Principal Project Control Specialist

WorleyParsons; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley in Houston seeks a Principal Project Control Specialist to provide integrated cost, scheduling, and performance management for the Titan Decommissioning Project, specifically for Operations and Wells. You will ensure accurate forecasting, governance, and reporting across owner-controlled activities.

You will collaborate with Equinor Operations, Wells, and Worley Project Controls to support safe, predictable delivery, with strong focus on interfaces, SIMOPS, and ORR/TRR planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience in project controls, cost management, planning/scheduling on complex projects.
• Experience in Owner/Operator environments; offshore or decommissioning sectors preferred.
• Strong experience with scheduling and integration; cost/schedule impacts
• Familiarity with EcoSys and integrated cost/schedule reporting
• Experience with change, risk, opportunities, and commercial interfaces
• Understanding of financial governance and monthly reporting

Responsibilities

• Support cost tracking, budgeting, and forecasting for the Titan project.
• Ensure cost management aligns with Owner governance, cost coding, and report requirements.
• Update cost baselines and dashboards for owner-controlled activities.
• Consolidate cost and schedule data for monthly reporting.
• Coordinate with MCS Planner to integrate schedules.
• Capture cost/schedule impacts from readiness, permitting, logistics and offshore activities.
• Support SIMOPS and ORR/TRR planning.
• Engage with stakeholders to maintain alignment and transparency.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Finance

Tools

EcoSys

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description - Principal Project Control Specialist (HOU04FU)

Company : Worley

Primary Location

USA-TX-Houston

Job

Project Controls

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Type : Employee

Job Posting

Sep 16, 2026

Unposting Date

Oct 17, 2026

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Role Summary

This role provides integrated cost, schedule, and performance management support for the Owner/Operator‑side scopes on the Titan Decommissioning Project, specifically for Operations and Wells. This position ensures accurate cost stewardship, forecasting, schedule alignment, and performance reporting across all owner‑controlled activities. The role works closely with Equinor Operations, Wells, and Worley Project Controls to support safe, predictable, and compliant delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Owner Cost Management & Governance

• Support cost tracking, budgeting, and forecasting for the Titan project.
• Work with Owner to ensure cost management aligns with Owner financial governance, cost coding, and report reporting requirements.
• Work with Owner to update cost baselines and cost performance dashboards for owner‑controlled activities.
• Update EcoSys with Commitment log detail for the Titan project.
• Consolidate cost and schedule data for monthly project reporting.

Planning, Scheduling & Interface Coordination

• Support development and maintenance of Equinor schedules, ensuring integration with the Master Control Schedule (MCS), coordinating with the MCS Planner.
• Coordinate with Operations and Wells to capture cost/schedule impacts from readiness, permitting, logistics, and offshore activities.
• Ensure all activities are aligned with key milestones, ORR/TRR planning, and offshore execution windows.
• Support SIMOPS activities and ensure interfaces are adequately reflected in the schedule.

Forecasting, Variance Analysis & Performance Reporting

• Support monthly performance reporting including trends, deviations, progress alignment, and financial health indicators.
• Ensure early identification of emerging cost or schedule risks within Equinor scopes.
• Maintain project staffing plan.
• Track schedule impacts of changes arising from Owner activities; ensure cost specialist is tracking.
• Coordinate with the Owner to ensure risks and opportunities are captured, costed, and reflected in forecasts
• Support evaluation of Owner variations, third‑party charges, and interface impacts.

Data Integrity, Assurance & Stakeholder Engagement

• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and traceability of Owner-related cost and schedule data.
• Support internal/external audits, assurance reviews, and regulatory compliance activities.
• Engage with Owner stakeholders, Worley Project Controls, and execution teams to maintain alignment and transparency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Business, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience in project controls, cost management, planning/scheduling, or a related project management discipline, preferably within the energy, oil & gas, offshore, or decommissioning sectors.
• Demonstrated experience supporting cost management, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and performance reporting on complex projects.
• Strong experience with project scheduling and schedule integration, including development, maintenance, progress measurement, and identification of cost and schedule impacts.
• Experience working within an Owner/Operator environment and collaborating with engineering, operations, wells, construction, and project execution teams.
• Working knowledge of project controls systems and tools; experience with EcoSys and integrated cost/schedule reporting is preferred.
• Experience with change management, risk and opportunity management, commitments, variations, and commercial interfaces.
• Understanding of project financial governance, cost coding structures, forecasting methodologies, and monthly reporting processes.
• Ability to identify emerging cost, schedule and performance risks and communicate impacts clearly to project stakeholders.
• Experience supporting offshore execution, readiness activities, permitting, logistics, SIMOPS, ORR/TRR planning, or other execution interfaces is preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to coordinate across Owner, contractor, and project controls teams.
• Ability to work effectively in a project environment with multiple interfaces, competing priorities, and evolving requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; experience with integrated project controls and reporting tools is preferred.
  

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