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!
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!