Job Description

Create clarity. Strengthen performance. Keep complex projects moving.

At Sedgman, we deliver some of the world’s most complex mineral processing projects, supporting clients across the global resources and critical minerals sectors.

As Project Controls Manager, you will lead the systems, coordinate workflows with different disciplines and insights that help a major EPCM project achieve safe, predictable and commercially successful outcomes.

Based across Belo Horizonte and the project site in Brazil, you will oversee the project controls function across planning, cost management, change management, reporting and risk. Working closely with project leadership and the client, you will establish the frameworks and performance visibility needed to support informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle.

This is an opportunity to shape project controls from establishment through execution, lead a capable team and create the reporting discipline needed to keep a complex project aligned, accountable and moving forward.

In this role, you will:

• Establish and maintain project controls processes, procedures and reporting frameworks aligned with Sedgman standards and client expectations.
• Lead the planning, cost control, earned value, changes, risk and performance reporting disciplines for the project.
• Oversee the implementation and effective use of cost management and project controls systems.
• Monitor project performance against approved budgets, schedules and baselines, identifying trends, forecasting variances and emerging issues.
• Provide project leadership with clear performance insights, recommendations and corrective actions.
• Lead project controls reviews and audits at key stages of the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate the exchange of cost, schedule, progress, changes, risk and change information across project disciplines.
• Support project proposals, change management, claims and time and cost assessments.
• Build, lead, coach and develop the project controls team.
• Partner with project leadership, the client and delivery teams to strengthen governance, accountability and predictable delivery.

What we’re looking for

You’re an experienced project controls leader who can turn complex project information into clear, actionable insight. You combine strong technical capability with commercial awareness, leadership credibility and the ability to influence across multidisciplinary project environments.

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, finance, project management or a related discipline.
• Significant project controls or project management experience within mining, mineral processing, engineering or construction.
• Proven experience working within EPCM project environments.
• Strong knowledge of planning, cost control, changes, risk, change management and performance reporting.
• Advanced capability using Primavera P6, ERP Systems (JD Edwards, SAP), Microsoft applications and earned value reporting.
• Experience establishing project controls frameworks and supporting major projects through execution.
• Strong leadership, client engagement, collaboration and communication skills.
• High attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities in a complex project environment.
• Professional fluency in Portuguese and English is strongly preferred for this Brazil-based project.
• Positive attitude, excellent interpersonal skills, continuous improvement seeking and negotiations skills.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to establish the controls environment behind a major mineral processing project and directly influence its performance from planning through execution. You’ll join a global organisation known for technical excellence, collaborative delivery and long-standing client partnerships.

If you’re looking for more in your next move, you’ll find it here: more opportunity to shape project performance, more impact through data-led decision-making, more perspective through global collaboration, and more purpose supporting the resources and critical minerals projects helping shape the future.

If this opportunity resonates with you, we’d love to hear from you. Submit your CV in English and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant project controls experience and the impact you could bring to this role.

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