Blue Energy · 16 hours ago
Project Controls Engineer
Greater Houston
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expBlue Energy is focused on unlocking energy abundance and affordability through innovative nuclear solutions. They are seeking a detail-oriented Project Controls Engineer to support planning, cost control, and project management for gas turbine and combined cycle power plant projects.
EnergyEnergy ManagementNuclearRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Track project budgets, commitments, and expenditures
Develop and maintain cost control systems and produce regular cost reports
Monitor trends and provide early warnings on potential budget overruns
Develop and report cash flow projections
Maintain consistency with the project schedule
Maintain clear log and record of commercial updates to the project and maintain accessible copies of commercial documents
Support change control processes including impact analysis, cost/schedule assessments, and documentation
Coordinate with project management to assess cost and schedule impacts of scope changes
Understand the original scope of work and identify clear scope changes and / or development changes related to quantity, schedule, execution, permitting, etc. and evaluate the impact
Collect and analyze performance data for earned value reporting (EVMS)
Track percent complete across disciplines and generate progress curves
Calculate and track performance factors (PF) against budgeted time and manpower expenditure to achieve activities
Develop budgets and schedules with associated time, cost and manpower elements
Prepare weekly and monthly project reports covering schedule, cost, and performance metrics and clearly identify variance
Coordinate with Suppliers, Contractors and external Engineering Contractors to integrate their cost and progress status information
Collaborate with engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams to gather inputs and verify data
Integrate the schedule and activities with the cost and progress base
Support and coordinate in the development and maintenance of the detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 or equivalent tools
Support and Integrate engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities into one master schedule that is reflected in the cost and progress base
Participate in identification of critical path, float, and schedule risks; recommend mitigation strategies
Lead Risk Assessment analysis, updates and periodic team meetings
Assists with ensuring the integrity and accuracy of project information by maintaining current and correct information in the Company's project control system
Assist Project Manager and Construction Manger as needed
Provide contract management support by upkeep of supplier and contractor cost and progress information
Coordinate with procurement group to obtain and track supplier and contractor invoicing and payment information as needed
Assist with estimating activities and / or verification
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree financial, engineering, construction management, or other related field with OTJ experience; OR
10+ years of qualified experience in the field
A minimum of 5 years of experience in project planning and control, financial budgeting, cost and/or project estimating experience
Strong financial, scheduling and process background
Ability to prepare documents using word processing (MS Word), presentation (MS PowerPoint) and spreadsheet (MS Excel) application software
Willingness to travel and/or work from Project Construction site or to other Company offices and supplier sites, as required, to coordinate project control information
Knowledge of computer-based cost, planning, and scheduling systems
Preferred
Energy services experience is desirable
Oracle Financials experience is preferred
Oracle Primavera P6 experience is preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
5–10 years of project controls experience on power generation or large industrial projects
Prior experience with gas turbines, HRSGs, and combined cycle plants is highly preferred
Proficient in cost control tools (Primavera P6, MS Project, Excel, SAP, etc.)
Knowledge of EPC project lifecycle and interfaces between engineering, procurement, and construction
Company
Blue Energy
Blue Energy is a modular nuclear power plant company that provides offshore nuclear power plants.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageRecent News
2025-11-01
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