Project Controls Manager

Job Description

The Project Controls Manager provides leadership, governance, and oversight for project controls across a large and diverse capital portfolio at an integrated steel manufacturing facility. The portfolio spans projects ranging from less than $1MM to over $1B in capital investment.

This role ensures disciplined cost control, scheduling oversight, resource planning, FEL stage-gate readiness, and compliance with project management standards. The position directly supervises contract-based and contingent project controls personnel and partners closely with multiple Project Managers to drive consistency, transparency, and predictability in capital execution.

Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Oversight & Governance

• Provide project controls leadership across the full CAPEX portfolio (FEL through closeout).
• Establish and maintain standardized controls processes, reporting frameworks, and performance metrics.
• Deliver portfolio-level visibility into cost, schedule, risk, and resource performance for senior leadership.

Cost & Financial Control

• Oversee development and validation of project budgets, estimates, cash flow forecasts, and funding packages.
• Monitor cost performance, forecasting accuracy, and change control across projects.
• Identify trends, risks, and variances; support corrective action planning with Project Managers.

Scheduling Oversight

• Ensure project teams develop and maintain high-quality, logically constructed schedules aligned with scope and FEL maturity.
• Review schedule integrity, progress measurement, and forecasting practices.
• Provide oversight of schedule risk and recovery planning on critical or high-risk projects.

Resource & Controls Team Leadership

• Directly supervise contingent and contract-based project controls personnel, including schedulers, cost analysts, document control, and project support staff.
• Define expectations, assign workload, and ensure consistent quality of deliverables.
• Coordinate resource planning across the portfolio to align staffing capacity with project demand.

FEL Stage-Gate & Compliance

• Lead project controls inputs for stage-gate reviews, including estimate quality, schedule readiness, and risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with site and corporate project management deliverables and governance standards.
• Support continuous improvement of capital execution practices.

Executive Reporting

• Develop concise dashboards and reporting for the Director of Engineering and site leadership.
• Translate project data into clear, actionable insights for investment and operational decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field or equivalent relevant experience in capital project delivery or project controls.
• 5+ years of experience supporting or leading project controls in heavy industrial or manufacturing environments (steel, metals, mining, chemicals, power, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience overseeing project controls across a multi-project capital portfolio.
• Experience supervising contract or contingent project controls personnel preferred.
• Strong understanding of FEL-based project development, cost estimating practices, and schedule management principles.
• Proficiency with project controls systems (e.g., Primavera P6, cost management platforms, advanced Excel).

Key Attributes

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical discipline.
• Able to influence multiple Project Managers and functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage senior leadership.
• High level of accountability, organization, and execution rigor.

Company Overview

Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.

Underneath it all is our Culture of Caring, which shows up in our community partnerships, charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, scholarship programs, leadership training, and much more. And of course, it takes shape in a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.

We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

• Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies® 2022, '23, '24
• Disability: IN's Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, '22, '23, '24
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Equality 100 Award 2020, '21, '22, '23-24, '25
• Military Times' Best for Vets: Employers 2023, '24

Conducting business with integrity and with the highest ethical values has underpinned U. S. Steel's success for over 100 years, and it remains critical to our company's success in the future. U. S. Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) according to job qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, genetics, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability status or status as a protected Veteran or any other legally protected group status. (California residents may visit regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)

Competency Summary

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals:

Think: Think Critically and Drive Change
Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate
Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Results