Project Controls Advisor / Cost Engineer

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. 

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. 

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

The Project Controls Advisor / Cost Engineer provides functional leadership and project controls expertise supporting our client's global Asset Retirement (AR) portfolio. This role partners closely with Asset Retirement project teams, Business Units, and functional stakeholders to enable cost and schedule predictability, robust forecasting, and disciplined change management across a diverse portfolio of decommissioning, remediation, and abandonment projects.

The position is based in Covington, LA and serves as a trusted advisor, applying standardized CEPS and CPMS project controls practices while tailoring solutions to the unique risks and execution challenges of global asset retirement work.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio & Project Controls Leadership
• Provide project controls and cost engineering advisory support across the Global Asset Retirement portfolio, including onshore, offshore, and legacy assets.
• Steward Chevron project controls standards (CPMS, CEPS) and ensure consistent application across projects and regions.
• Act as a key interface between Asset Retirement leadership, project managers, finance, SCM, and execution teams.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

Cost Management & Forecasting

• Develop, maintain, and steward cost baselines, budgets, and forecasts (including Estimate at Completion).
• Support annual business planning, long range planning, and portfolio level forecasting for Asset Retirement activities.
• Analyze cost trends, variances, and risks; provide clear insights and decision ready recommendations to leadership.

Schedule & Performance Integration

• Partner with planners/schedulers to ensure integrated cost, schedule, and progress measurement.
•  Monitor performance against deterministic and probabilistic targets and highlight emerging risks and opportunities.
• Support milestone tracking and schedule risk awareness at project and portfolio levels.

Change Management & Risk

• Lead or support Cost Engineering Management of Change (CE MoC) processes for scope, cost, and schedule changes.
• Support risk assessment activities, including contingency analysis and portfolio risk insights.
• Provide input to assurance reviews, lookbacks, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Reporting & Digital Enablement

• Maintain project controls systems (e.g., EcoSys or equivalent) and ensure data quality and transparency.
• Develop and steward cost, schedule, and performance reporting, including Power BI dashboards and executive summaries.
• Contribute to data analytics, benchmarking, and digital transformation efforts within Asset Retirement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or related discipline.
• Significant experience in project controls and cost engineering, preferably within energy, industrial, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong working knowledge of cost estimating, budgeting, forecasting, progress measurement, and change management.
• Experience supporting portfolios or programs with multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex cost and schedule information to technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting asset retirement, decommissioning, remediation, or late life asset portfolios.
• Familiarity with Chevron CPMS / CEPS practices or similar stage gate project delivery systems.
• Experience with EcoSys, SAP, Power BI, or other project controls and analytics tools.
• Demonstrated advisor level capability influencing without authority across global, cross functional teams.
• Professional certifications (AACE, PMP, or equivalent) are a plus.

Key Competencies

• Strategic and analytical thinking
• Strong business acumen and financial awareness
• Risk based decision making
• Clear, concise communication for leadership audiences
• Collaboration across cultures, regions, and disciplines

Onboarding Requirements

• Background Check
• Drug Screen
• Education Verification
• GO272
• GO272A
• Acknowledgement of Temporary Assignment
• Harassment Guide Acknowledgement
• Smartbadge Photo

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs* 

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Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

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