Senior Program Controls Lead – Fusion IMS, Equity & PTO

Thea Energy Inc.; Kearny (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range: $130,000 - $180,000

Health benefits (medical/dental/vision

Employee equity stock options

20 days PTO

Job summary

Thea Energy Inc. is seeking an experienced Program Controls Lead to own the integrated master schedule for our fusion development program in the United States.

You will turn evolving plans into a clear, auditable schedule, flagging divergences for leadership and guiding decision-making. You will work with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and integration teams to establish baselines, track progress, and run risk analyses, delivering actionable mitigation options and ensuring cost data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field.
• 5+ years leading IMS for large, complex hardware or capital programs in fusion, nuclear, aerospace, defense, or large-scale construction.
• Expert-level proficiency in Smartsheet, Primavera P6, or Microsoft Project with resource-loaded, logic-driven schedules.
• Experience with schedule risk analysis (e.g., Monte Carlo) and mitigation recommendations.
• Ability to work with physics, magnet engineering, mechanical eng, manufacturing, supply chain to build credible logic.
• Experience scheduling first-of-a-kind or R&D-heavy work with uncertain durations.
• Working knowledge of earned value management (EVM), cost and schedule integration, change control.
• Excellent communication and ability to distill schedules for leadership.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment with high ownership and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and own the integrated master schedule across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning workstreams.
• Develop schedule logic, milestones, and interdependencies with technical leads, and challenge durations and assumptions.
• Identify and communicate the critical path, near-critical paths, and key schedule drivers.
• Run schedule risk analyses and turn the results into mitigation options and decision-ready recommendations.
• Track progress, forecast completion, and report variances and trends to leadership and stakeholders on a regular cadence.
• Manage baselines and schedule change control, and integrate vendor and long-lead procurement schedules into the IMS.
• Partner with Program Managers and integrate cost control and risk management to keep schedule, budget, and risk data consistent across the program.

Skills

IMS scheduling

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Schedule risk analysis

Cost & schedule integration

EVM knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/related field

Tools

Smartsheet

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Thea Energy Inc. is seeking an experienced Program Controls Lead to own the integrated master schedule for our fusion development program in the United States.

You will turn evolving plans into a clear, auditable schedule, flagging divergences for leadership and guiding decision-making. You will work with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and integration teams to establish baselines, track progress, and run risk analyses, delivering actionable mitigation options and ensuring cost data