Hybrid Project Controls Director – EPC Power Projects

Stellar Energy Global Infrastructure Inc; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellar Energy Global Infrastructure (SEGI) in Jacksonville, FL, is seeking a Project Controls Director to lead and strengthen the integrated project controls function for turnkey EPC energy infrastructure projects.

The role combines hands-on scheduling in Primavera P6, cost estimating and control, Earned Value Management, and leadership of a high-performing project controls team to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, and within budget.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of progressive project controls experience on EPC projects in thermal power generation or large-scale industrial infrastructure.
• Hands-on expertise in planning/scheduling, estimating, and operational cost control on multi-hundred-million-dollar EPC projects.
• Expert-level proficiency with Primavera P6 is required, including schedule development, logic, coding structures, resource loading, baseline management, and progress updating on complex EPC projects.
• Strong expertise in Earned Value Management (EVM) is essential, including development and application of EVM metrics, performance indices, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Establish and own the project controls framework: design, implement, and continuously improve tools, processes, standards, reporting templates, and systems.
• Lead and grow a high-performing project controls team—recruit, mentor, set expectations, and develop capability while remaining deeply engaged in day-to-day field and operational execution.
• Serve as the lead project controls professional on critical data center, LNG, or international projects: develop and maintain schedules, support estimating, drive cost control and forecasting, manage change, and produce reports.
• Own the full project controls lifecycle—baseline development, progress measurement, EVM, variance analysis, cash-flow, risk quantification, and change management.
• Develop, maintain, and govern project schedules in Primavera P6 from proposal through commissioning, ensuring schedule integrity meet standards.
• Lead estimating support for proposals and change orders, including quantity take-offs, unit rates, contingency, and risk allowances.
• Partner with finance & accounting to establish robust cost control systems, budgets, and early-warning mechanisms; deliver insights to leadership.
• Interface with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and commercial teams to maintain integrated data.
• Support proposal development and bid reviews with rigorous schedule and cost input.
• Leverage AI to drive continuous improvement in tools, processes, and reporting using SAP S/4HANA, Procore, Primavera P6, and MS BI.

Skills

Leadership

Scheduling

Estimating

Cost Control

Earned Value Management

Team Leadership

Cross-functional Collaboration

Data Analysis

Communication

Change Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP S/4HANA

Procore

Microsoft BI

Job description

Stellar Energy Global Infrastructure (SEGI) in Jacksonville, FL, is seeking a Project Controls Director to lead and strengthen the integrated project controls function for turnkey EPC energy infrastructure projects.

The role combines hands-on scheduling in Primavera P6, cost estimating and control, Earned Value Management, and leadership of a high-performing project controls team to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, and within budget.