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Airswift is looking for a Project Controls Advisor to support a major client in Covington, LA on a 12-month assignment. Schedule: 9/80. The Project Controls Advisor / Cost Engineer provides functional leadership and project controls expertise supporting the company 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.
Job Responsibility:
Provide project controls and cost engineering advisory support across the Global Asset Retirement portfolio, including onshore, offshore, and legacy assets
Steward 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
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
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
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
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
Coach and mentor project teams and less experienced project controls practitioners
Share best practices and lessons learned across regions and projects
Collaborate with global CEPS and Asset Retirement teams to drive consistency, efficiency, and continuous improvement
Requirements:
Bachelors degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or a 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
Strong business acumen and financial awareness
Risk based decision making
Clear, concise communication for leadership audiences
Collaboration across cultures, regions, and disciplines
Nice to have:
Experience supporting asset retirement, decommissioning, remediation, or late life asset portfolios
Familiarity with 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