Dallas-Based Director of Project Controls — Power EPC

Verto People Ltd; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Verto People Ltd seeks a Director of Project Controls to build and lead the project controls function for a portfolio of large-scale power generation projects, supporting data center infrastructure. The role covers planning, scheduling, cost and contract controls, and document controls, with portfolio-level visibility for executive decisions.

You will oversee staffing, governance, standards, and reporting, and work with Development, Finance, Legal and executives to drive delivery through

Qualifications

• 15+ years of project controls experience within power, energy, infrastructure or large-scale EPC environments.
• 5+ years’ experience leading a project controls function.
• Proven experience building, staffing and managing a project controls team across multiple control disciplines.
• Track record supporting GW-scale or $1bn+ projects through construction and commercial operation.
• Strong project controls experience across planning, scheduling, cost control, contract management, document control, forecasting and earned value.
• Advanced Primavera P6 experience.
• Experience with document control systems and portfolio-level standards, ideally including Procore.
• Experience supporting project financing, investor reporting, lender reporting or Independent Engineer reporting.
• Strong understanding of EPC delivery models and contract-driven execution.
• Ability to work closely with Development, Finance, Legal, Accounting and executive leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, finance or a related discipline.
• PMP or PSP certification.
• Experience in power generation or comparable large-scale power infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead and manage the project controls function across planning, scheduling, contract controls, cost controls and document controls.
• Define team structure, responsibilities, escalation routes, performance standards and workload allocation.
• Hire, onboard, mentor and manage schedulers, cost and contract analysts, document control specialists and project controls coordinators.
• Establish front-end planning standards, including work breakdown structures, baseline schedules, baseline budgets and execution planning.
• Own integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, including critical path management, progress measurement, baseline control and recovery planning.
• Lead portfolio cost forecasting, budgeting, earned value, cost-to-complete, contingency management, variance analysis and corrective action planning.
• Oversee contract controls through the EPC build phase, including change control, claims support, liquidated damages defense and commercial compliance.
• Establish portfolio-wide document control standards and systems, including Procore, transmittals, submittals, RFIs, revisions and records management.
• Provide executive and board-level reporting on cost, schedule, contract status, forecast and project risk.
• Act as the project controls point of credibility for investors, lenders, customers and Independent Engineer reviews.

Skills

Project controls leadership

Cost & schedule management

Contract controls

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, finance or related

PMP or PSP certification

Tools

Primavera P6

Procore

Job description

Verto People Ltd seeks a Director of Project Controls to build and lead the project controls function for a portfolio of large-scale power generation projects, supporting data center infrastructure. The role covers planning, scheduling, cost and contract controls, and document controls, with portfolio-level visibility for executive decisions.

You will oversee staffing, governance, standards, and reporting, and work with Development, Finance, Legal and executives to drive delivery through