Our Brazil Project Execution team is expanding to support a strong pipeline of EPC/EPCM projects within our Minerals & Metals business. We're seeking an experienced Project Controls, Manager to lead project controls activities across multiple project locations and contribute to both ongoing and future project delivery.

About the role

The Project Controls Manager would be responsible for providing strategic leadership across project controls functions, ensuring effective planning, scheduling, cost control, progress measurement, forecasting, and change management processes. This role would play a key part in supporting project delivery objectives, driving performance visibility, and providing critical decision-making insights to project leadership teams.

• Leading and mentoring a team of Project Controls professionals across planning, cost control, reporting, and performance management.
• Establishing and maintaining project controls frameworks, systems, and governance processes.
• Overseeing project scheduling, cost management, forecasting, and progress measurement activities.
• Driving project change management practices and ensuring impacts to scope, cost, and schedule are effectively assessed and communicated.
• Supporting the development and review of project estimates, budgets, and resource plans.
• Delivering comprehensive project reporting, including KPIs, earned value analysis, forecasts, cash flow projections, variance analysis, and executive dashboards.
• Collaborating closely with Project Managers and key stakeholders to identify risks, opportunities, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Contributing to value engineering and continuous improvement efforts across the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring consistency of project controls methodologies and best practices across multiple projects or project phases.

About You

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in engineering consultancy or professional services environment.
• Proven experience in Project Controls leadership roles within EPC, EPCM, mining, infrastructure, energy, or major capital project environments.
• Strong expertise in project planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Hands-on experience with Primavera P6 and other project controls or cost management tools.
• A solid understanding of project management principles and industry best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, and influence multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing complex projects with multiple interfaces and competing priorities.
• Professional proficiency in English, with the ability to communicate effectively in international and multicultural environments.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel and mobilize across different project locations within Brazil, as required.
• A proactive, collaborative, and results-driven approach.
• A degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Construction Management, or a related discipline is advantageous.

Why Ausenco?

We support individual growth and aim to allow you to work in a way that plays to your strengths and cover your needs. Get to know our value proposition:

Compensation and work life balance – Beyond a competitive remuneration package. Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model, allowing you to balance office days with working from home. Enjoy the benefits of modern leave policies including paid parental leave and celebrate with us special holidays.
Career advancement – Be supported in your ongoing development with technical training, mentoring programs and frequent networking opportunities.
Balance and Wellness – Take a proactive approach to your overall wellbeing. Access to confidential counselling, health services and a benefits program that supports your needs.
Recognition and Appreciation – Participate in multidirectional spaces where a culture of local and global recognition is fostered, where everyone is recognized for their contribution to the business and projects.
Communication and Commitment – Live the experience of working in a dynamic company with global processes and work with highly reputable industry leaders who value your contribution.

Our people don’t settle for the status quo. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to help set a new standard in sustainability, we’ll help you find your place. This means working with you to develop a unique career path and skillset to match your ambition.

We’re proud of the work we do, and we do it within a culture that is open, honest, and cooperative. We have a history of attracting visionary people who embrace challenges and deliver creative solutions for every project, and your voice is an important part of the conversation.

As a global company we embrace and encourage diversity in its fullest sense – gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, experience, nationality, colour, language, religion, location, disability, education, skills, working styles and time availability. Our work environments are based on mutual trust and respect for the rights and opportunities of every individual.

Join us and work a better way.