Manager Project Controls Excellence

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a recognized leader in the refining industry and operates under the well-known CITGO brand.

CITGO owns and operates three refineries located in Lake Charles, LA.; Lemont, IL.; and Corpus Christi, TX, and wholly and/or jointly owns 43 active terminals, six pipelines and three lubricants blending and packaging plants.

With approximately 3,300 employees and a combined crude capacity of approximately 829,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), positions CITGO as one of the best-branded supplier companies in the industry.

At CITGO our people are our most important resource.

Our core values are Safety, Integrity, Respect, Accountability, and Care.

Job Summary

The Manager, Project Controls Excellence serves as CITGO's enterprise authority for capital project controls, investment assurance, and cost predictability across the corporation's capital portfolio.

This role establishes and governs enterprise project controls standards, methodologies, and performance expectations to support the successful delivery of capital investments and strategic growth initiatives.

The position provides independent assessment and assurance of project cost, schedule, and project controls maturity to support executive capital allocation decisions and governance processes.

As the corporation's leading authority on estimating, benchmarking, and project controls excellence, the role influences investment prioritization, improves portfolio performance, drives organizational capability development, and enhances confidence in capital project outcomes across all business units.

The role partners directly with Business Unit leadership, Strategic Planning, Finance, and the Executive Leadership Team to ensure capital investments achieve optimal value, affordability, and strategic alignment while maintaining industry-leading project controls practices.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree - Technical related degree plus 15 years of experience.

Bachelors degree -Engineering - preferred, Master's Degree - Project Management, Construction Management, MBA, Engineering or similar - preferred

Demonstrate knowledge of project cost control, scheduling, and estimating.

The employee should also:

(a) demonstrate the ability to supervise and coordinate the work of professionals, technical staff, and support personnel to facilitate the achievement of departmental goals;

(b) be able to communicate clearly both in written and oral mediums and with audiences ranging from technical support personnel to non-technically oriented executive leaders

(c) have profiiency in computer skills such a Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Scheduling Software.and SAP

Job Duties

Establish and govern the enterprise project controls framework that drives capital investment performance, portfolio predictability, and disciplined project execution across all CITGO business units.

Serve as the corporation's recognized authority on project controls strategy, advisi...