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
Location
Houston, 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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