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 (contingency/escalation) management, and reporting across EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) and Alliance projects. The role ensures projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment 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. S&B is a privately owned, full-service EPC company with more than five decades of experience across Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Energy Transition, Power, and Pulp & Paper. The company emphasizes safety, timely project completion, cost-effective solutions, collaboration, innovation, and excellence. It offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits program. The position involves project-site assignments across the Southern United States and requires flexibility and a strong commitment to travel, with field assignments based on project needs. Field work may involve outdoor weather, loud noise, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals, and airborne particles. The role also requires standing, walking, reaching, climbing, balancing, and specified visual abilities.

Requirements

Four-year technical degree normally required; a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Finance, or a related field is specified, or equivalent years of experience.
Minimum 10 years of progressive project controls experience in 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, and Omega 365.
Deep understanding of EPC/Alliance contracts, including lump sum, cost reimbursable, and unit rate, 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 exposure to outdoor weather, loud noise, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals, and airborne particles.

Responsibilities

Plan, schedule, coordinate, and oversee project-level Project Controls activities.
Lead development and implementation of project controls strategies, procedures, and tools for EPC/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 processes and evaluate 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 practices across the organization.
Represent project controls in client and executive meetings, maintaining transparency and credibility of project performance data.