Project Controls Coordinator

Strategy Engineering and Consulting, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Strategy Engineering and Consulting, LLC in Houston seeks a Senior Project Controls Coordinator to support cost and schedule management for oil & gas projects. You will assist in developing milestones, monitoring budgets, and generating EVMS-worthy reports.

The role requires collaboration with project teams and clients to ensure alignment with project goals. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in project controls, strong MS Project and Excel skills, and experience with Ajera or similar ERP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of Project Controls experience in oil & gas.
• Proficient with MS Project, Excel, and ERP systems such as Ajera.

Responsibilities

• Assist project managers in developing, maintaining, and monitoring project milestones and schedules.
• Maintain an active project backlog to determine staffing requirements and scheduling conflicts.
• Monitor actual job costs for project reporting, forecasting and cost analysis.
• Gather progress updates for internal and external reporting; analyze schedule variances.
• Prepare detailed and summary level Cost Performance Reports and support EVMS data.
• Support monthly reports, invoicing, and data collection for baseline development.

Skills

MS Project

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (Engineering, Business, or related field)

Tools

Ajera

ERP systems

Job description

Join the Strategy Engineering Team! Strategy Engineering is a leading provider of comprehensive engineering services to the offshore energy industry. With expertise in conceptual design, front-end engineering, and brownfield modifications, we deliver practical, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to our clients. Our multidisciplinary team specializes in mechanical, structural, civil, electrical, instrumentation, pipeline, and process disciplines.

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and opportunities for professional growth and development.

Strategy Engineering and Consulting is a leading solution supplier in the engineering and design of Oil, Gas, and Renewable Energy industries. We supply professional personnel and outsource services for projects and operations in all regions across the world. We take pride in partnering with our clients and consultants in relationships that are based on trust, high ethical standards, and consistent service quality. This is what we believe in, because in the end it is all about people.[GM1] Our team is currently looking to fill a role for our client in Houston, TX for a Senior Project Controls Coordinator.

Responsibilities:

• Assist project managers in developing, maintaining, and monitoring project milestones and detailed schedules to ensure target dates and overall project goals are achieved.
• Maintain an active project Backlog to determine staffing requirements and scheduling conflicts.
• Monitor actual job costs on a continual basis for project reporting, forecasting and cost analysis.
• Gather progress status updates at an interdisciplinary level, for reporting on individual projects as required for internal and external customer needs.
• Be abel to support an analysis of schedules; identify and investigate project schedule variances.
• Collect and update data; update and produce scheduling reports.
• May participate in planning and scheduling meetings to gain insight to planning and scheduling issues.
• Gather data for schedule baseline development and maintenance.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of WBS and support activities to implement applicable coding.
• Support monthly report preparation and invoicing activities.
• Prepare detailed and summary level Cost Performance Reports.
• Work within the Company’s Financial and Procedural processes, and assist in revising and updating these to a “Current Best Approach”.
• Assemble data; taken from project resources and the ERP for trending and forecasting.
• Collect and analyze data for tracking actual costs to funding limitations.
• Maintain Earned Value Management System (EVMS) description.
• Maintain and support EVMS processes for multiple projects.
• Support periodic internal and external EVMS audits.
• Provide Project Controls support to Cost Account Managers in the form of reports, graphs, and charts as needed.
• Assume lead role in monthly production of revised project cost forecasting.
• Evaluate manpower, labor hour, and labor cost.
• Review performance trends; prepare analysis, cost impact, and monthly project performance reports.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field OR demonstrated equivalent and related experience.
• 5+ years of Project Controls experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Project, Excel, and a range of ERP systems (Ajera preferred).
• Must have a solid understanding of the basic principles of project management.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience with both cost management AND Scheduling preferred.