Principal Project Controls Lead

Skip to main content. sitemap Profile Sign Out View More Jobs Principal Project Controls Lead Abilene, TX, United StatesUnited States Hot Job Job Identification 336509 Job Category Technology Operations Posting Date 06/30/2026, 12:58 AM Role Individual Contributor Job Type Regular Employee Does this position require a security clearance? No Years 6 to 10+ years Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English Job Description ABOUT THE ROLE:Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Data Center Delivery Organization is searching for a Principal Project Controls Lead to support delivery of OCI’s Abilene AI Data Center.This role manages project controls across schedule, cost, risk, procurement readiness, logistics visibility, and delivery performance. The Principal Project Controls Lead will partner with delivery teams, construction partners, suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing partners, and leadership to improve project predictability, identify critical-path risks, and provide clear, actionable reporting.The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented project controls professional who can translate project data into practical, field-informed insights. Success in this role will be measured by improved project visibility, reporting accuracy, schedule predictability, risk escalation, mitigation follow-through, and cross-functional alignment. The role is based in Abilene, Texas. Oracle offers relocation packages to eligible candidates. May consider remote flexibility for candidates located in the DFW area.  Responsibilities Responsible for leading the integrated project controls for assigned OCI data center delivery scopes, including schedule tracking, milestone reporting, forecasting, cost visibility, risk tracking, and leadership updates. Develop project controls tools and trackers, including schedules, milestone trackers, action logs, risk registers, issue logs, recovery plans, and project health dashboards. Track project performance across schedule, cost, procurement readiness, material delivery, supplier status, manufacturing alignment, logistics readiness, field execution, safety trends, and mitigation closure. Identify critical-path risks, schedule slippage, dependencies, procurement gaps, supplier constraints, manufacturing bottlenecks, logistics risks, and field execution blockers. POC with project managers, construction teams, supply chain, suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing partners, and technical stakeholders to validate project status and improve schedule predictability. Support schedule development and maintenance, including baseline tracking, variance analysis, lookahead reporting, progress updates, and recovery forecasting. Track cost and change impacts, including budget risks, forecast changes, pending issues, potential claims, and project-level variance narratives. Coordinate long-lead procurement, supplier readiness, material availability, manufacturing progress, and logistics plans against project execution needs. Lead support prefab, modular delivery, manufacturing coordination, and industrialized delivery by aligning manufacturing status with site readiness and installation requirements. Own the project controls reporting for leadership, including KPI dashboards, variance summaries, risk updates, recovery recommendations, and decision-support materials. Conduct project status reviews through field engagement, site walks, supplier check-ins, construction partner...