Clayton Services
Clayton Services is searching for a
Project Controls Manager
to join a thriving company in Houston, Texas. The
Project Controls Manager
will be responsible for owning the integrated schedule, cost/change control, progress measurement, and the data model that ties them together. This role involves collecting and organizing information from multiple disciplines and suppliers, maintaining a single source of truth, and driving clear, timely decisions using MS Project and MS Excel.
Job Type:
Direct Hire Pay Rate:
$110,000-$130,000/year Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, stock options, and more.
Project Controls Manager Responsibilities: Lead schedule reviews with partners and vendors; challenge logic, durations, and progress claims. Capture lessons learned, improve templates, and checklists. Support contracting strategies (deliverables, milestones, reporting) and readiness for significant events (IFD/IFC, PO placement, and module shipment). Coordinate handoffs across Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Logistics to resolve interface risks early. Maintain risk/issue registers and ensure mitigations are reflected in plans and forecasts. Produce weekly dashboards and management reviews with clear variance narratives and trend analysis. Build and maintain a fully logic-linked, resource-aware master schedule in MS Project covering engineering, procurement, fabrication, logistics, construction, and commissioning. Run change control and quantify schedule/cost impacts with auditable logs. Align logistics milestones (Incoterms, carrier bookings, permits, customs, laydown/warehouse) with the master schedule. Collect, clean, reconcile, and organize data from internal teams and vendors (deliverables lists, RFIs, equipment lists/MTOs, expediting, FAT/SAT, shipment readiness). Set up WBS/CBS, calendars, codes, and progress rules of credit; establish and manage baselines. Support cost control in Excel (budgets, commitments, forecasts, contingencies) and deliver monthly cost/schedule reports. Other duties as assigned.
Project Controls Manager Skills and Abilities: Analytical rigor with a strong ownership mindset. Collaborative vendor/contractor engagement and situational communication. Systems thinking and effective interface management. Proactive risk identification and disciplined change control. Strong facilitation and communication skills, including concise variance explanations.
Project Controls Manager Education and Experience: Experience working on capital projects (industrial process, energy, chemicals, or related). Intermediate to expert MS Project skills (integrated schedules, baselines, resource loading, critical path/float, what-if analysis). Intermediate to expert MS Excel skills (advanced formulas, pivots, lookups/index-match, data modeling, probabilistic models). Practical understanding of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Logistics, Construction, and Commissioning. Strong information management skills: able to collect and organize data from multiple sources into clear trackers and reports. Clear written and verbal communication with the ability to provide concise variance explanations and lead meetings. Logistics experience (heavy haul, modules, packaged equipment, international shipments, customs/permits, laydown planning) is preferred. Syngas/industrial gas or related process-plant experience is preferred. Exposure to risk analysis and stage-gate processes is preferred. Familiarity with tools like SharePoint/OneDrive, ERP, Power BI, or Primavera P6 literacy is preferred. Cost estimating experience is preferred. Document control experience is preferred. Experience in supply chain and contract management is preferred.
Project Controls Manager
- Immediate need. Apply today!
Project Controls Manager
to join a thriving company in Houston, Texas. The
Project Controls Manager
will be responsible for owning the integrated schedule, cost/change control, progress measurement, and the data model that ties them together. This role involves collecting and organizing information from multiple disciplines and suppliers, maintaining a single source of truth, and driving clear, timely decisions using MS Project and MS Excel.
Job Type:
Direct Hire Pay Rate:
$110,000-$130,000/year Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, stock options, and more.
Project Controls Manager Responsibilities: Lead schedule reviews with partners and vendors; challenge logic, durations, and progress claims. Capture lessons learned, improve templates, and checklists. Support contracting strategies (deliverables, milestones, reporting) and readiness for significant events (IFD/IFC, PO placement, and module shipment). Coordinate handoffs across Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Logistics to resolve interface risks early. Maintain risk/issue registers and ensure mitigations are reflected in plans and forecasts. Produce weekly dashboards and management reviews with clear variance narratives and trend analysis. Build and maintain a fully logic-linked, resource-aware master schedule in MS Project covering engineering, procurement, fabrication, logistics, construction, and commissioning. Run change control and quantify schedule/cost impacts with auditable logs. Align logistics milestones (Incoterms, carrier bookings, permits, customs, laydown/warehouse) with the master schedule. Collect, clean, reconcile, and organize data from internal teams and vendors (deliverables lists, RFIs, equipment lists/MTOs, expediting, FAT/SAT, shipment readiness). Set up WBS/CBS, calendars, codes, and progress rules of credit; establish and manage baselines. Support cost control in Excel (budgets, commitments, forecasts, contingencies) and deliver monthly cost/schedule reports. Other duties as assigned.
Project Controls Manager Skills and Abilities: Analytical rigor with a strong ownership mindset. Collaborative vendor/contractor engagement and situational communication. Systems thinking and effective interface management. Proactive risk identification and disciplined change control. Strong facilitation and communication skills, including concise variance explanations.
Project Controls Manager Education and Experience: Experience working on capital projects (industrial process, energy, chemicals, or related). Intermediate to expert MS Project skills (integrated schedules, baselines, resource loading, critical path/float, what-if analysis). Intermediate to expert MS Excel skills (advanced formulas, pivots, lookups/index-match, data modeling, probabilistic models). Practical understanding of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Logistics, Construction, and Commissioning. Strong information management skills: able to collect and organize data from multiple sources into clear trackers and reports. Clear written and verbal communication with the ability to provide concise variance explanations and lead meetings. Logistics experience (heavy haul, modules, packaged equipment, international shipments, customs/permits, laydown planning) is preferred. Syngas/industrial gas or related process-plant experience is preferred. Exposure to risk analysis and stage-gate processes is preferred. Familiarity with tools like SharePoint/OneDrive, ERP, Power BI, or Primavera P6 literacy is preferred. Cost estimating experience is preferred. Document control experience is preferred. Experience in supply chain and contract management is preferred.
Project Controls Manager
- Immediate need. Apply today!