Infrastructure & Capital Projects – Senior Program Manager (EPC)

TL;DR

Infrastructure & Capital Projects – Senior Program Manager (EPC): Manage and coordinate a multidisciplinary PMO team to oversee EPC capital projects, including independent validation of supplier performance, cost/schedule reporting, invoice review, and contract change management. Focus on project controls rigor (schedule validation, earned value analysis, cost forecasting), governance reporting, and early risk identification to protect company interests through construction execution, commissioning, and closeout.

Company

Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects delivers infrastructure and capital project services for factories, grids, transit systems, and public infrastructure.

What you will do

• Manage and coordinate a multidisciplinary PMO team (project managers, schedulers, financial analysts, quantity surveyors, project coordinators, and document control specialists).
• Independently validate EPC supplier performance, progress reporting, cost data, and schedule submissions for accuracy and contract compliance.
• Oversee financial controls and high-volume invoice review across 30+ subcontractor suppliers to ensure billing accuracy and proper documentation.
• Lead contract change management by tracking, analyzing, and validating EPC supplier change requests for cost and schedule impact.
• Develop governance reporting (weekly status, monthly performance, executive dashboards, and KPI tracking) and maintain the project risk register with mitigation strategies.
• Oversee document control and support construction execution, commissioning, and project closeout through final contract completion verification.

Requirements

• Onsite at client site with in-person time for collaboration, learning, and relationship building.
• Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible experience managing large-scale EPC capital projects in an owner’s representative or PMO leadership capacity.
• Demonstrated experience representing the company on EPC projects, including construction, commissioning, and closeout oversight.
• Strong project controls knowledge: schedule validation, earned value analysis, cost forecasting, and financial controls.
• Proven ability to provide independent oversight of EPC supplier performance and protect company interests without directing supplier means and methods.
• Valid driver’s license.

Nice to have

• PMP certification.
• Experience with natural gas compressor stations, gas plants, power plants, or refineries.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6, SAP, Maximo, Power BI, or similar project management systems.
• OSHA 10 (or equivalent safety training).
• Experience leading governance reporting for executive-level stakeholders.
• Familiarity with commissioning, energization planning, and project turnover activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with employer match, health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Paid time off and holidays, plus paid maternity and parental caregiver leave.
• Short- and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, and supplemental insurance plans.
• Employee assistance program, legal resources, and identity theft protection.

Hiring process

• Applications accepted on an ongoing basis with no fixed deadline.