Brunel Energy is recruiting a Project Controls Advisor III to work with a major oil and gas company on a 2-year contract in Spring, TX.
Responsibilities:
- Support Project Controls, Planning and Scheduling, and Project Services activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor project performance, including expenditures, work hours, commitments, forecasts, and progress against established plans and budgets.
- Support project planning, scheduling, forecasting, and change management activities.
- Identify and monitor project risks, vulnerabilities, trends, and variances that may affect project execution.
- Prepare and review accurate and timely project controls reports using project data, performance metrics, and historical trends.
- Collaborate with project managers and key stakeholders to support project coordination, resolve issues, and facilitate informed decisions.
- Support the Project Controls Supervisor in improving project controls tools, processes, procedures, and work practices.
- Apply project management best practices and established frameworks to support consistent project execution.
- Provide technical guidance, training, and mentoring to less experienced Project Controls team members.
- Support domestic and international project assignments, including travel to project sites as required.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Construction Management, or a related field.
- 10+ years of relevant Project Controls experience supporting capital project execution.
- Knowledge of project controls, planning and scheduling, cost management, forecasting, change management, risk identification, and performance reporting.
- Experience with SAP for actual cost tracking and EcoSys for forecasting and change management.
- Primavera P6 experience preferred.
- Familiarity with structured project management frameworks and Stage Gate processes highly desirable.
- Previous supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.
- International project experience and willingness to travel domestically or internationally as required.
- Strong leadership, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.