Project Controls Manager

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As a Project Controls Manager – Growth Projects at Vopak North America, your mission is to enhance Project Execution Excellence throughout the US and Canada Business Unit (BU). Join us if you’re a forward-thinking leader with a passion for improving project performance through effective project controls and data analytics.

The purpose of Project Controls Manager – Growth Projects is to continuously improve our Project Execution Excellence to Industry Best levels, by ensuring project controls tools are established to provide a benchmark for project success, analyzing project performance, forecasting and status reporting to aid in strategic decision making.

The job will be based in Houston, Texas but may require the ability to travel domestically (10-15%).

• Various flexible and hybrid work schedules.
• Competitive, market-based compensation package depending on your experience and knowledge.
• Career development and growth opportunities.
• Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account Options
• Short Term/Long Term Disability Insurance
• Basic and Supplemental Life/AD&D Insurance
• 401(k) Incentive Savings Plan
• Paid Holidays (Fixed and floating)
• Paid Time Off and Sick Days
• Additional Benefits:
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Accident Insurance
  • Legal Plan
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Insurance

• Must possess or be able to obtain a TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) as required by the Maritime Transportation Security Act.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 10-15 years of experience in project controls for large industrial projects, with at least 5 years as a project controls leader.
• Proven capability to establish and manage project controls programs.
• Analytical capability on Bachelor’s Degree level, preferably with affinity to data analytics and/or data science.
• Familiarity with Monte Carlo quantitative analysis software.
• Ability to work and engage team members and stakeholders, cross generation and cross culture.
• Excellent communication skills in English, written and spoken.
• Self-propelling, entrepreneurial with grit and determination.
• Good social skills, connects easily with business, develops network, inspires and facilitates people.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands‑on execution in a lean, dynamic team environment.

Core responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of all cost control, reporting, scheduling, planning and progress measurement procedures, and systems across all the Business Unit’s Growth projects.
• Develop, implement and maintain the project controls data specifications to enable controls and benchmarking on project CBS level, WBS level and as well as norms analysis.
• Develop, implement and maintain a project database to support project estimating and benchmarking.
• Ensure project budgets and schedules conform to Vopak’s cost breakdown and work breakdown structures for effective cost tracking, progress, cost reporting and scheduling, resource planning, change management, forecasting cost, schedule analysis and reporting.
• Develop, implement and maintain project reporting formats, utilizing industry-standard tools to allow proactive informed intervention on Project Execution across all BU projects. Tools include:
  • Primavera P6 for scheduling (required)
  • Oracle or Cleopatra Enterprise for cost control and estimating (preferred)
  • Data Studio or equivalent for executive dashboards and data analytics (preferred)
  • Quantitative risk software (preferred)
• Participate in Growth project risk identification sessions and implement a risk evaluation process that utilizes a quantitative Monte Carlo analysis approach.
• Implement data acquisition, analysis and…