Project Controls Manager

Align Industrial is seeking a project controls manager to join our Project Controls team in Plaquemine, Louisiana.

Role Description The Project Controls Manager independently leads all project controls functions across our capital project portfolio, including cost estimating, cost management, schedule development and control, progress measurement, change management, and executive reporting. This role directly supervises a team of schedulers, cost engineers, and project controls specialists, and is responsible for developing and maintaining a high-performing controls organization. The Project Controls Manager serves as the primary interface between Engineering, Design, and Project Management to ensure integrated project performance visibility throughout the full project lifecycle from early project definition and estimating through commissioning and close-out. This position is accountable for establishing and maintaining the controls baseline, building and developing the controls team, driving disciplined change management, and providing objective performance data to support sound project decision-making.

Primary Responibilities

• Establish and maintain the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
• Lead the development of capital cost estimates at all project phases, applying appropriate estimating methodologies and project definition requirements.
• Develop and maintain a historical cost database and benchmarking library to support estimate quality and continuous improvement across the project portfolio.
• Prepare estimate basis memoranda and contingency analyses; present estimates and their basis clearly to project sponsors.
• Develop, baseline, and control integrated project schedules using CPM methodology; identify and communicate critical path, float, and schedule risks to project management.
• Prepare and maintain project budgets and cost forecasts; track actuals against the authorized appropriation through project execution.
• Develop and maintain the Earned Value Management (EVM) system; calculate and report CPI, SPI, EAC, and ETC metrics to project management and leadership on a regular cadence.

Qualifications

• Prepare and issue regular project status reports and dashboards for internal stakeholders; present findings clearly and objectively.
• Coordinate with Procurement to incorporate procurement milestones, commitments, and actuals into the cost and schedule baseline; ensure alignment between controls data and SAP financial records.
• Lead or contribute to the controls sections of Project Definition Reports (PDR)
• Support project risk management activities including development and maintenance of risk registers and inputs to quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis.
• Monitor and report engineering and construction progress against planned quantities and productivity benchmarks; notify project managers of potential non-compliances or performance trends requiring corrective action.
• Establish and enforce project controls procedures, including document control conventions and deliverable register.
• Support commissioning planning and project close-out from a cost and schedule controls perspective; ensure final cost reports and lessons-learned documentation are completed.
• Recruit, develop, and directly supervise schedulers, cost engineers, and project controls specialists; establish clear roles, workload assignments, and quality standards across the controls team.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field with 12+ years of capital project controls experience, including 5+ years in a supervisory or lead role managing schedulers, cost engineers, or controls staff within a chemical, industrial, or Owner Engineering environment. Demonstrated hands-on estimating experience across multiple project phases is required. Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel required; SAP experience is a plus.
• Perform other project controls duties as assigned.
• Must have or be able to obtain OSHA and TWIC card

About Our Company Align Industrial is a project controls company specializing in planning and scheduling capital projects, turnarounds, shutdowns, and outages. The organization focuses on delivering accurate, timely project controls to help clients manage complex industrial initiatives and minimize downtime. Align Industrial partners with customers across sectors that require rigorous planning and coordination of high-impact projects. Team members work in a detail-oriented, schedule-driven environment where reliability and clear communication are essential. The company values professionals who can support safe, efficient, and cost-effective project execution. Visit https://www.alignindustrial.co/

Align Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Align industrial does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to Align Industrial in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where Align Industrial has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of Align Industrial and Align Industrial will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this job.

Align Industrial is a project controls company specializing in planning and scheduling capital projects, turnarounds, shutdowns, and outages. The organization focuses on delivering accurate, timely project controls to help clients manage complex industrial initiatives and minimize downtime. Align Industrial partners with customers across sectors that require rigorous planning and coordination of high-impact projects. Team members work in a detail-oriented, schedule-driven environment where reliability and clear communication are essential. The company values professionals who can support safe, efficient, and cost-effective project execution. Visit https://www.alignindustrial.co/