Ferrovial Webber Energy - Project Controls Specialist

Ferrovial•The Woodlands, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Ferrovial Webber Energy, a joint venture between Ferrovial Energy Solutions and Webber, dedicated to promoting the transition toward a sustainable, clean, and cutting-edge economy. As a full Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) company, we focus on delivering turnkey solutions for renewable energy projects. Our expertise spans the construction of photovoltaic (PV) plants, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and wind projects. We cover the complete energy cycle, from engineering and procurement to construction and commissioning, ensuring that our clients receive efficient and high-quality solutions tailored to their specific needs. The Project Controls Specialist supports solar energy construction projects by developing detailed schedules, maintaining construction document control, and coordinating project execution activities. This role contributes to digital tool implementation, information management, and standardized procedures across business units, ensuring projects stay on track and aligned with established processes. It requires strong technical skills, construction knowledge, and the ability to collaborate across project teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field.
Experience in renewable energy or solar energy construction projects.
Strong understanding of construction processes, timelines, and best practices.
Experience with construction technology and data systems (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Heavy Job, Procore, Budgeting and Forecasting tools, Enterprise Document Storage Software, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint).

Nice To Haves

Certification in project management or scheduling (e.g., PMP, PMI-SP)

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain detailed project schedules for solar energy construction projects.
Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to gather necessary information for schedule creation.
Monitor project progress and update schedules accordingly to reflect changes and delays.
Identify potential scheduling conflicts and propose solutions to mitigate risks.
Ensure that all project milestones and deadlines are met.
Communicate schedule updates and changes to all relevant parties.
Prepare regular reports on project status and schedule adherence.
Utilize scheduling software and tools to manage and track project timelines.
Assist in resource allocation and management to optimize project efficiency.
Implement construction document control processes; providing system reports; and administering access and permissions of users into document control systems.
Maintain control of electronic and hard copy construction project documents, including proper naming conventions, scanning and uploading files to proper folders in accordance with document management procedures.
Develop and Maintain a Document Control Manual to ensure the latest updates and guidelines are accurately reflected.
Support various digital tools and processes being used in the company and help with data management tasks for regional and corporate operations.
Assist with implementation of digital procedures, tools and platforms by actively contributing during the design, execution and implementation (go-live) phase, making sure standardization is achieved at the different projects.
Support project execution through active coordination, tracking changes, monitoring progress with respect to the schedule and providing feedback.
Support the development of creative reporting tools to communicate project status and other summary reports to all levels of project and Company management as well as to the Client.
Facilitate management of information through different phases of construction from estimating to execution to close out, ensuring efficient collaboration with the resources for each of the projects so that the implementation is consistent and standardized for within each business unit.
Support the development of information management procedures and implementation of a single platform for project information management.
Assist in development of best practices related to work procedures, information management, and project control processes and ensure they are being used at the ground level.
Assist in creating new forms, templates, checklists, workflows and managing existing ones, in various company systems like Heavy Job, Procore, Office 365 that are in accordance with business operation needs.
Perform troubleshooting and support existing systems and assist in creating new forms, templates for different projects and business units across the company aligning with their requirements.
Support in development and maintenance of Tool Manuals, Document Control Procedures, "How -To" guidelines to ensure the latest updates and guidelines are accurately reflected.