Project Controller/ Cost Engineer / Remote

Apetan Consulting LLC is seeking a Project Controller/ Cost Engineer to provide functional leadership and project controls expertise for Chevron's global Asset Retirement portfolio. The role involves partnering with project teams and stakeholders to ensure cost and schedule predictability while applying standardized project controls practices.

Responsibilities:

• 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
• 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:

• Bachelor s 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
• 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