KbrOpen

Lead Specialist , Project Controls

Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Posted
Oct 23, 2026
Last seen
Oct 24, 2026

About the role

Title:

Lead Specialist , Project Controls

Job Title

Lead Specialist I Project Control

Division

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Responsibilities:

- Forecasts, controls, and reports project costs for projects. - Develops and provides project variances, trending and analysis of expenditures, monthly forecasts and reporting. - Reviews project costs incurred by category, calculates future costs based on labor productivity, material price increases, subcontract, wage rates and risk analysis. - Participates in or leads change control process. Ensures the development and completion of job progress milestones through scheduling. - Coordinates with procurement and material mangers as well as engineering work group leads pertaining to essential items of supply. - Provides priorities for projects to guarantee completion. Contributes to forecasts and disbursements by performing schedule analysis. - Under general supervision, solves complex problems requiring detailed knowledge of field and industry best practices in project controls. - Uses experience and problem solving skills to develop and improve processes. - May provide guidance to less experienced team members. - Position also may require accounting, financial management and customer reporting responsibilities at the project level.

Qualifications including Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

- Skills required for this job are typically acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree and 10+ years of experience.

Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability

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