Project Controls Lead

KBR Careers; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

AD&D

Flexible spending account

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) seeks a Project Controls Lead to oversee the project controls organization and advise the client within the PMC team. This role establishes governance, manages capital cost estimates, and integrates cost and schedule controls across engineering, construction, CQV, startup, and GMP milestones.

The candidate will lead forecasting, performance measurement, and reporting, directing a high-performing team while ensuring data integrity and timely executive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, PM, Business, Finance, or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of project controls experience on regulated industrial projects.
• Experience leading integrated project controls during execution phases.
• Extensive knowledge of cost management, scheduling, forecasting, EVM, risk & change management.
• Advising senior leadership on performance and decisions.
• Experience with large capital projects and multi-stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities

• Establish and govern project controls systems, processes, standards, and reporting frameworks.
• Lead integration of cost, schedule, risk, and performance data for reporting.
• Provide executive-level performance assessments, forecasts, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and GMP milestones.
• Direct oversight of EPC/EPCM cost, schedule, forecasting, and reporting.
• Build and lead a high-performing project controls organization.
• Direct quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis and probabilistic forecasts.

Skills

Project controls

Cost management

Scheduling

Forecasting

Earned value management

Risk management

Change management

Performance metrics

Executive communications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Finance, or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

Cost estimating tools

Job description

Title

Project Controls Lead

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

KBR is seeking a Project Controls Lead to provide overall leadership of the project controls organization and serve as the client's primary project controls advisor within the PMC team. This role is responsible for establishing and maintaining project controls governance, overseeing the development and management of capital cost estimates, integrating cost and schedule control processes, directing forecasting and performance measurement activities, and ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of project reporting. The Project Controls Lead provides strategic guidance to PMC leadership on project performance, key trends, emerging risks, recovery opportunities, and corrective actions, enabling informed decision-making and successful project delivery.

Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Establish and govern project controls systems, processes, standards, and reporting frameworks.
• Accountable for the performance, integration, governance, and staffing of all project controls functions including estimating, cost management, scheduling, risk management, change management, and reporting.
• Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and integration of project cost, schedule, and performance data.
• Provide executive leadership with performance assessments, forecasts, risk insights, and corrective action recommendations.
• Integrate engineering, construction, CQV, startup, operational readiness, and GMP regulatory milestones into project controls systems and reporting and direct the development of project performance reporting, dashboards, and management reviews.
• Provide independent oversight and validation of EPC/EPCM contractor cost, schedule, forecasting, and performance reporting processes.
• Build and lead a high-performing project controls organization while promoting continuous improvement and best practices.
• Direct integrated quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis programs and maintain probabilistic forecasts throughout project execution.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of project controls experience, supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or other highly regulated industrial projects, including project controls leadership roles on large capital projects of $500M TIC or greater.
• Experience establishing and leading integrated project controls organizations during project execution phases.
• Extensive knowledge of project controls methodologies, including cost management, scheduling, forecasting, earned value management, risk management, change management, and performance measurement.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior project leadership and executive stakeholders on project performance and strategic decision-making.
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project delivery processes.
• Experience managing multidiscipline project controls teams and coordinating project controls activities across multiple stakeholders and organizations.
• Experience with capital project estimating, including development, review, governance, and validation of project cost estimates from early planning through project completion
• Experience with quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis methodologies and tools.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience serving in an Owner's Representative, PMC, EPCM, or Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) environment.
• Professional certifications offered by AACEi (e.g. CCP, PSP, EVP, PRMP), or equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex project performance information to executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and stakeholder management skills with experience operating in highly matrixed project environments.
• Proven track record of developing and mentoring project controls professionals and building high-performing teams.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

We Deliver - Together.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver - Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.