Head of Project Controls & Portfolio Governance

Pacifico Energy LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacifico Energy LLC in Dallas invites a seasoned Director of Project Controls to build and lead a portfolio-wide controls function within the EPC organization. You will establish governance, standards, and systems for planning, scheduling, contract/cost controls, and document controls, driving credibility with investors and lenders.

You will report to the Head of EPC and manage a team of controls professionals, overseeing front-end development through to construction and commercial operation on

Qualifications

• 15+ years in project controls across planning, scheduling, and cost controls.
• Experience leading a controls function in large-scale EPC projects.
• Strong governance, reporting, and data integrity capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the project controls function under EPC; define team structure, roles, responsibilities, and escalation paths across planning, scheduling, contract controls, and document controls.
• Hire, onboard, mentor, and manage controls staff (schedulers, cost/contract analysts, document control specialists, coordinators) as the portfolio scales.
• Set performance standards, workload allocation, and development paths for the team.
• Lead front-end project planning: work breakdown structures, baseline schedules and budgets, and execution-strategy alignment with Development and EPC.
• Provide planning support from early development through construction and closeout, ensuring consistent methodology across the portfolio.
• Own integrated project schedules (Primavera P6) and manage the critical path across all active projects in the portfolio.
• Establish schedule governance standards, baseline control, progress measurement, and variance/recovery planning.
• Provide schedule risk analysis and scenario planning to support executive decisions.
• Own cost forecasting and budgeting across the portfolio: earned value, cost-to-complete, contingency management, and variance analysis with corrective-action plans.
• Administer contract controls through the EPC build phase: change-order control, claims and liquidated-damages defense, and commercial compliance with contract terms.
• Support ITC-related schedule and financial compliance by aligning development, engineering, procurement, and construction activities.
• Establish and own portfolio-wide document control standards and systems (e.g., Procore), transmittals, submittals, RFIs, drawing/document revisions, and records management.
• Ensure document traceability, version control, and audit-readiness to support lender, investor, and Independent Engineer reviews.
• Provide end-to-end controls oversight across the power generation project portfolio.
• Establish and maintain portfolio-level governance frameworks for planning, schedule, cost/contract, and document controls.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and transparency of project data used for executive decision-making.
• Partner with Development on critical paths, milestones, and execution risks.
• Drive proactive de-risking during development to enable smooth handoffs to EPC/construction.
• Facilitate development-to-EPC transitions by aligning scope, schedule, cost, and contractual assumptions.
• Serve as the controls point of credibility for investors, lenders, and customers in diligence and financing.
• Interface with lenders and the Independent Engineer on draws and progress certification.
• Produce executive- and board-level reporting on cost, schedule, contract status, forecast, and risk.
• Serve as the central coordination point across EPC, Development, Finance, Legal, Accounting, and executive leadership; resolve dependencies and manage interfaces.
• Translate complex technical, financial, contractual, and schedule information into clear executive-level insight and recommendations.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve controls standards, tools, and reporting frameworks across all four control disciplines.
• Own the controls toolset (incl. Primavera P6, Procore) at the portfolio level; improve systems, processes, and data governance to support scalable growth.

Skills

Project controls

Scheduling

Cost controls

Document controls

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or finance

Tools

Primavera P6

Procore

Job description

Pacifico Energy LLC in Dallas invites a seasoned Director of Project Controls to build and lead a portfolio-wide controls function within the EPC organization. You will establish governance, standards, and systems for planning, scheduling, contract/cost controls, and document controls, driving credibility with investors and lenders.

You will report to the Head of EPC and manage a team of controls professionals, overseeing front-end development through to construction and commercial operation on