Project Controls Specialist

Position Summary

The Project Controls Specialist III provides advanced project controls support for complex, multimillion-dollar EPC projects. This role is responsible for financial forecasting, project performance analysis, and project P&L governance. The PC III partners closely with Project Managers and cross‑functional teams to ensure accurate financial planning, reporting, and continuous improvement of project controls processes. This role will be based out of the Baton Rouge office with frequent presence at the Shell facility in Geismar, Louisiana.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

1) Core Responsibilities

• Process project setups, change orders, and project closeouts in SAP. 

• Assist Project Management with entering change orders, preparing subcontract documents, and generating material requisitions. 

• Provide day‑to‑day project execution support and reporting tools to Project Managers. 

• Conduct estimate analyses and earned value reporting to develop and track project budgets and schedules. 

• Monitor overall project health, including contract value, cost, margin, schedule, and change management. 

• Apply Primavera P6, SAP, Excel, and database tools to plan, document, track, trend, and report on engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, testing, commissioning, and turnover activities. 

• Prepare detailed CPM schedules to support task planning, resource management, progress tracking, daily labor input, and earned value analysis. 

• Support Project and Construction Managers during progress review meetings and presentations with Owners or Owner’s Representatives. 

• Coordinate and communicate with Owners, Owner’s Representatives, and other contractors to align expectations and project execution. 

2) Advanced & Financial Responsibilities

• Prepare, issue, collect, and analyze monthly project P&L forecasting data, including margin update impacts. 

• Review, analyze, and update weekly and monthly project P&L plans to ensure accuracy, completeness, and appropriate risk and opportunity (RA) analysis. 

• Work closely with Project Management to challenge, validate, and approve project P&L plan changes.

• Apply working knowledge of financial principles, including revenue recognition and margin impacts, to project forecasting and reporting. 

• Provide project controls leadership for large, multimillion‑dollar EPC projects.

3) Systems & Reporting

• Perform advanced system data mining to support internal and external reporting requirements.

• Provide feedback on project actuals to cross‑functional teams to support continuous improvement initiatives.

• Apply expert SAP PS knowledge, including logic formula writing, to support financial analysis and reporting. 

• Utilize moderate VBA skills to enhance reporting, automation, and efficiency.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum of 5 years in project planning, scheduling, and cost control. Maintenance, project, construction, and/or operations experience, preferred.
• Strong understanding of cost management (estimating, forecasting, margin analysis).
• Advanced knowledge of SAP and Excel