Project Controls

Project Controls lead owning integrated schedule and cost/change control, converting multi-party inputs into resource-aware master schedules, baselines, and dashboards across EPC phases.

Role Overview

You’ll own the integrated schedule, cost/change control, progress measurement, and the data model that ties them together. Day to day you’ll collect and organize information from multiple disciplines and suppliers, maintain a single source of truth, and drive clear, timely decisions using MS Project and MS Excel. Syngas plant experience is a plus; logistics exposure is valued.

Location: Houston
Department: Project Management
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports To: VP, Project Management
Work Type: In Office
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Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Baselines

  • Build and maintain a fully logic-linked, resource-aware master schedule in MS Project covering engineering, procurement, fabrication, logistics, construction, and commissioning.
  • Set up WBS/CBS, calendars, codes, and progress “rules of credit”; establish and manage baselines.

Project Controls

  • Support cost control in Excel (budgets, commitments, forecasts, contingencies); deliver monthly cost/schedule reports.
  • Run change control and quantify schedule/cost impacts with auditable logs.
  • Maintain risk/issue registers and ensure mitigations are reflected in plan and forecast.

Data & Recording

  • Collect, clean, reconcile, and organize data from internal teams and vendors (deliverables lists, RFIs, equipment lists/MTOs, expediting, FAT/SAT, shipment readiness).
  • Produce weekly dashboards and management reviews with crisp variance narratives and trend analysis.

Discipline and Interface Management

  • Coordinate handoffs across Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, & Logistics; surface and resolve interface risks early.
  • Align logistics milestones (Incoterms, carrier bookings, permits, customs, laydown/warehouse) with the master schedule.

Execution Support

  • Lead schedule reviews with partners and vendors; challenge logic, durations, and progress claims.
  • Support contracting strategies (deliverables, milestones, reporting) and readiness for major events (IFD/IFC, PO placement, & module shipment.

Governance and Improvement

  • Capture lessons learned and improve templates and checklists.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience on capital projects (industrial process, energy, chemicals, or related).
  • Intermediate to expert MS Project (integrated schedules, baselines, resource loading, critical path/float, what-ifs).
  • Intermediate to expert MS Excel (advanced formulas, pivots, lookups/index -match, data modeling, probabilistic models; comfort building cost/progress tools).
  • Practical understanding of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Logistics, Construction, and Commissioning and how they interface.
  • Strong information management: able to collect and organize data from multiple sources into clear trackers and reports.
  • Clear written and verbal communication; concise variance explanations; strong meeting facilitation.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Logistics experience (heavy haul, modules, packaged equipment, international shipments, customs/permits, laydown planning) a plus.
  • Syngas/industrial gas or related process-plant experience a plus.
  • Exposure to risk analysis, and stage-gate processes a plus.
  • Familiarity with tools like SharePoint/OneDrive, ERP, Power BI; Primavera P6 literacy a plus.
  • Cost Estimating experience a plus.
  • Document Control experience a plus.
  • Supply Chain & Contract Management experience a plus.

Core Competencies

  • Systems thinking & interface management
  • Analytical rigor; ownership mindset
  • Proactive risk identification; disciplined change control
  • Collaborative vendor/contractor engagement; situational communication
  • Houston-based with occasional travel to fabrication shops, vendor facilities, logistics hubs, and project sites based on phase needs.
  • On-site at the HYCO1 Houston office with future possibility for hybrid work as appropriate to execution.

Travel and Work Environment

  • Houston-based with occasional travel to fabrication shops, vendor facilities, logistics hubs, and project sites based on phase needs.
  • On-site at the HYCO1 Houston office with future possibility for hybrid work as appropriate to execution.

Location Requirement

Applicants must currently reside in the Houston, TX area and be within reasonable driving distance of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) area. This is an on-site position; remote work is not available. Relocation assistance is not provided.

Work Authorization

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. HYCO1 does not provide sponsorship.

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