Senior Project Controller – Major Projects

Job Description

The Senior Project Controller is a senior, hands‑on project controls professional responsible for delivering integrated controls across cost, schedule, progress measurement, change, risk, and information management/document control interfaces on Major Projects.

The Senior Project Controller operates effectively in complex delivery environments—including JVs/partnerships, alliances, P3/DB/PDB—and supports multi‑party governance by aligning controls definitions, cut‑off calendars, and reporting across partner teams. This role is expected to be a “controls integrator”: ensuring cost, schedule, and information flows stay coherent, auditable, and useful.

• Establish and maintain integrated controls routines for assigned projects: baseline management, progress cut‑offs, update cycles, forecasting cadence, and performance review rhythms.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules (e.g.,
  Primavera P6
  ) with strong logic integrity, critical path clarity, realistic resourcing assumptions, and effective look‑ahead planning.
• Manage cost control processes: commitments, actuals, accruals, cost coding alignment, variance analysis, and periodic forecasting (EAC/ETC) with clear assumptions and traceability.
• Implement progress measurement rules aligned to contract requirements and project realities; ensure schedule updates and cost forecasts reflect physical progress and approved changes.

• Execute and maintain the change control process: change capture, log governance, schedule/cost impact assessment, approvals tracking, baseline adjustments (when authorized), and integration into forecasts.
• Coordinate with commercial/contract administration to support substantiation, notices, and claims readiness by maintaining defensible records, narratives, and audit trails tied to controls outputs.

• Produce monthly/periodic reporting packs (internal leadership, client, and JV/partner requirements as applicable) covering schedule status, cost performance, progress, KPIs, change status, trends, and risk considerations.
• Provide actionable performance insights: root‑cause analysis, emerging risks/opportunities, recovery recommendations, and forward‑looking risk‑to‑forecast commentary.
• Present status in live and virtual forums; support governance meetings including project performance reviews and JV/partner reporting coordination sessions.

• Support integrated reporting in JV/partner settings by aligning and reconciling:
  WBS/CBS structures, cost codes, progress rules, reporting definitions, and cut‑off calendars
  .
• Consolidate partner inputs into a coherent “single source of truth” view; validate data quality, identify disconnects, and elevate issues through established governance paths.
• Participate in interface management across partner organizations, subcontractors, and client stakeholders to ensure consistent controls practices and timely data flow.

• Oversee project information management practices required to support controls, including registers for key deliverables, correspondence, transmittals, approvals, and closeout documentation.
• Coordinate with Project Administrators/document control resources to ensure document workflows support auditability and contract administration (e.g., change backup, approvals, contemporaneous records).
• Ensure controls artifacts are appropriately stored, traceable, and retrievable in accordance with project requirements and the common data environment (CDE) framework.

• Support risk integration into controls outputs by ensuring risk items are reflected in schedule/cost forecasts where required and that risk/change/trend narratives are coherent.
• Apply the Project Controls Playbook and templates; identify gaps and recommend improvements to standards, tools, and reporting practices.
• Contribute to lessons learned and knowledge transfer across projects; mentor junior project controls staff and…