Project Controls Performance & Monitoring Lead

Turner & Townsend; Texas; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Controls Performance & Monitoring Lead based in Houston, TX. The role oversees project performance measurement, reporting, and analysis across projects and programs, integrating cost, schedule, and risk data to inform decisions and improve delivery.

You will work with cross-functional teams to drive performance, forecast, and governance, ensuring standards are met and reporting is accurate and actionable. Domestic travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field required.
• Experience leading project controls for large programs.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead project performance monitoring across renewable energy development, construction, and operations.
• Integrate cost, schedule, progress, and risk data for comprehensive project health.
• Develop and maintain project controls reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Analyze trends, variances, forecasts, and risks; advise leadership.
• Support forecasting, earned value management, and performance reviews.
• Collaborate with teams to identify corrective actions and recovery strategies.

Skills

Project controls

Performance monitoring

Cost management

Schedule management

Forecasting

Risk management

Analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Earned value management (EVM)

Dashboards & KPI reporting

MS Office

Power BI/Visual Analytics

SQL

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities includeprogram, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogram, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend is looking for a Project Controls Performance & Monitoring Lead to joinourgrowing team. This role will be based in Houston, TX with up to20% travel to Eunice, NM.

The Project Controls Performance & Monitoring Lead is responsible for overseeing project performance measurement, reporting, and analysis across projects and programs. This role integrates cost, schedule, risk, and progress data to provide actionable insights that support effective decision-making, optimize project delivery, and drive business performance. Working closely with project management, engineering, procurement, construction, and finance teams, the Lead ensures accurate performance monitoring and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project performance monitoring activities across renewable energy development, construction, and operational projects.
• Integrate cost, schedule, progress, and risk data to provide a comprehensive view of project health and performance.
• Develop and maintain project controls reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Analyze project trends, variances, forecasts, and risks and provide recommendations to project and business leadership.
• Support forecasting, earned value management, and project performance reviews.
• Collaborate with project teams to identify corrective actions and recovery strategies when performance deviates from plan.
• Ensure compliance with project controls standards, governance processes, and reporting requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement of project controls processes, tools, and performance measurement methodologies.