Duke Energy Corporation

Supervisor Project Controls

Duke Energy Corporation$90K — $120K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Project Management, Finance, Engineering, or relevant fields
  • Minimum 6 years of related experience, or 10 years with High School/GED
  • Preferred Master's Degree in Project Management, Business, or Finance
  • Project Management Professional Certification or equivalent certifications
  • Proficient with software like MS Project, Primavera, and related analytics tools

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the Project Controls team effectively
  • Develop and produce routine project controls communications and reports
  • Oversee change control processes for project scope, schedule, and cost
  • Implement benchmarking and self-assessment initiatives for project controls
  • Create and maintain systems for project scheduling and cost estimation
  • Forge strong relationships with project management to resolve issues
  • Coach and mentor Project Controls Specialists for skill development

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility after onboarding
  • Opportunity for professional development and certifications
  • Engagement with a variety of functional teams
  • Supportive leadership for career growth
  • Involvement in project controls excellence initiatives
Full Job Description
Important Application Submission Information
In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, July 14, 2026

The preferred location for this position is in Charlotte, North Carolina; however, the hiring manager will consider any other headquarters locations within the Carolinas Duke Energy's jurisdictions. The exact location will be determined at the time of offer based on business needs.

The position is hybrid employees should live within a reasonable commute to their designated Duke Energy facility.

Position Summary

Supervisor Project Controls (SPC) position provides day-to-day leadership, direction, management and oversight of assigned project controls resources. SPCs are expected to lead/direct assigned resources in review of project controls status (cost, contract, WBS, schedule, resource, etc.). This position is critical to day-to-day coaching and mentoring of Project Controls Specialists.

SPCs assure project control data collection tools, analysis, communication and reporting systems used by assigned resources are available and functioning according to Enterprise policies (e.g. Financial, Risk, Supply Chain, etc) and Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCoE) requirements. The SPC position requires application of project controls principles. SPCs are front-line leaders that demonstrate advanced level comprehension, application and analysis of data associated with projects, programs and portfolios. Demonstration is routinely associated with extensive and diverse work experience and formal education.

SPCs guide assigned unit resources in performing complex aspects of project estimating, scheduling, change control and cost management while aggregating and reporting program or portfolio level performance using prescribed methods and tools. The SPC must be proficient with various computer applications for analytics related to schedule, cost, and risk. SPCs lead communication of project, program and portfolio performance including identification of trends and forecasts. SPC leads the team through analysis and results of project cost, forecasts, contracts, schedules, resources etc.

SPCs serve an essential position of leadership within the project team and assign resources to ensure support of Project Leads, Project Managers and Project Directors on projects and programs of varying size and complexity. This position is restricted on the basis of business need.

Responsibilities

Lead Project Controls Team
  • Support the Manager - Project Controls with organizing the Project Controls function within an assigned business unit by assisting development, revision or adoption of systems, processes, staffing or organizational design models to deliver on roles and responsibilities. If the unit is not already in place, this may include recommending appropriate number of PC's of varying levels of expertise for scheduling, cost estimating, cost controls, scope controls, analysis and evaluation. Establish relationships with functional managers and managers of project managers to assure appropriate organizational design.


Lead Development / Generation of Periodic Project Controls Communications
  • Provide leadership in development and generation of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly project controls communications and reports. Provide tools/systems for data collection, verify, validate and analyze data to support project controls communications and reporting. Assure distribution and archival of project controls reports as appropriate. Provide presentation quality reports and communications as needed to project and management teams.


Execute Excellence in Project/Program Change Control
  • Lead PC resources in tracking and managing changes to project scope, schedule and cost. Assure identification, assessment, approval, and distribution of change requests, change notices or change orders in a manner compliant with internal governance standards, and terms and conditions of relevant contracts. Lead teams in audit reviews and reporting.


Lead Project Controls Benchmarking and Self-Assessment Initiatives
  • Lead benchmarking and self-assessment initiatives to stay current and on leading edge of excellence relevant to project controls and services typically managed by the project controls group. Determine and assure adoption of identified improvement opportunities and best practices to address gaps in performance.


Expertise in Project Controls Methodologies
  • Develops and maintains systems for creating a) common Work Breakdown Structures (WBS),b) project schedules, c) cost estimates, d) systems to track and trend cash flow projections, e) project change control documentation, and f) communications associated with project controls. Provide systems that track and communicate project status, performs project controls related analyses at a level appropriate for projects/programs for the assigned business.


Effective Team Leadership
  • Establishes effective relationships with customers (project management & sponsor organizations) to support resolution of project/programs controls issues and requirements. Lead the PC activities toward excellence in identifying and creating necessary project controls systems.


Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in: Business, Project Management, Finance, Engineering, or Other Technical
  • 6 years minimum required related experience
  • High School / GED and 10 years minimum required related experience


Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in: Project Management, Business, or Finance
  • Project Management Professional Certification
  • Any of the following certifications: AACE-EVP / AACE-PSP / AACE-CEP / CAPM / AACE-CCC / PMI-SP


Additional Preferred Qualifications
  • Software such as MS Project/MS Office Suite, Primavera, Business Objects, Passport, PowerPlan, Emax, Peoplesoft
  • Risk management tools / Monte Carlo analysis


Working Conditions
  • Hybrid - Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable commute to their designated Duke Energy facility.


Specific Requirements
  • Mastery with leading project management / project controls / computer applications / analytics
  • Leads employee development
  • Strong collaborative team member
  • Oversight


The Supervisor Project Controls may have relationships with individuals of varying levels in the following organizations:
  • Community Relations
  • Corporate Communications
  • Construction Management
  • Development
  • Engineering
  • Enterprise Security
  • Environmental, Health and Safety
  • Finance
  • Fuels
  • Global Risk Management and Insurance
  • Human Resources
  • Legal Department
  • Operations
  • Quality
  • Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCoE)
  • Project Management
  • Regulatory and Compliance
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Supply Chain
  • Others
  • Project teams/leadership of external Suppliers/Vendors


Travel Requirements
15-25%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)
No

Represented/Union Position
No

Visa Sponsored Position
No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

About Duke Energy Corporation

Duke Energy is one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States. Its Electric Utilities and Infrastructure business unit serves approximately 7.5 million customers located in six states in the Southeast and Midwest.

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