Director of Project Controls

About us

Pacifico Energy is a global energy infrastructure firm supporting complex large load projects from development through to operations. The company serves as a trusted partner across engineering financing construction and optimization delivering tailored power solutions for large energy users including data centers. With a proven international track record and over 15 years as a large-scale developer Pacifico brings speed and knowledgeable oversight to projects from start to finish.

We are seeking a Director of Project Controls to build lead and manage Pacificos Project Controls team within the EPC organization and to establish the corporate-level governance standards and systems for the controls function. This person will provide portfolio-level leadership across the four core disciplines of project controls planning scheduling contract controls (budget and cost controls) and document controls for Pacificos portfolio of large-scale power generation for data centers. They will serve as the central authority for cost schedule contract and reporting integrity giving executive leadership objective oversight and decision support and will be the controls point of credibility for investors lenders and customers. This role will report to our Head of EPC in our Dallas office.

What you get to do:

Team Build-Out & Leadership

• Build and lead the Project Controls function under EPC; define team structure roles responsibilities and escalation paths across planning scheduling contract controls and document controls.

• Hire onboard mentor and manage controls staff (schedulers cost/contract analysts document control specialists coordinators) as the portfolio scales.

• Set performance standards workload allocation and development paths for the team.

Planning

• Lead front-end project planning: work breakdown structures baseline schedules and budgets and execution-strategy alignment with Development and EPC.

• Provide planning support from early development through construction and closeout ensuring consistent methodology across the portfolio.

Scheduling

• Own integrated project schedules (Primavera P6) and manage the critical path across all active projects in the portfolio.

• Establish schedule governance standards baseline control progress measurement and variance/recovery planning.

• Provide schedule risk analysis and scenario planning to support executive decisions.

Contract Controls (Budget & Cost Controls)

• Own cost forecasting and budgeting across the portfolio: earned value cost-to-complete contingency management and variance analysis with corrective-action plans.

• Administer contract controls through the EPC build phase: change-order control claims and liquidated-damages defense and commercial compliance with contract terms.

• Support ITC-related schedule and financial compliance by aligning development engineering procurement and construction activities.

Document Controls

• Establish and own portfolio-wide document control standards and systems (e.g. Procore) transmittals submittals RFIs drawing/document revisions and records management.

• Ensure document traceability version control and audit-readiness to support lender investor and Independent Engineer reviews.

Portfolio Oversight & Governance

• Provide end-to-end controls oversight across the power generation project portfolio.

• Establish and maintain portfolio-level governance frameworks for planning schedule cost/contract and document controls.

• Ensure consistency accuracy and transparency of project data used for executive decision-making.

Development-to-EPC Coordination

• Partner with Development on critical paths milestones and execution risks.

• Drive proactive de-risking during development to enable smooth handoffs to EPC/construction.

• Facilitate development-to-EPC transitions by aligning scope schedule cost and contractual assumptions.

Financing / Lender / Investor Interface

• Serve as the controls point of credibility for investors lenders and customers in diligence and financing.

• Interface with lenders and the Independent Engineer on draws and progress certification.

• Produce executive- and board-level reporting on cost schedule contract status forecast and risk.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the central coordination point across EPC Development Finance Legal Accounting and executive leadership; resolve dependencies and manage interfaces.

• Translate complex technical financial contractual and schedule information into clear executive-level insight and recommendations.

Standards Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Define implement and continuously improve controls standards tools and reporting frameworks across all four control disciplines.

• Own the controls toolset (incl. Primavera P6 Procore) at the portfolio level; improve systems processes and data governance to support scalable growth.

• 15 years in project controls (incl. 5 years leading a controls function) spanning planning scheduling contract/cost controls and document controls in power energy infrastructure or large-scale EPC.

• Track record on GW-scale / $1b projects through construction and commercial operation (power generation or comparable large-scale power infrastructure).

• People-management experience: has built staffed and managed a project controls team spanning multiple control disciplines (required).

• Deep expertise in scheduling (Primavera P6) cost control contract/change management portfolio forecasting and earned value.

• Experience with document control systems and standards (e.g. Procore) at a portfolio level.

• Experience supporting project financing and investor/lender/Independent Engineer reporting.

• Strong understanding of EPC delivery models and contract-driven execution.

• Proven ability to partner with Development Finance Legal and executive leadership.

• Bachelors in engineering construction management or finance;

• PMP / PSP a plus.

• Full-time Dallas presence.