Project Controls Scope & Integration Lead

Turner & Townsend; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Controls Scope & Integration Lead based in Houston, TX, with up to 20% travel to Eunice, NM. This role ensures alignment of scope, cost, schedule, risk, and performance management across nuclear projects and programs, partnering with engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and operations to maintain scope integrity.

The successful candidate will lead governance, provide integrated performance insights, and drive decision-making in a highly

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
• 10-15+ years of experience in project controls, project management, or major capital project delivery.
• Ability to provide strategic direction and oversight for scope management, change control, risk management, cost control, and schedule integration processes.
• Experience presenting project performance, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Knowledge of scope management, scheduling, cost control, risk management, and change control processes.
• Senior individual contributor who leads through influence, coordination, governance, and integration across multiple disciplines.
• Experience in nuclear, energy, or other highly regulated industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of scope, schedule, cost, risk, and change management processes across projects.
• Ensure alignment between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational requirements.
• Support project controls governance, performance reporting, and decision-making.
• Coordinate scope management activities and evaluate impacts to schedule, cost, and project objectives.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to identify and resolve project risks, issues, and interface challenges.
• Develop integrated reporting, metrics, and analysis to support project performance and regulatory compliance.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Skills

Scope management

Change control

Risk management

Cost control

Schedule integration

Leadership by influence

Cross-functional coordination

Regulated industries knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Project Management

Job description

• Full-time
• Department: Energy and natural resources

Company 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.

Job Description

Come join our growing Team at Turner & Townsend. The Project Controls Scope & Integration Lead will be based in Houston, Texas and travel up to 20% of the time to Eunice, New Mexico.

This role is responsible for ensuring alignment and integration of project scope, cost, schedule, risk, and performance management activities across nuclear projects and programs. The Scope & Integration Lead partners with engineering, project management, procurement, contracts, construction, and operations teams to maintain scope integrity, support project controls governance, and provide integrated performance insights that enable successful project execution in a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead integration of scope, schedule, cost, risk, and change management processes across projects.
• Ensure alignment between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational requirements.
• Support project controls governance, performance reporting, and decision-making.
• Coordinate scope management activities and evaluate impacts to schedule, cost, and project objectives.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to identify and resolve project risks, issues, and interface challenges.
• Develop integrated reporting, metrics, and analysis to support project performance and regulatory compliance.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
• 10-15+ years of experience in project controls, project management, or major capital project delivery.
• Ability to provide strategic direction and oversight for scope management, change control, risk management, cost control, and schedule integration processes.
• Experience presenting project performance, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Knowledge of scope management, scheduling, cost control, risk management, and change control processes.
• Senior individual contributor who leads through influence, coordination, governance, and integration across multiple disciplines.
• Experience in nuclear, energy, or other highly regulated industries preferred.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

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