Principal Scheduling Controls Lead

Required Skills & Experience

• 13+ years of experience in project controls, planning, scheduling, or program management for large capital projects.
• Advanced Primavera P6 experience.
• Experience developing and managing integrated master schedules across multiple project phases.
• Experience supporting projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Strong client-facing experience and ability to influence executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience leading project controls teams, mentoring staff, and driving delivery across complex organizations.
• Strong understanding of schedule risk analysis, forecasting, critical path methodology, and project controls governance.
• Ability to connect schedule performance to cost, risk, and overall business outcomes. Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Data center, mission-critical, life sciences, semiconductor, industrial manufacturing, or advanced technology project experience.
• Program or portfolio-level project controls leadership experience.
• Experience building project controls frameworks, standards, and governance structures.
• Experience developing executive dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting tools.
• Experience working in an Owner's Representative, EPCM, consulting, or enterprise capital project environment.
• Master's degree or industry certifications such as PMP, PSP, PMI-SP, CCP, or EVP. Experience supporting business development and strategic client relationships.

Job Description

Insight Global is hiring on behalf of one of our clients for a strategic Project Controls leader to support large-scale capital programs across data center, mission-critical, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology projects.

This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders while leading planning, scheduling, governance, reporting, and program controls strategy across complex construction programs. The ideal candidate combines deep project controls expertise with strong client-facing leadership experience and the ability to influence program-level decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary planning, scheduling, and project controls advisor to client leadership teams.
• Develop and oversee integrated master schedules across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Establish program controls governance, standards, processes, and reporting frameworks.
• Lead schedule risk assessments, scenario planning, critical path analysis, and recovery planning.
• Develop executive dashboards, KPIs, and portfolio-level reporting to support strategic decision-making.
• Drive alignment between owners, contractors, designers, consultants, and third-party stakeholders.
• Partner with project management, commercial, procurement, and cost teams to align schedule performance with business objectives.
• Oversee schedule quality, forecasting, resource planning, and project controls delivery across multiple projects or programs.
• Mentor and develop project controls professionals, schedulers, and planners.
• Support client pursuits, proposals, presentations, and business development initiatives.
• Help establish best practices and continuous improvement initiatives across project controls functions.