Project Controls Manager

PAC Group; Espírito Santo; On-site; BRL 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

PAC Group in Brazil seeks an experienced Senior Project Controls Engineer to drive the integrated schedule, cost and risk management for large industrial projects in Espírito Santo. You will coordinate engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning with stakeholders to deliver feasible plans.

You will validate contractor schedules, maintain look‑ahead plans, dashboards and variance analyses, and guide decisions with data‑driven insights.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, construction management, or related discipline.
• ≈10 years in planning and project controls for large construction or industrial projects.
• Strong command of scheduling, cost forecasting and change control.
• Experience with Brazilian permitting lead times and procurement lead times.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English for written management reports.

Responsibilities

• Develop the integrated master schedule, reporting calendar, progress-measurement rules and project controls procedures.
• Validate contractor schedules, critical paths, local procurement lead times, approval dependencies, resource assumptions and milestone forecasts.
• Maintain look-ahead plans, progress dashboards and variance analyses; work with delivery leads on recovery scenarios.
• Review the client’s change-control register and assess time and cost implications before decisions are presented for approval.
• Review commitments, forecasts, cost trends and payment milestones with the client’s commercial and finance teams.
• Maintain risk and opportunity registers, connect mitigation actions to the schedule and monitor exposure over time.
• Advise on tender schedules, scope packaging, local market capacity, unit prices and bidder assumptions with commercial specialists.
• Coordinate the information needed for daily, weekly and monthly progress reports with construction, HSE, design and document control.
• Audit reported progress and supporting evidence, identify data gaps and escalation forecasts that no longer reflect site conditions.
• Review the schedule and cost evidence supporting variations and claims; present recommendations for the client’s decision.

Skills

Integrated scheduling

Critical path analysis

Progress measurement

Cost forecasting

Change control

Scheduling software

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Role overview

Build project controls that reflect the realities of industrial development in Brazil. Integrate engineering, procurement, approvals, construction and commissioning with cost, changes, risks and progress reporting. Help the client understand local lead times and delivery constraints so decisions are based on achievable plans.

Key responsibilities

• Develop the integrated master schedule, reporting calendar, progress-measurement rules and project controls procedures.
• Validate contractor schedules, critical paths, local procurement lead times, approval dependencies, resource assumptions and milestone forecasts.
• Maintain look-ahead plans, progress dashboards and variance analyses; work with delivery leads on recovery scenarios.
• Review the client’s change-control register and assess time and cost implications before decisions are presented for approval.
• Review commitments, forecasts, cost trends and payment milestones with the client’s commercial and finance teams.
• Maintain risk and opportunity registers, connect mitigation actions to the schedule and monitor exposure over time.
• Advise on tender schedules, scope packaging, local market capacity, unit prices and bidder assumptions with commercial specialists.
• Coordinate the information needed for daily, weekly and monthly progress reports with construction, HSE, design and document control.
• Audit reported progress and supporting evidence, identify data gaps and escalation forecasts that no longer reflect site conditions.
• Review the schedule and cost evidence supporting variations and claims; present recommendations for the client’s decision.

Required qualifications

• Degree in engineering, construction management, project management or a related discipline.
• Approximately 10 years or more in planning and project controls for large construction or industrial capital projects.
• Strong command of integrated scheduling, critical path analysis, progress measurement, cost forecasting and change control.
• Experience integrating engineering, Brazilian permitting and procurement lead times, site construction and commissioning milestones.
• Proficiency with a major scheduling platform and spreadsheet-based analysis and reporting.
• Professional fluency in Portuguese and English, including written management reports.
• Ability to travel regulary to the project site in Espírito Santo.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project or comparable scheduling software.
• Experience supporting industrial manufacturing or greenfield projects.
• AACE, PMI-SP, PMP or comparable professional certification.