Project Control Manager

Job Description

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.

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Project Controls Manager - Immediate need. Apply today!