Senior Manager, Project Controls: Lead Schedules & Budgets

X-Energy, LLC; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 166,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement and professional

Job summary

X Energy, LLC in Rockville, MD is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to lead day-to-day planning, scheduling, cost control, estimating, and change management across multiple programs. You will oversee staff, enforce standards, and deliver timely data to support delivery objectives.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and extensive PMO‑level experience, with 4 days in office per week at the Rockville site and up to 20% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management, business, engineering, science, or a related discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Typically fifteen years of project controls and management experience supporting large and complex organizations/programs/projects, working within a Project Management Office (PMO) environment.
• Basic software application skills (e.g., Microsoft Word and Excel).

Responsibilities

• Lead the project controls function for assigned programs/projects, directing day‑to‑day planning, scheduling, cost control, estimating, and change management activities.
• Manage and develop project controls engineers and analysts, including workload assignment, onboarding, performance management, coaching, and training.
• Oversee the execution and continuous improvement of project controls processes, procedures, and toolsets within the department to support consistent, high‑quality deliverables.
• Plan and prioritize project controls resources across multiple projects, balancing demand, resolving conflicts, and reallocating staff to meet key milestones and deadlines.
• Provide hands‑on guidance and quality checks on core project controls outputs to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Monitor performance against baselines, analyze variances, and work with project managers to develop and track corrective actions.
• Track and monitor project budgets, committed costs, actuals, and forecasts; validate data and support development of monthly/quarterly financial projections.
• Lead the identification and logging of project risks, maintain risk registers, and support development and tracking of mitigation and contingency plans.
• Oversee preparation and distribution of routine and ad‑hoc reports, including KPIs, dashboards, status reports, and executive summaries for leadership.
• Coordinate change control across assigned projects, ensuring trends and change requests are captured and processed in governance.
• Act as the primary point of contact for project controls matters with program/project leaders, finance, and other functions.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in management, business, engineering, science, or a related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

X Energy, LLC in Rockville, MD is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to lead day-to-day planning, scheduling, cost control, estimating, and change management across multiple programs. You will oversee staff, enforce standards, and deliver timely data to support delivery objectives.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and extensive PMO‑level experience, with 4 days in office per week at the Rockville site and up to 20% travel.