Remote Project Controls Lead: Forecasting, Scheduling, Risk

Shermco Industries, Inc.; Irving (TX); Remote; USD 100,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Travel 20-30%

Job summary

Shermco Industries is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead the PMO's project controls function, developing standards, tools and governance to provide visibility into cost, margin, schedule, change and forecast performance for high‑risk projects and strategic programs.

The role involves partnering with Senior Project Managers, Operations and Finance, extensive governance work, and travel up to 20–30%. Remote work is supported as part of a flexible PMO framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in project controls, project management, cost control, scheduling or related functions.
• Experience supporting complex projects in industrial services, construction, utilities, EPC, data centers or similar environments.
• Experience developing or leading cost, schedule, forecasting and project reporting processes across multiple projects or business units.
• Prior leadership or functional ownership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain project controls standards, templates, reporting requirements and governance for PMO-supported work.
• Define minimum controls based on project size, complexity, contract type, schedule risk and financial exposure.
• Standardize baseline development, forecast updates, variance analysis, change tracking, schedule controls, risk visibility and reporting.
• Support PMO leadership in determining when enhanced project controls support is required for high-risk or strategically important work.
• Oversee consistent tracking of approved baseline cost, actual cost, committed cost, ETC, EAC, revenue, billing and projected gross margin.
• Develop forecasting practices that provide early visibility into margin movement, cost exposure and projected outcomes.
• Review significant variances and forecast changes and help identify corrective actions or escalation needs.
• Partner with Finance and Operations to improve forecast accuracy, financial reconciliation and executive confidence in project reporting.
• Lead scheduling standards and oversight for baseline schedules, milestone plans and critical-path Reviews.
• Ensure dependencies are reflected in project schedules; manage schedule recovery where applicable.
• Establish controls for change events, change-order tracking, unpriced exposure and commercial risks.
• Connect identified risk and change exposure to EAC, margin and schedule forecasts.
• Develop dashboards that provide visibility into financial performance, schedule status and forecast trends.
• Lead recurring project controls reviews and support executive reporting.
• Coach and develop Project Controls Analysts and Schedulers/Planners as the function grows.
• Drive data quality and reporting efficiency across the PMO.

Skills

Project controls experience

Leadership

Scheduling

Cost control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Business/Finance

Job description

Shermco Industries is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead the PMO's project controls function, developing standards, tools and governance to provide visibility into cost, margin, schedule, change and forecast performance for high‑risk projects and strategic programs.

The role involves partnering with Senior Project Managers, Operations and Finance, extensive governance work, and travel up to 20–30%. Remote work is supported as part of a flexible PMO framework.