Project Manager (USA)

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  • Houston, TX
  • $62–$72 Per Hour
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15 days ago

Job Description

Project Controls Manager

Greater Houston Area, TX (local candidates only)

Contract | Onsite

Pay Rate: $62–$72/hour

About the Role

Our client is seeking a Governance & Controls Manager to support capital projects in both development and execution. Working on the owner's side, you'll partner with Project Development Leads and Project Directors. You'll own two core areas: project governance, meaning deploying the capital investment management system and gate process, and project controls, covering cost, schedule, contracts, and risk.

What You'll Do

Governance

  • Ensure the client's capital investment management system is fully deployed on assigned projects, applying global and local procedures, tools, and methodology.
  • Prepare and lead assurance reviews to secure gate sign-offs and all other mandatory checkpoints.
  • Coordinate with the engineering & construction (E&C) organization so both groups' gate processes run in parallel, and identify and close any gaps.
  • Conduct cold eye reviews on major projects during development and lead the gate review process during execution.
  • Perform cold eye reviews on projects outside the core portfolio when leadership requests them to support critical decisions.

Investment Monitoring & Reporting

  • Report capital project performance on CAPEX, schedule, and end-to-end return on investment.
  • Advise Project Directors on engineering, procurement, construction, and subcontracting to optimize investment performance.
  • Review and challenge E&C progress reports and key project deliverables, including contracts, schedules, and progress and cost reports.
  • Monitor and forecast the owner's scope to give an overall view of project CAPEX and schedule.
  • Enforce the change management process, review and validate all E&C change orders, and support change management with the end customer.
  • Track all schedule and CAPEX variances closely using waterfall analysis.
  • Attend monthly executive reviews and key project meetings, and serve as the go-to resource on project controls for project teams and stakeholders.
  • Review critical supplier and subcontractor bids to ensure alignment with the project execution strategy.
  • Help prepare the owner's monthly project report and the documentation needed for investment committee updates.
  • Work with operations finance on capitalization at project completion.

Estimating, Benchmarking & Capitalization

  • Develop the owner's cost estimate during project development.
  • Analyze E&C estimates and schedules against historical project data and current market trends.
  • Support the corporate benchmarking team as needed.
  • During execution, ensure the capitalization process is followed. This includes budget-vs-actual comparisons, definitive estimate analysis, and as-built cost reporting.
  • Support estimating and benchmarking for small capital projects and outside-battery-limits (OSBL) scope as needed.

Risk & Opportunity Management

  • Work with project leadership to evaluate risks, define mitigations, and set up monitoring plans.
  • Take part in risk reviews and cost uncertainty analysis (Monte Carlo / P50) to inform mitigations, impacts, and contingency ranges.
  • Provide Project Directors and regional executives with scenario analyses on final investment performance, along with execution strategy guidance to reduce risk and capture opportunities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field
  • 10+ years of experience on industrial projects within an EPC or owner/operator organization
  • Strong knowledge of industry-standard project controls, including cost engineering, scheduling, contract management, and risk management
  • General project management competence that supports executive oversight of large projects
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Ability to travel as needed (mainly domestic)

Numbers & Facts

LocationHouston, TX
Salary$62–$72 Per Hour

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Benchmarkingunmatched
  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)unmatched
  • Capital Projectunmatched
  • Change Managementunmatched
  • Change Requests/Ordersunmatched
  • Construction Contractsunmatched
  • Construction Engineeringunmatched
  • Contract Managementunmatched
  • Cost Analysisunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Cost Engineeringunmatched
  • Cost Estimatesunmatched
  • Cost Reportingunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Engineeringunmatched
  • Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC/EPCC/EPCM)unmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Forecastingunmatched
  • Industry Standardsunmatched
  • Investment Analysisunmatched
  • Investment Capitalunmatched
  • Investment Managementunmatched
  • Investment Reportingunmatched
  • Lead Generationunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Market Trend Analysisunmatched
  • Monte Carlo Methodunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Performance Analysisunmatched
  • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Progress Reportsunmatched
  • Project Controlunmatched
  • Project Developmentunmatched
  • Project Executionunmatched
  • Project Scheduleunmatched
  • Project Trackingunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Return on Investment (ROI)unmatched
  • Riskunmatched
  • Risk Analysisunmatched
  • Risk Managementunmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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