Project Controls Director

Role Overview

Governance and Integrated Controls

• Establish project controls strategy, systems, procedures, governance models, reporting frameworks, and performance measurement systems.
• Integrate cost, schedule, risk, and change management across all project lifecycle phases.
• Implement project controls policies, standards, control plans, and best practices across project packages and delivery teams.

Schedule and Cost Management

• Oversee the integrated master schedule across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Monitor progress, contractor schedules, critical path, schedule risk, resource loading, forecasts, delays, and recovery strategies.
• Direct cost estimating, cost control, cash flow forecasting, budget monitoring, cost baselines, monthly reporting, and variance analysis.
• Apply performance measurement frameworks such as Earned Value Management.

Risk, Change, and Commercial Management

• Lead risk identification, qualitative and quantitative assessments, mitigation planning, risk modeling, exposure monitoring, and risk register management.
• Direct change and variation evaluation, documentation, baseline integration, change control governance, and Change Control Board meetings.
• Coordinate with commercial and contract teams on claims, entitlement assessments, negotiation strategies, early warnings, and claims exposure.

Reporting and Systems

• Oversee executive reports, dashboards, KPIs, transparent performance reporting, and decision-support insights.
• Lead optimization of project controls systems and digital platforms through automation, analytics, and performance monitoring.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, integrity, standardized documentation, and audit readiness.

Team and Stakeholder Leadership

• Lead planners, schedulers, cost engineers, risk specialists, and reporting analysts and support their development and performance.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, procurement, contracts, finance, operations, contractors, consultants, and senior stakeholders.
• Resolve cross-functional issues and maintain alignment across project delivery teams.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or a related discipline.
• Master’s degree in project management, engineering, or business administration is preferred.
• At least 25 years of project controls experience within major capital projects.
• At least 15 years in senior leadership roles managing large project controls teams.
• Extensive cost control, planning and scheduling, risk management, and performance reporting experience.
• Experience managing complex, multi-contractor programs with significant budgets.
• Expert proficiency in Primavera P6, cost management systems, and project performance analytics tools.
• Strong project lifecycle, construction sequencing, design development, contract management, procurement, and claims evaluation knowledge.
• Proven leadership of large multidisciplinary teams and strong analytical, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• PMP, PSP, CCP, EVP, PMI-SP, RMP, or equivalent certification.
• Expertise in digital project controls platforms and data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Experience with international contract frameworks such as FIDIC and large complex programs.