Project Controls Coordinator

Project Controls Coordinator I

• Contract Length
  : 1 Year
• Pay Rate
  : $38 - $40/hr (W2)
• Location
  :
  Houston, TX 77079

Raise is currently hiring a contract team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.

We are seeking a detail-oriented Project Controls Coordinator I to support project management teams through advanced cost control, procurement coordination, and financial tracking activities. This role serves as a key liaison between project teams, engineering, supply chain, and finance stakeholders to ensure the accurate and timely management of requisitions, purchase orders, change orders, and invoice processes. The successful candidate will leverage financial systems and reporting tools to support project execution, funding management, and overall project controls effectiveness.

• Provide advanced cost control support to assigned project management teams.
• Collaborate with Project Controls Advisors, Engineering Leads, and Execution Leads to initiate purchase orders and change orders while ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the requisition lifecycle.
• Gather, validate, and manage information from multiple data sources to support procurement and project controls activities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the accurate creation and processing of requisitions within the client’s Oracle Financial system.
• Monitor the status of requisitions, purchase orders, and change orders, providing timely updates and actionable insights to project stakeholders.
• Analyze project and procurement data using Oracle Financial reports, Power BI, SharePoint, Excel, and other reporting tools.
• Work with Project Controls Advisors, Engineering Leads, and Execution Leads to manage purchase orders, change orders, and contract revisions when additional funding or budget adjustments are required.
• Partner with Supply Chain Management, Accounts Payable, and project teams to support service receipt processes and invoice validation activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement, invoice management, and project controls processes to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintain accurate project records and ensure compliance with established financial and procurement procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of post‑secondary education and relevant industry experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience supporting purchase order administration and project controls activities for engineering and construction capital projects.
• Relevant co‑op, internship, or student work experience may be considered.
• Familiarity with project cost control principles, methodologies, and industry best practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, and Oracle Cloud.
• Experience using reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI and SharePoint is considered an asset.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to work with data from multiple sources.
• Ability to effectively prioritize competing tasks and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and team collaboration skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.

• Primarily office‑based work environment.
• Occasional travel may be required, up to 10% of the time.

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/non‑visible disabilities.