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Project Controls Analyst

Location: Houston, TX – 77024

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Onsite Monday- Thursday and work from home Fridays

Employment Type: Long term Contract

Pay: $60-$75/hour

Start: Targeting early January, with flexibility to move sooner for an exceptional candidate

We are seeking an experienced Project Controls Analyst to join a growing project controls team supporting large-scale capital projects in Houston.

This is a newly created position driven by significant project growth and increased capital activity.

The role will focus heavily on cost controls, forecasting, budgeting, earned value, change management, and project cost reporting across complex capital projects ranging from approximately $15 million to $1.5 billion.

The ideal candidate is a strong project controls professional who is comfortable partnering directly with Project Managers, field teams, procurement, accounting, construction, and leadership to ensure projects remain accurately forecasted, properly controlled, and financially on track.

This is not a scheduling-focused position.

Key Responsibilities

• Support capital projects through project setup, cost tracking, WBS development, forecasting, earned value analysis, contingency management, and change management
• Develop and maintain project budgets, forecasts, cash flows, and cost reports
• Analyze actual costs versus budget and forecast
• Prepare performance and variance analysis for Project Managers and leadership
• Review project estimates and identify potential cost risks
• Establish, maintain, and track projects throughout the full project lifecycle
• Work closely with Project Managers to gather, validate, and challenge forecast and estimating information
• Coordinate with contractors and subcontractors to ensure accurate and timely cost and progress reporting
• Monitor procurement and supply-chain commitments
• Maintain change logs and support the change-management process
• Track contingency usage and project cost impacts
• Analyze labor, productivity, contractor costs, and project spending
• Review contractor daily tickets and identify project cost-to-date
• Partner across Project Management, Accounting, Procurement, Construction Management, Scheduling, Operations, and Field Project Controls
• Communicate project financial performance and risks clearly to both project teams and senior leadership

Qualifications

• Approximately 5-7 years of project controls / cost controls experience
• Strong experience with:
• Cost reporting
• Forecasting
• Budgeting
• Variance analysis
• Earned value
• Change management
• Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
• Contractor and subcontractor cost management
• Experience supporting large capital projects
• Strong understanding of project cost risk and financial impacts
• Comfortable working directly with Project Managers and following up consistently across multiple teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work independently
• Advanced Excel skills

Preferred Background

Experience in one or more of the following environments is highly desirable:

• Pipeline / Midstream
• Oil & Gas
• Energy
• EPC
• Industrial Construction
• Utilities
• Petrochemical
• Large-scale infrastructure or capital projects

Direct pipeline experience is preferred, but candidates from other industries with a strong cost-controls background will be considered.

Systems

• Advanced Excel is the primary requirement
• SAP or Oracle experience is a plus
• Power BI experience is a plus
• The team is transitioning to Oracle Unifier, and this person will have the opportunity to participate in beta testing and implementation efforts

Project Scope

Projects range from approximately $15 million to $1.5 billion, with this position expected to primarily support projects in the $200 million-$400 million range.

The role provides exposure to projects across the full lifecycle, including:

• Conceptual development
• Design
• Procurement
• Construction
• Closeout

What Makes Someone Successful Here

The team is looking for someone who is:

• Confident and comfortable communicating with Project Managers
• Diligent with follow-up
• Collaborative and team-oriented
• Detail-focused without losing sight of the bigger project picture
• Comfortable challenging forecasts or assumptions when needed
• Career-oriented and interested in taking on increasing responsibility
• Authentic, down-to-earth, and low ego
• Motivated to grow with a team experiencing significant expansion

Why This Opportunity

This is a strong opportunity to join a well-established energy organization during a period of meaningful capital-project growth.

The team offers:

• Exposure to large, complex capital projects
• Strong leadership and a collaborative team culture
• Excellent work-life balance
• Hybrid flexibility
• Long employee tenure
• Career growth within an expanding project controls organization
• Opportunity to participate in new systems and process improvements
• Direct visibility with Project Managers and senior leadership

The organizational path provides room for continued growth from Project Controls Analyst into Project Controls leadership as the team and project portfolio continue expanding.

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