Project Controls Specialist - Planner

Fluor Corporation; Lewisville (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluor Corporation in Texas is seeking a seasoned cost control professional to join our project controls team. You will prepare work breakdown structures, gather cost data, and support budget updates for complex government contracting projects.

The role emphasizes cost management, scheduling, and change management within engineering and construction, with expectations to communicate with management and stakeholders and to travel if needed.

Qualifications

• Accredited four-year degree or global equivalent with six years of related experience, or ten years if no degree.
• Strong communication with audiences including management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors.
• Job-related technical knowledge required to complete the work.
• Ability to learn applicable local, state/province, and federal regulations/guidelines.
• Attention to detail and time-conscious work habits.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Work Breakdown structures and project codes for contract control and integrity.
• Accumulate and compile cost data to budget and track project progress.
• Develop cost control/scheduling procedures, execution plan, and business plan.
• Participate in weekly project cost reviews and schedule meetings.
• Develop and maintain schedules at management, project and control levels.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Cost management

Project controls

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree or global equivalent in related field

Ten years of related experience or six with degree

Job description

At Fluor, we are proud to design and build projects and careers. We are committed to fostering a welcoming and collaborative work environment that encourages big-picture thinking, brings out the best in our employees, and helps us develop innovative solutions that contribute to building a better world together. If this sounds like a culture you would like to work in, you’re invited to apply for this role.

Fluor is a leading government contractor with a proven track record of delivering high‑value technical solutions around the world to U.S. government agencies such as the DOE, NNSA, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.

Job Description

• Prepare the Work Breakdown and Project Coding Structures for control and integrity of work to be performed as defined by the contract
• Accumulate and compile accurate cost management data to prepare the project budget and update the progress of the project
• Develop cost control/scheduling procedures, execution plan, and business plan for a project
• Participate in weekly project cost reviews/schedule meetings
• Develop and implement a basic change management system for engineering and construction
• Develop and maintain Management, Project and Control level schedules
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Job Requirements

• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and six (6) years of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to ten (10) years if non-degreed; some locations may have additional or different qualifications in order to comply with local requirements
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors
• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner

Preferred Qualifications

• Possess practical experience in the use of the automated cost/schedule management systems
• Having leadership roles on various projects is preferred
• May need to travel internationally for project assignments and in support of business related matters