Director, Project Controls

About Us QISG leverages Quanta’s comprehensive resources to deliver collaborative solutions for our partners' energy infrastructure needs. We use in-house talent, expertise and resources to plan, design, engineer, manage, conduct maintenance on and construct projects. Our turnkey service capabilities provide our customers with efficiency, consistency, attention to detail and safe execution. The QISG team brings together Engineering, Safety, Quality, Material Procurement, QA/QC, Right-of-Way Acquisition, Scheduling, Environmental Planning, Permitting, Title and Land Management expertise that ensure outstanding results for our clients. About this Role The Director, Project Controls leads the project controls function across commercial construction and technology infrastructure projects (including data center, mission-critical, and large commercial builds), with primary ownership of schedule management, document control/change management, risk identification and control, project management structure & governance, and progress reporting/physical completion measurement. This role establishes the standards, tools, and workflows that keep project information organized, traceable, and actionable; from baseline schedule development (preconstruction) through post commissioning closeout. This key leader will partner with Project Management, Internal/External Design, Self Perform & External Construction Operations, and Owner/Client representatives to ensure projects are executed on a disciplined, well-governed foundation. The Director maintains general awareness of cost and budget performance as it relates to schedule and change activity but does not hold primary ownership of cost/EVM functions, which are managed by a separate Cost Controls discipline. The Director leads and develops a team of schedulers, document control specialists, and progress/reporting analysts, driving consistency and continuous improvement in project controls practices across the portfolio. What You'll Do KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Leadership & Development Develop the overall vision and strategy for the Project controls department. This includes developing a staffing strategy to support a rapid growth strategy within QDC. Lead, mentor, and develop project controls staff, including mid-level managers, schedulers, document control specialists, and reporting analysts Establish training and onboarding programs to build consistent project controls capability across the organization Provide functional leadership including staffing strategy, performance management, and resource allocation across projects Be a collaborative, disciplined, and detail-oriented project controls leader within QDC and all other Quanta companies. Set the standard and drive the correct culture. Benchmark project controls processes & performance against in-company teams as well as industry best in class standards to identify gaps and drive continuous improvement Schedule Leadership Oversee the development, integration, and maintenance of project level master integrated schedules. This includes detailed subcontracted project schedules (CPM), for design, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities Review and validate schedule logic, durations, sequencing, resource loading, and milestone alignment with contractual requirements Lead schedule quality reviews, critical path and near-critical path analysis, and recovery/mitigation planning Facilitate interactive planning and pull-planning sessions with project teams, trade partners, and stakeholders Ensure schedules reflect current scope, approved changes, and field progress on a consistent update cycle Own the schedule basis and update procedures, and ensure schedule time impact analyses are prepared to support change and delay evaluations Document Control & Change Leadership Establish and oversee project document control procedures, including submittal logs, transmittals, drawing revisions, and record retention Own the change management process end-to-end — identification, logging, evaluation, approval workflow, and incorporation into schedule, scope, and reporting baselines Ensure changes (RFIs, PCOs, CCDs, ASIs, field directives) are tracked, dispositioned, and closed out in a consistent, auditable system Maintain version control and traceability across drawings, specifications, and contract documents throughout the project lifecycle Ensure document control practices support audit readiness and contractual/legal defensibility of project records Risk Identification & Control Lead project risk identification, qualification, and quantification, including schedule and delay risk Establish and maintain project risk registers, ensuring risks are assigned owners, mitigation plans, and regular review cadence Facilitate risk workshops with project leadership, design, and construction teams to surface emerging risks early Integrate risk analysis into schedule contingency, forecasting, and executive reporting Track risk trends over time and ensure lessons learned are captured and fed back into future project setup Project Management Structure & Governance Establish standardized project file structures and document retention protocols across projects Define and oversee governance for RFIs, RFQs, submittals, and drawing organization, ensuring consistent numbering, workflows, and turnaround tracking Implement and maintain project management structures (WBS, coding standards, filing conventions) that support consistent controls across the portfolio and/or support specific customer requirements Ensure project setup on new projects follows standardized project controls execution plans (PCEPs) and templates Partner with IT/systems teams to select, configure, and optimize project controls and document management platforms Drive adoption of consistent naming conventions and organizational standards across teams and offices Progress Repor