Project Controls Manager

TealEnergi; Hubbard (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TealEnergi is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead integrated controls for a large multi-building construction program. You will own scheduling, cost control, forecasting, and reporting to support decision‑making at the leadership level.

Responsibilities include developing the master schedule, integrating milestones and interfaces, and producing weekly/monthly dashboards. Advanced Primavera P6 and Excel skills are required; PMP/PMI-SP/PSP certifications are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required or preferred.
• 8+ years of project controls experience on large construction and/or industrial projects.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with earned value, manpower/resource loading, forecasting, progress measurement and change analysis.
• Strong communication and reporting skills for executives and project leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and status integrated project schedule across multiple buildings and phases.
• Maintain project cost control systems including commitments, costs, forecast, cash flow, and variance reporting.
• Produce progress reports, dashboards, and executive‑level summaries.
• Support risk, change, and governance processes; track action owners and due dates.

Skills

Primavera P6

Excel

Forecasting

Earned Value

Critical Path

Cost Control

Proactive Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management

PM Certification (PMP/PMI-SP/PSP) preferred

Tools

Power BI

Procore

Primavera P6

Job description

Summary:

The Project Controls Manager leads integrated project controls for a large, multi-building construction program. This role is responsible for schedule, cost, progress, manpower, forecasting, trend analysis, risk visibility, and management reporting. The position maintains a reliable project controls baseline and translates field and project data into timely, actionable information that supports effective decision‑making by project leadership.

Job Duties:

Scheduling & Planning

• Develop, maintain, and status the integrated project schedule, progressing from Level III planning through detailed, resource‑loaded Level IV/V controls as required.
• Integrate building milestones, procurement, engineering, inspections, commissioning, turnover, and interface constraints into the master schedule and look‑ahead planning process.
• Perform critical path, float, trend, delay, and recovery analyses.
• Quantify schedule impacts and support time‑extension and change documentation.
• Validate schedule progress with field leadership and reconcile progress against installed quantities, manhours, procurement status, and approved changes.

Cost Control & Forecasting

• Maintain project cost control systems, including commitments, actual costs, forecast‑at‑completion, cash flow, change logs, contingency, and variance reporting.
• Integrate schedule and cost information to support accurate forecasting and project performance measurement.
• Monitor trends and changes that may affect project cost or schedule performance.

Progress Measurement & Reporting

• Produce progress S‑curves, workforce histograms, earned and installed quantity reports, dashboards, and executive‑level weekly and monthly reports.
• Maintain timely and accurate project controls reporting to support leadership decision‑making.
• Monitor key performance indicators, including schedule data accuracy, forecast variance, reporting timeliness, change and risk visibility, progress validation, recovery effectiveness, and dashboard reliability.

Risk, Change & Project Controls Governance

• Facilitate project risk and constraint reviews and maintain action ownership, due dates, and escalation thresholds.
• Support schedule impact, delay, recovery, and change analyses.
• Establish and maintain coding structures, calendars, reporting cutoffs, data standards, and version‑control practices for project controls deliverables.

• Maintain high standards of data integrity across schedule, cost, progress, manpower, procurement, and change‑control information.

Job Requirements:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Finance, Business, or a related field preferred.
• 8+ years of project controls experience supporting large construction and/or industrial projects.
• Demonstrated experience integrating project scheduling and cost controls.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with earned value, manpower and resource loading, forecasting, progress measurement, and change analysis.
• Strong knowledge of critical path analysis, cost forecasting, trend management, risk analysis, and project performance reporting.
• Ability to analyze complex project data and communicate findings effectively to project and executive leadership.
• Strong executive communication and reporting capabilities.
• AACE PSP, AACE CCP, PMI‑SP, PMP, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Experience with Power BI and Procore is desirable.
• Experience supporting integrated schedule, cost, risk, delay, forecasting, and performance‑reporting processes is preferred.
• Ability to work in a project‑based environment supporting a large, multi‑building construction program.
• Ability to interact regularly with active construction areas and comply with applicable site access, PPE, safety, security, and training requirements.
• Availability for extended hours, early starts, weekends, or schedule‑recovery coverage based on project phase and project requirements.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

About Teal Energi

TealEnergi is a technical manpower provider with extensive experience supporting the successful execution and operation of major capital project investments. Forged through a desire to provide best‑in‑class service to clients, candidates, and contractors alike, TealEnergi works through its offices nationwide to provide regional support to a wide range of sectors including both traditional energy and energy transition initiatives (e.g., LNG, hydrogen, wind, solar), as well as manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure.

TealEnergi is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, disability, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, language, national origin, physical or mental ability, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.