Cost & Schedule Advisor
Houston, TX, US
About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
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We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.
What role you will play in our team
We are seeking talented project professionals with diverse backgrounds and experience levels in project management to join ExxonMobil Global Projects. Bring your expertise and leadership potential to help shape world-class projects and become a trusted subject matter expert within our global team.
What you will do
ExxonMobil Global Projects is seeking a highly experienced Cost & Schedule Advisor to support and strengthen delivery of world class projects across our portfolio. We are looking for a senior professional with 20+ years of experience who brings deep, proven expertise in estimating, advanced project controls, planning, and capital project development and execution. This position plays a key role in bringing insights to the stakeholders regarding the cost and schedule estimate, risk areas/vulnerabilities, and opportunities. In this senior advisory role, you will provide technical validation and assurance from the earliest stages of project estimating through full funding. You will lead the development, review, and challenge of conceptual, pre FEED, and detailed estimates, ensuring that cost and schedule estimates are robust, defensible, and aligned with project scope, risks, execution strategies, and industry benchmarks. You will evaluate schedule logic to ensure the project’s planning and sequencing are realistic, integrated, and aligned with execution strategies. A strong understanding of the owner’s perspective is essential, including the ability to recognize how cost, schedule, and risk decisions shape project strategy, capital efficiency, and overall portfolio competitiveness. You will routinely partner with project managers, functional specialists, and senior stakeholders to provide expert guidance, influence decision making, and strengthen project assurance processes. Ideal candidates have extensive experience supporting large scale, complex capital projects in a global environment, working across diverse cultures, regulatory frameworks, and execution models. You should be comfortable stepping in as a technical authority—able to rapidly assess cost, schedule, and project controls maturity, identify gaps, and implement improvements without extensive onboarding. If you are a seasoned cost and schedule professional ready to apply your expertise to guide major projects toward predictable, competitive, and safe outcomes, we invite you to join a team committed to delivering industry leading project performance.
About You
Skills and Qualifications
- Engineering degree required
- Demonstrated technical and/or leadership capability
- Strong communication (verbal and written) and collaboration skills
- Ability to analyze and discuss complex concepts effectively
- Ability to work autonomously and contribute to success of a team
Preferred Qualifications / Experience
- 20+ years of experience
- Oil & Gas experience
- Leadership experience
- Project Management (cost / schedule estimating )
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
We offer you:
- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
- Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.
Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
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Job ID - 83235
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