Principal Project Controls Manager (EPC)

Location: Houston, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global delivers engineering, procurement, and construction management services for refining, LNG, midstream, chemicals, petrochemicals, oil and gas, power, and industrial infrastructure projects.

What you will do

• Lead the integrated project controls framework across cost, schedule, change, risk, forecasting, and performance reporting for major capital projects from FEL/FEED through closeout.
• Own budget architecture, cost baselines, contingency governance, EAC, cost-to-complete, cash-flow forecasting, and monthly cost reporting.
• Set planning standards and ensure schedules are resource-loaded, time-phased, integrated with cost, and credible against critical-path and completion-date forecasts.
• Lead change control, trend management, risk quantification, Monte Carlo analysis, contingency tracking, earned value management, and performance dashboards.
• Support tenders, contract schedules, milestone payments, claims, variations, extensions of time, disruption arguments, and contractor compliance reviews.
• Own the Primavera P6, SAP, and Power BI controls toolset; establish governance standards and lead geographically dispersed project controls teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Finance, or a related discipline; equivalent experience with strong technical grounding may be considered.
• 18+ years of progressive project controls experience on major EPC or EPCM capital projects, including 8+ years leading integrated project controls functions on complex projects or programs exceeding $1B.
• Subject-matter expertise across cost engineering, planning and scheduling, change management, risk, forecasting, and performance reporting, with the ability to independently challenge complex project positions.
• Proven ownership of change control and contingency management through project closeout.
• Expert command of earned value management, forecasting methodology, and progress measurement in a contractual EPC setting.
• Extensive experience leading large, geographically dispersed, multi-discipline project controls teams and influencing senior stakeholders across owner, EPC contractor, joint venture, and executive governance environments.

Nice to have

• Sector experience in oil and gas, LNG, chemical, nuclear, power and renewables, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, or data center projects.
• AACE, PMI, or equivalent professional credentials.
• Hands-on capability with Primavera P6, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and Power BI.
• Experience with FIDIC, LSTK, reimbursable, or alliance contract forms and related delay and quantum analysis.
• Familiarity with advanced work packaging, systems completion methodologies, and stage-gate FEL governance.
• Prior joint venture experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with potential 401(k) company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability coverage, and paid time off.
• Flexible work schedule may be available.
• Professional training and development opportunities support career advancement.
• People First and Zero Harm culture centered on belonging, connection, and growth.