Chief - Project Controls

At Midrex, you will do work that matters alongside people who believe you matter. The work won’t be easy, but it will be worth it. You’ll be part of a great team—with plenty of autonomy—to bring out your best. And you’ll be well compensated and have a best-in-class benefits package. Take a look:

• Competitive benefits effective from Day 1

• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) matching (up to 6%)

• Profit sharing with 401(k) kicker

• Generous overtime for qualified positions

• 4 weeks of paid vacation

• Tuition reimbursement

• Raffles for professional sports tickets

• Half-day Fridays

• Flexible home/office work practices

• Paid time to volunteer

• Employee recognition awards

Since 1987, Midrex has been the world leader in direct reduction technology, offering the best proven method for decarbonization in the iron and steel industry available today. Our rapid growth is transforming the steel industry and our planet. And none of it would be possible without our people, who bring vision, compassion, and extraordinary expertise to this work every day. So, if you’re looking to do big work in a small-team environment, Midrex is just the place for you.

Position Summary:

The Chief - Project Controls builds and leads a best-in-class project controls function supporting complex industrial and infrastructure projects. This is a unique opportunity to play a critical leadership role in shaping how projects are planned, forecasted, monitored, and successfully delivered.  Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role establishes a proactive, integrated capability focused on schedule certainty, cost predictability, risk mitigation, and informed decision-making. The position serves as a trusted advisor to project teams and executive leadership and partners closely with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Accounting, and Executive Leadership to improve forecast accuracy, schedule reliability, margin performance, and overall project delivery.

SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE:

Within the first 12 to 24 months, the Project Controls Manager will be expected to:

• Establish a standardized project controls framework across the organization.
• Improve schedule and cost forecasting accuracy.
• Implement integrated project performance dashboards.
• Create clear portfolio-level visibility into risks and opportunities.
• Reduce manual reporting effort through standardization and automation.
• Improve project predictability, accountability, and execution performance.
• Position Project Controls as a trusted partner to project teams and executive leadership.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Establishes and leads the project controls organization across the project portfolio.
• Mentors and develops project controls teammates while fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
• Leads project controls teams supporting multiple projects or portfolios, as assigned.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements standards, processes, and governance for scheduling, forecasting, risk management, progress measurement, and reporting.
• Builds a scalable project controls framework that supports company growth and operational excellence.
• Oversees the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules that reflect execution strategies, key milestones, and critical-path activities.
• Leads schedule reviews, recovery planning, and forecasting efforts and identifies schedule risks and opportunities before they affect project outcomes.
• Implements robust cost-control and forecasting processes and monitors performance against budgets, commitments, and forecasts.
• Develops reliable estimate-at-completion methodologies and partners with Accounting and Project Management to improve forecasting accuracy and financial visibility.
• Establishes project risk-management processes and reporting; ensures risks are identified, quantified, tracked, and incorporated into forecasts.
• Improves visibility into project changes and commercial impacts and supports leadership in assessing and mitigating emerging risks.
• Transforms project reporting into forward-looking business intelligence through executive dashboards, portfolio metrics, trend analysis, project-health assessments, and early-warning indicators.
• Serves as the business leader for project controls systems, reporting platforms, and data governance.
• Improves data quality, reporting efficiency, and system integration and supports automation initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve decision-making.
• Standardizes project controls across the organization to improve schedule and cost forecasting, portfolio-level risk visibility, project predictability, accountability, and execution performance.

Skills/Abilities:

Required:

• Strong technical knowledge of scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, risk management, and project performance management.
• Ability to integrate schedule, cost, progress, risk, and commercial performance into a clear view of project health.
• Business acumen and understanding of how project performance affects profitability, cash flow, client satisfaction, and long-term business success.
• Executive-level communication, influence, analytical judgment, and the ability to deliver difficult messages, challenge assumptions, and elevate concerns early.
• Demonstrated ability to build, standardize, and improve processes, systems, and organizational capabilities.
• Ability to lead organizational transformation and drive adoption of new ways of working in a project environment.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• Ten or more years of project controls experience supporting complex capital, industrial, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, or EPC projects.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 and modern project reporting and analytics tools.
• Demonstrated experience in scheduling, cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, and project performance management.
• Experience developing or improving project controls processes within a growing organization.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle management from engineering through commissioning and startup.
• Experience working closely with project managers, finance teams, and executive leadership.

Preferred:

• Professional certification such as PMP, PSP, EVP, AACE, or equivalent.
• Experience leading project controls teams across multiple projects or portfolios.
• Familiarity with integrated project delivery and EP+S or EPC contract environments.

Travel REQUIREMENTS:

• 15% International and Domestic based upon project demands

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to move around a project site, including climbing structures.

Other duties:

Please note this position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Midrex is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable laws. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Midrex will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the People and Culture department.