Sr Advisor III, Turnaround Project Controls
Houston, TX, US, 77042
Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future
As a Sr Advisor III, Turnaround Project Controls, you will lead project management and cost control efforts that help Phillips 66 safely and reliably execute major refinery turnarounds across our network. You will serve as a subject matter expert for turnaround project controls, partnering with refinery and corporate leaders to standardize practices, strengthen cost and schedule visibility, and drive continuous improvement. This is a high-impact role for an experienced project professional who enjoys shaping processes, coaching others, and turning complex data into clear, actionable insights.
What You’ll Do
- Lead planning and delivery of turnaround project controls for medium-sized projects, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and risk are defined, integrated, and managed in line with Phillips 66 project and governance standards.
- Provide enterprise-wide oversight and advisory support for turnaround cost estimating, tracking, forecasting, cash flow development, and reporting across refinery sites, challenging assumptions and improving forecast accuracy.
- Establish, implement, and steward common standards, tools, key performance indicators (KPIs), and work processes for turnaround project controls, including integration of systems such as Toadfly IPS, SAP, ECM, and scheduling tools.
- Lead stakeholder engagement across site turnaround teams, project controls, planners, schedulers, contractors, and corporate leaders to define deliverables, manage expectations, and align on priorities and recovery plans when risks arise.
- Analyze estimates, staffing plans, schedules, and performance trends across refineries and against benchmarks, using earned value and other project controls metrics to identify cost and schedule risks and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop and maintain project plans, status reports, and assurance reviews that give senior stakeholders clear visibility to progress, issues, and decision points throughout the turnaround lifecycle, including closeout and lessons learned.
- Build medium- to long-term work schedules and resource plans across multiple teams, negotiating budgets and optimizing resource deployment to meet business goals and turnaround readiness milestones.
- Coach and develop project controls personnel and turnaround team members at the sites, delivering training, tools, and feedback that build capability and embed continuous improvement in cost and schedule practices.
What You’ll Bring – Required
- Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8 or more years of working experience in a planning, scheduling, and/or cost control role in the oil and gas, chemicals, or related industry
- Experience in turnaround cost estimating from long-range planning through detailed estimates, cost tracking, cost forecasting, cost impact analysis, and development of project and turnaround cash flows
- Advanced proficiency with SAP, Toadfly IPS, Primavera P6, turnaround or project controls software systems, and Microsoft Suites
- Traveling up to 50%
- Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Card
What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field, with emphasis in project controls, cost engineering, construction controls, or project management
- 15 or more years of experience in project controls, cost engineering, turnaround project controls, or closely related roles
- Knowledge of earned value, forecasting techniques, estimate-at-completion methodologies, budget control, and variance analysis
- Experience supporting refinery turnarounds or major industrial events in a multi-site environment
- Advanced experience leading multi-site turnaround project controls programs and enterprise system implementations
- Experience leading medium- to large-sized project teams, managing project resource budgets, and coordinating work across multiple teams and stakeholders
- Expertise using project management, collaboration, and data analysis tools to track performance, manage risks and issues, and inform decision-making
- Strong communication, stakeholder influence, and executive presentation skills, including the ability to convey complex cost and schedule risks in a clear, concise way
Compensation Range
This position has a base salary range of $185,400 - $226,600.
At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.
Total Rewards
At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:
- Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
- 8% 401k company match
- Cash Balance Account pension
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
- Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services
Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.
Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.
Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.
To be considered
In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 05/29/2026.
Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Nearest Major Market: Houston