Position Overview
We are seeking a Project Controls – Regulatory Reporting & Compliance Lead to support major power generation projects. This senior-level position will lead regulatory reporting, compliance activities, and complex information requests while serving as a key liaison between project leadership, regulatory affairs, legal, finance, engineering, construction, contracts, procurement, and Project Controls.
Location: Charlotte, NC
Employment Type: Full-Time Contract
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Key Responsibilities
Project Controls Leadership & Integration
- Serve as the Project Controls subject matter expert for regulatory reporting and compliance activities
- Independently review project cost, schedule, forecasts, contingency, changes, and risk information used in regulatory submissions
- Integrate cost, schedule, risk, Earned Value Management, productivity, and performance metrics into regulatory and executive reporting
- Ensure consistency between regulatory filings, project forecasts, business plans, and executive reporting
- Evaluate project performance trends and communicate key cost and schedule risks, opportunities, and performance drivers
- Support the development and defense of Project Controls methodologies, forecasting assumptions, contingency usage, and performance metrics
- Provide Project Controls expertise during audits, prudency reviews, and regulatory proceedings
Regulatory Reporting & Compliance
- Lead the development and delivery of regulatory reports, filings, audits, and information requests
- Serve as a primary coordinator for project-related regulatory reporting activities
- Lead cross-functional responses to regulatory data requests
- Prepare responses supporting commission inquiries, prudency reviews, rate cases, audits, and compliance activities
- Ensure regulatory submissions are accurate, complete, consistent, and delivered within established deadlines
- Maintain supporting documentation, audit trails, and reporting records
- Ensure reporting aligns with regulatory commitments, approved project information, and organizational requirements
Project Information & Reporting
- Gather and validate information from Project Controls, engineering, construction, contracts, procurement, finance, and other project functions
- Translate complex project information into clear regulatory filings, executive reports, narratives, and formal responses
- Identify and resolve gaps or inconsistencies across project and regulatory information
- Maintain alignment between regulatory reporting, executive reporting, project reporting, and business planning
- Synthesize large volumes of technical, commercial, financial, cost, and schedule information into concise and defensible communications
Executive Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as a primary interface between project leadership, regulatory organizations, and key business stakeholders
- Develop executive summaries, presentations, briefing materials, and formal business communications
- Lead cross-functional coordination for regulatory and executive information requests
- Present project information, findings, risks, and recommendations to leadership
- Build strong working relationships across multiple functional organizations
- Influence and coordinate stakeholders to meet project and regulatory objectives
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Finance, Engineering, Project Management, Public Administration, or related discipline
- 15+ years of relevant professional experience
- Extensive experience supporting large capital projects
- Project Controls leadership experience encompassing cost management, forecasting, budgeting, scheduling, EVM, change management, risk, contingency, and project performance reporting
- Ability to independently analyze and challenge complex project cost and schedule information
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize information from multiple stakeholders and data sources
- Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and business communication skills
- Strong critical thinking, organizational, and stakeholder management capabilities
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and related reporting and collaboration tools
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct experience supporting public utility commission filings, prudency reviews, rate cases, regulatory audits, or similar proceedings
- Experience supporting utility, power generation, transmission, renewable energy, natural gas, or similar major capital projects
- Deep Project Controls expertise across cost engineering, estimating, forecasting, scheduling, EVM, risk, contingency, and change management
- Project Controls leadership experience on large EPC projects exceeding $500M in capital value
- Experience as a Project Controls Manager, Project Controls Lead, Cost Manager, Scheduler, Cost Engineer, or Project Controls Engineer
- Experience with Primavera P6 and EcoSys or comparable Project Controls platforms
- Experience developing executive-level reports, regulatory responses, presentations, and briefing materials
- PMP, PMI, AACE, CAPM, PSP, CCP, or similar professional certification
Candidate Must-Haves
- 15+ years of relevant experience
- Senior-level Project Controls experience on large capital projects
- Strong expertise across cost, schedule, forecasting, EVM, change management, risk, and contingency
- Experience integrating and analyzing complex Project Controls data
- Ability to independently review and challenge project cost, schedule, and forecast information
- Exceptional professional writing and executive communication skills
- Experience developing complex reports, presentations, narratives, and formal business communications
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional reporting efforts
- Strong stakeholder management and organizational skills
- Ability to operate independently with limited supervisory direction