The Project Controls Director is accountable for the leadership, integration and delivery of all project controls activities across a major capital program of approximately $2bn. The role provides end-to-end oversight of cost, planning, risk, change and performance management, ensuring that the program is delivered with robust control, transparency and predictability.
The Project Controls Director will lead a multidisciplinary project controls organization, incorporating cost management, scheduling, risk management, estimating, and cost control. This includes both a program-facing delivery function, providing direct support to the project(s), and a standards and governance function, responsible for defining, maintaining and continuously improving project controls processes, tools and assurance frameworks.
Operating within a complex, high-value, regulated infrastructure environment, the role will work as a core member of the Program Leadership Team, providing independent insight, challenge and assurance on program performance, forecast outcomes and key delivery risks. The Project Controls Director will ensure effective integration between cost, schedule, risk and change, enabling informed decision-making at program and executive level.
The role has primary accountability for Project Controls delivery across the US program, while also ensuring full alignment with UUSA global standards, systems and governance requirements. Acting as a key link into the wider "One UUSA" project delivery community, the Project Controls Director will drive consistency of approach, leverage best practice from across the organization, and contribute to the development and continuous improvement of global project controls capability.
The Project Controls Director will lead a large team, including staff and contractors. The role is responsible for building and sustaining a high-performing, integrated project controls organization that supports both local program delivery and global consistency.
In addition, the role will ensure that project controls outputs support key governance processes, including stage gates, investment approvals and executive reporting, providing confidence that program delivery remains aligned with approved cost, schedule and risk parameters.
Education and Experience Minimum Qualifications
- Must have a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and possess a project management, or project controls qualification/accreditation such as APM, PMI, AACE, or equivalent.
- Minimum of A minimum of 5 years managing and leading a project controls function.
- 10 or more years' experience managing multi-cultural teams.
- Demonstrated relevant operational experience managing across the entire project lifecycle, from concept development to hand-over.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in one or more of the following are preferred; Nuclear industry, major energy infrastructure, LNG, petrochemicals, chemicals, defense, utilities, transportation, high-hazard industrial environment.
- 10 or more years managing and leading a project controls function.
- 5 years' of demonstrated experience leading and developing organizational strategies.
Job Details- Work Location: Eunice, NM - Hybrid 75/25
- Work Schedule: 9/80 professional work schedule, some nights/weekends may be required
- Travel Required: 20% of the time or less as required
- Security Clearance Requirement: CAA Access and a L or Q level security clearance.
- Emergency Response Requirements: Emergency Response Organization (ERO) duty may be required; including being on-call (24/7) during your designated team duty week.
- Work Environment: Radiological exposure expectations of < 100 mrem/yr. General Office, Plant Production Areas. This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets etc.
Primary Functions Project Controls- Accountable for alignment between the business objectives and project controls on large capital projects utilizing a supply chain delivery model.
- Implement a project controls framework that protects the $2B+ investment both with near term performance information and long term detailed analysis/ projections over a 10 year project deliver timescale.
- Accountable for the project standards framework specific to the US and in alignment with the global function.
- Accountable for the alignment between contractual requirements and project controls.
- Contribution to the direction in the development and evolution of standards strategies to deliver against UUSA objectives across the portfolio of projects globally.
- Maintain an overview of subject matter experts skills and competencies and provide development of project support resources both contract and staff.
- Manage multinational and multi-level stakeholder expectations for project control across the program.
Project Controls- Accountable for alignment between the business objectives and project controls on large capital projects utilizing a supply chain delivery model.
- Implement a project controls framework that protects the $2B+ investment both with near term performance information and long term detailed analysis/ projections over a 10 year project deliver timescale.
- Accountable for the project standards framework specific to the US and in alignment with the global function.
- Accountable for the alignment between contractual requirements and project controls.
- Contribution to the direction in the development and evolution of standards strategies to deliver against UUSA objectives across the portfolio of projects globally.
- Maintain an overview of subject matter experts skills and competencies and provide development of project support resources both contract and staff.
- Manage multinational and multi-level stakeholder expectations for project control across the program.
- Accountable for delivering the target performance levels for Project Support as defined by the KPI's
- Accountable for the line management of a distributed team.
- Responsible for the implementation of a standard approach to Project Support and Project ways of working at the US and monitor lessons learnt to ensure these standards are continuously improved.
- Accountable for the development and implementation of a competency model, training and development plan, and certification for project personnel at the US.
- Proactively identify Business Unit resource needs and ensure the Project Support is managed and reported to local management and IPD (formerly Group Projects).
- Build relationships with key personnel within UUSA Business Units. (in particular site Engineering and Project Managers).
- Monitor Business Unit satisfaction and ensuring a high level of customer service internally.
- Accountable for the quality and supply of competent resources supplied both staff and contractors.
Team Leadership- Accountable for role modelling across project control roles.
- Accountable for talent development within their team utilizing both internal and external resources.
- Encourage and drive a 'can-do' attitude within project system personnel.
- Establish and maintain program-wide cost management, forecasting, and financial reporting processes.
- Provide oversight of budget performance, cost assurance, and investment reporting to ensure effective stewardship of program funds.
- Manage program contingency and reserve strategies to support successful project delivery.
- Independently evaluate cost forecasts, change requests, and contractor claims to protect program value.
Integration- Accountable for the integration with other project functions throughout the UUSA Group.
Commercial Position Assurance- Ensure UUSA commercial position is robustly protected through the application of industry best practice in the delivery of Project Controls.
- Facilitate the development and prepare decision ready information for Project Team and UUSA Executives to enable project success.
Safety Culture Leadership- Actively promote a pro-active safety culture, and be a role model, throughout the project lifecycle and across the group.
*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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Please note that we continually evaluate our plans and make adjustments as necessary to meet market and business requirements.
Compensation starting at: $ 250158 - $ 285000 / year and up dependent on candidate. 
