Project Controls Engineer: Data-Driven Planning

Optimized Process Designs; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Educational assistance

Job summary

Optimized Process Designs (OPD), a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks a Project Controls Engineer to join our team in Katy, TX. You will collaborate with project managers, engineers, schedulers, and construction professionals to enhance project planning, forecasting, reporting, and execution.

This full-time role supports developing executable plans, forecasting outcomes, identifying risks, and driving better business decisions using data analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, Applied Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related technical field.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and visualizations using Excel, Power BI, and other tools.
• Help project teams improve planning quality and execution performance.
• Organize, validate, and analyze project cost, progress, schedule, labor, and productivity data.
• Participate in planning workshops, schedule reviews, forecasts, and project performance discussions.
• Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and inefficiencies within large datasets.
• Support cost forecasting, progress measurement, change management, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support development and maintenance of integrated schedules using Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering/Construction Management/Data Analytics

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Python/SQL

Job description

Optimized Process Designs (OPD), a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks a Project Controls Engineer to join our team in Katy, TX. You will collaborate with project managers, engineers, schedulers, and construction professionals to enhance project planning, forecasting, reporting, and execution.

This full-time role supports developing executable plans, forecasting outcomes, identifying risks, and driving better business decisions using data analytics.