Project Controls Manager

The Project Controls Manager provides leadership, governance, and oversight for project controls across a large and diverse capital portfolio at an integrated steel manufacturing facility. The portfolio spans projects ranging from less than $1MM to over $1B in capital investment.

This role ensures disciplined cost control, scheduling oversight, resource planning, FEL stage-gate readiness, and compliance with project management standards. The position directly supervises contract-based and contingent project controls personnel and partners closely with multiple Project Managers to drive consistency, transparency, and predictability in capital execution.

Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Oversight & Governance

• Provide project controls leadership across the full CAPEX portfolio (FEL through closeout). 
• Establish and maintain standardized controls processes, reporting frameworks, and performance metrics. 
• Deliver portfolio-level visibility into cost, schedule, risk, and resource performance for senior leadership. 

Cost & Financial Control

• Oversee development and validation of project budgets, estimates, cash flow forecasts, and funding packages. 
• Monitor cost performance, forecasting accuracy, and change control across projects. 
• Identify trends, risks, and variances; support corrective action planning with Project Managers. 

Scheduling Oversight

• Ensure project teams develop and maintain high-quality, logically constructed schedules aligned with scope and FEL maturity. 
• Review schedule integrity, progress measurement, and forecasting practices. 
• Provide oversight of schedule risk and recovery planning on critical or high-risk projects. 

Resource & Controls Team Leadership

• Directly supervise contingent and contract-based project controls personnel, including schedulers, cost analysts, document control, and project support staff. 
• Define expectations, assign workload, and ensure consistent quality of deliverables. 
• Coordinate resource planning across the portfolio to align staffing capacity with project demand. 

FEL Stage-Gate & Compliance

• Lead project controls inputs for stage-gate reviews, including estimate quality, schedule readiness, and risk assessments. 
• Ensure compliance with site and corporate project management deliverables and governance standards. 
• Support continuous improvement of capital execution practices. 

Executive Reporting

• Develop concise dashboards and reporting for the Director of Engineering and site leadership. 
• Translate project data into clear, actionable insights for investment and operational decision-making. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field or equivalent relevant experience in capital project delivery or project controls. 
• 5 years of experience supporting or leading project controls in heavy industrial or manufacturing environments (steel, metals, mining, chemicals, power, or similar). 
• Demonstrated experience overseeing project controls across a multi-project capital portfolio. 
• Experience supervising contract or contingent project controls personnel preferred. 
• Strong understanding of FEL-based project development, cost estimating practices, and schedule management principles. 
• Proficiency with project controls systems (e.g., Primavera P6, cost management platforms, advanced Excel). 

Key Attributes

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical discipline. 
• Able to influence multiple Project Managers and functional teams without direct authority. 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage senior leadership. 
• High level of accountability, organization, and execution rigor.