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Manager Project Controls-February 2024
Houston
Feb 10, 2026
About Manager Project Controls

  Company Overview:

  People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic, inclusive environment, where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.

  Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

  For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

  Here, what you do matters.

  Job Overview:

  Project Controls Manager will be assisting Project Director in following tasks: Demonstrated career progression in owner/contractor organizations having supported Project management in development and execution of large scale offshore / subsea projects from inception to close out in multifaceted contracting environment Specific experience of subsea and offshore projects would be an advantage.

  Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  General:• Lead Project Controls team for all aspects of planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, risk & opportunity management and change management activities for the Project.• Liaise with consortium partners, client and key vendors / subcontractors and manage interface issues.• Provide strategic direction for execution of project and assist Project Director in decision making. • Responsible for effective project set-up, efficient execution through to close-out.• Project Administration and Co-ordination for internal and external administration.• Develop Project Controls tools and organize key performance data that can be used for Future projects.• Coordinate / prepare weekly, monthly reports for client and for internal management and corporate reviews.• Provide inputs to lessons learned on the Project.• Ensure strict compliance to McDermott's ethics guidelines.

  Cost Control:• Ensure that the costs from the “as-sold” bid cost summary are broken down into the standard Work Breakdown Structure line items; ensure that budgets and the chart of accounts are distributed and explained to the budget managers.• Ensure that the budgets are controlled before the cost commitments are made and the commitments are tracked once they are made.• Participate in critical procurement and subcontract evaluations and negotiations to ensure cost, cash-flow, warranties/guarantees and schedule requirements are adequately addressed.• Assist the management in making “make or buy” and “subcontract or do it yourself” decisions.• Ensure that the costs are being continuously collected in such a manner that feedback to estimating is possible at any given point of time.• Responsible for issuance of Invoices in conjunction with the Project Accounting to ensure positive cash flow.

  Forecasting:• Responsible for maintaining accurate cost and revenue forecasts for the Project.• Conduct monthly budget reviews with various functional leads and package managers, perform Cost Sensitivity analysis and provide forecast updates.• Always be “forecast conscious”; ask the question “how does this event affect the forecast?”• Use “earned value” concept in forecasting; use commitments made and the “earned value” to accurately forecast commitments to go.• Review Risk and Opportunity register on an ongoing basis to ensure strategies are developed for risk mitigation and optimization of opportunities and these are adequately addressed in the project forecasts.• Review and manage “contingencies” as per guidelines.• Ensure that the forecasts are accurate and timely.• Discuss and agree monthly milestone billing with Client. Ensure that the cash flow projections are done accurately and on a timely basis.

  Planning and Scheduling:• Responsible for timely and accurate preparation and maintenance of schedules and progress reports for all aspects of work including engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation.• Review work scope with Functional Groups and with consortium partners to ensure full scope inclusion in schedule and define logic, interfaces and interdependencies between activities.• Ensures methods are in place to measure, report and monitor project progress against plan with periodic presentation of report analysis to PMT and Client.• Provide schedule analysis and timely identify potential delays and establish mitigating measures and corrective actions.• Provide input to various reports generated for Clients as well as internal management reviews.• Ensure subcontractor’s scheduling, planning and progress measurement systems and procedures are in place, valid and effective.

  Risk and Opportunity Management:• Identify commercial / schedule / interface Risks & Opportunities on the Project.• Evaluate impact of commercial Risks & Opportunities and develop risk mitigation strategies and profit improvement plan for management review.• Where multiple execution methods are available, evaluate options and develop costs, risks and opportunities scenarios to assist management arrive at informed decisions.

  Change Management:• Implement robust change management process and seek compensation for client driven changes.• Evaluate cost impact of all variations to the Project, prepare change order requests and negotiate with client through to conclusion.

  Talent Management and Leadership:• Manage, coach, mentor and train subordinates.• Provide guidance and assistance to Project Controls team.• Identify high performance team members, provide stretch targets and reward achievements.• Formulate development plans for developing future leaders from within the team.

  Essential Qualifications and Education:

  Engineering degree preferred

  15+ years experience in Project Management, Planning & Control of medium / large projects with Client and Contractors.

  Demonstrated career progression in owner/contractor organizations having supported Project management in development and execution of large scale offshore / subsea projects from inception to close out in multifaceted contracting environment.

  Specific experience of subsea and offshore projects would be an advantage.

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  At McDermott, we proudly work together to create and deliver innovative engineering and construction solutions for the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach to design and build infrastructure solutions to responsibly transport and transform natural resources into the products the world needs today. Because we’re powered by the most innovative minds, we rise to every challenge to make what was once just an idea a reality.

  McDermott is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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