Project Controller

Job Title:

Project Controller
Contract Length: 12+ Month contract
Hybrid Work (Some on site work)

Location:

Covington, LA 70433

# 245856

This is a Contract Opportunity with our company that MUST be worked on a W2 Only. No C2C eligibility for this position. Visa Sponsorship is Available! The details are below.

Provides functional leadership and project controls expertise supporting a global Asset Retirement portfolio. This role partners closely with project teams, business units, and functional stakeholders to enable cost and schedule predictability, robust forecasting, and disciplined change management across a diverse portfolio of decommissioning, remediation, and abandonment projects.

The position serves as a trusted advisor, applying standardized project controls practices while tailoring solutions to the unique risks and execution challenges of global asset retirement work.

• Provide project controls and cost engineering advisory support across a global Asset Retirement portfolio, including onshore, offshore, and legacy assets
• Steward project controls standards and ensure consistent application across projects and regions
• Act as a key interface between leadership, project managers, finance, supply chain, and execution teams

• Develop, maintain, and steward cost baselines, budgets, and forecasts (including Estimate at Completion)
• Support annual business planning, long-range planning, and portfolio-level forecasting
• Analyze cost trends, variances, and risks; provide clear insights and decision-ready recommendations

• Partner with planners/schedulers to ensure integrated cost, schedule, and progress measurement
• Monitor performance against targets and highlight emerging risks and opportunities
• Support milestone tracking and schedule risk awareness at project and portfolio levels

• Lead or support cost engineering management of change processes for scope, cost, and schedule changes
• Support risk assessment activities, including contingency analysis and portfolio risk insights
• Provide input to assurance reviews, lookbacks, and continuous improvement initiatives

• Maintain project controls systems and ensure data quality and transparency
• Develop and steward cost, schedule, and performance reporting, including dashboards and executive summaries
• Contribute to data analytics, benchmarking, and digital transformation efforts

• Coach and mentor project teams and less experienced project controls practitioners
• Share best practices and lessons learned across regions and projects
• Collaborate with global teams to drive consistency, efficiency, and continuous improvement

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or a related discipline
• Significant experience in project controls and cost engineering
• Strong working knowledge of cost estimating, budgeting, forecasting, progress measurement, and change management
• Experience supporting portfolios or programs with multiple projects and stakeholders
• Ability to clearly communicate complex cost and schedule information to technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience supporting asset retirement, decommissioning, remediation, or late-life asset portfolios
• Familiarity with stage-gate project delivery systems
• Experience with project controls and analytics tools such as Eco Sys, SAP, or Power BI
• Demonstrated ability to influence across global, cross-functional teams
• Professional certifications (AACE, PMP, or equivalent)