Senior Project Controls Leader for Capital Projects

KBR Careers; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) seeks a Project Controls Lead to provide overall leadership of the project controls organization within the PMC team for large capital projects. This role sets governance for controls, directs cost and schedule management, forecasting, and reporting, and advises senior leadership on performance and risks.

The successful candidate will guide cross-functional teams across engineering, CQV, startup, and GMP readiness, delivering dashboards and management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of project controls experience on large capital projects including leadership roles on projects of $500M TIC or greater.
• Experience establishing and leading integrated project controls organizations during project execution phases.
• Extensive knowledge of project controls methodologies: cost management, scheduling, forecasting, EVMS, risk management, change management, and performance measurement.

Responsibilities

• Establish and govern project controls systems, processes, standards, and reporting frameworks.
• Accountable for performance, integration, governance, and staffing of all project controls functions (estimating, cost management, scheduling, risk, change management, and reporting).
• Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and integration of project cost, schedule and performance data.
• Provide executive leadership with performance assessments, forecasts, risk insights, and corrective action recommendations.
• Integrate engineering, construction, CQV, startup, operational readiness, and GMP milestones into project controls reporting and develop dashboards/reviews.
• Provide independent oversight of EPC/EPCM contractor cost, schedule forecasting, and performance reporting processes.
• Build and lead a high-performing project controls organization with continuous improvement and best practices.
• Direct integrated quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis programs and maintain probabilistic forecasts.

Skills

Project controls leadership

Cost management

Scheduling

Earned value management

Risk management

Change management

Performance measurement

Stakeholder management

Capital cost estimating

Multidisciplinary teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/PM/Business/Finance

Job description

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) seeks a Project Controls Lead to provide overall leadership of the project controls organization within the PMC team for large capital projects. This role sets governance for controls, directs cost and schedule management, forecasting, and reporting, and advises senior leadership on performance and risks.

The successful candidate will guide cross-functional teams across engineering, CQV, startup, and GMP readiness, delivering dashboards and management