Manager, Project Controls

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Primary Objectives / Responsibilities

• Provide strong HSSE leadership and promote a culture of safety, integrity, and operational excellence.
• Lead the development, implementation, and management of project controls systems to support successful project delivery.
• Provide strategic leadership for project planning, scheduling, cost control, progress measurement, risk management, and reporting activities.
• Ensure alignment of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project execution schedules.
• Deliver accurate project performance information to support effective decision-making and project governance.
• Lead and develop project controls teams to achieve project objectives and continuous improvement.

Specific Accountabilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project schedules throughout the project lifecycle.
• Perform critical path analysis, schedule risk assessments, and recovery planning to support project delivery objectives.
• Establish and maintain project cost control systems, budgets, forecasts, commitments, accruals, and cash flow reporting.
• Monitor project performance against approved baselines and recommend corrective actions where required.
• Manage project change control processes, including variation tracking, impact assessments, and approvals.
• Support commercial and contract management teams with claims analysis and commercial evaluations.
• Implement and manage progress measurement systems, including earned value management and physical progress tracking.
• Develop project KPIs, dashboards, and performance reports for project leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across all project controls and reporting systems.
• Facilitate risk identification workshops and maintain project risk registers.
• Quantify schedule and cost risks and support the development of mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate project controls activities across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Lead and mentor project controls personnel, including planners, cost engineers, and document control teams.
• Ensure compliance with project procedures, governance requirements, quality standards, and reporting protocols.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in Project Controls within EPCM and major project delivery environments.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale Oil & Gas, Energy, Infrastructure, Mining, or Industrial projects.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, risk management, and change management processes.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, cost management systems, earned value management, and project reporting tools.
• Proven experience developing and managing integrated project schedules and cost control systems.
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project execution activities.
• Experience performing schedule analysis, critical path assessments, and recovery planning.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary project controls teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within multicultural and diverse project environments.
• Demonstrated commitment to HSSE leadership and quality management principles.
• Experience managing EPCM projects.