadership skills and experience managing and developing project controls teams.
Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary project environment.
Ability to read and write in English.
Basic mathematical skills.
Willingness to travel and accept field assignments based on project needs.
Ability to stand, walk, reach, climb, and balance; clear close and distance vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.
Ability to work effectively in dynamic field environments and tolerate outdoor weather, loud noise, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals, and airborne particles.

Responsibilities

Plan, schedule, coordinate, and oversee the work of Project Controls personnel.
Lead development and implementation of project controls strategies, procedures, and tools for EPC and Alliance projects.
Oversee planning, scheduling, cost management, risk analysis, and change management activities.
Establish and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), and project coding structures.
Ensure accurate cost forecasting, trend analysis, and earned value reporting.
Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, resource loading, and progress tracking.
Manage monthly reporting cycles and produce executive-level project performance dashboards.
Facilitate change management, evaluating cost and schedule impacts of scope changes and variations.
Work with project managers to identify risks and opportunities and ensure proactive mitigation strategies.
Coordinate with contracts, procurement, and finance to align cost and schedule reporting.
Lead and mentor project controls staff, including cost engineers, schedulers, auditors, planners, and risk analysts.
Contribute to continuous improvement of project controls standards, tools, and best practices.
Represent project controls in client and executive meetings, ensuring project performance data is transparent and credible.
Accept field assignments and travel based on project needs and demand.