Principal Project Controls Lead

** Job Description*
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* ABOUT THE ROLE:

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* Oracle Cloud Infrastructure  **(OCI)*
* ** Data Center Delivery Organization
** is searching for a  
** Principal*
* ** Project Controls Lead
** to support delivery of  
** OCI's Abilene AI Data Center.*
* This role manages project controls across schedule, cost, risk, procurement readiness, logistics visibility, and delivery performance. The  
** Principal Project Controls Lead
** will partner with delivery teams, construction partners, suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing partners, and leadership to improve project predictability, identify critical-path risks, and provide clear, actionable reporting.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented project controls professional who can translate project data into practical, field-informed insights. Success in this role will be measured by improved project visibility, reporting accuracy, schedule predictability, risk escalation, mitigation follow-through, and cross-functional alignment.

The role is based in  
** Abilene, Texas.
** Oracle offers relocation packages to eligible candidates. May consider remote flexibility for candidates located in the DFW area.

** Responsibilities*
* + Responsible for leading the integrated project controls for assigned OCI data center delivery scopes, including schedule tracking, milestone reporting, forecasting, cost visibility, risk tracking, and leadership updates.

+ Develop project controls tools and trackers, including schedules, milestone trackers, action logs, risk registers, issue logs, recovery plans, and project health dashboards.

+ Track project performance across schedule, cost, procurement readiness, material delivery, supplier status, manufacturing alignment, logistics readiness, field execution, safety trends, and mitigation closure.

+ Identify critical-path risks, schedule slippage, dependencies, procurement gaps, supplier constraints, manufacturing bottlenecks, logistics risks, and field execution blockers.

+ POC with project managers, construction teams, supply chain, suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing partners, and technical stakeholders to validate project status and improve schedule predictability.

+ Support schedule development and maintenance, including baseline tracking, variance analysis, lookahead reporting, progress updates, and recovery forecasting.

+ Track cost and change impacts, including budget risks, forecast changes, pending issues, potential claims, and project-level variance narratives.

+ Coordinate long-lead procurement, supplier readiness, material availability, manufacturing progress, and logistics plans against project execution needs.

+ Lead support prefab, modular delivery, manufacturing coordination, and industrialized delivery by aligning manufacturing status with site readiness and installation requirements.

+ Own the project controls reporting for leadership, including KPI dashboards, variance summaries, risk updates, recovery recommendations, and decision-support materials.

+ Conduct project status reviews through field engagement, site walks, supplier check-ins, construction partner updates, and manufacturing reviews.

+ Escalate risks early with clear ownership, recommended actions, due dates, dependencies, and recovery paths.

+ Lead project controls reviews, governance forums, coordination meetings, action tracking, and follow-up discipline.

+ Convert project data into concise insights that help leadership understand delivery risks, tradeoffs, and required decisions.

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* Qualifications:

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* + 8+ years of experience in leading project controls, project management, construction delivery, program management, infrastructure delivery, supply chain coordination, operational reporting, or related fields.

+ Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

+ Experience supporting large-scale construction, infrastructure, data center, mission-critical, industrial, manufacturing, energy, utilities, or complex capital delivery programs.

+ Working knowledge of schedule tracking, milestone management, cost tracking, forecasting, risk management, change visibility, and project reporting.

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Experience with integrated project schedules and project controls reporting tools.

+ Ability to analyze project data, identify trends, summarize risks, and translate findings into action-oriented recommendations.

+ Experience maintaining trackers, dashboards, risk logs, issue logs, action registers, recovery plans, and leadership updates.

+ Strong executive level communication skills with the ability to present complex project information clearly to project teams, stakeholders, and leadership.

+ Ability to work across construction, engineering, supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, finance, and operations teams.

+ Strong attention to detail, follow-through, and ownership of recurring project controls processes.

+ Ability to influence accountability and follow-up without direct authority.

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