Project Controls Manager

The Project Controls Manager plays a critical leadership role in supporting the successful delivery of engineering, construction, infrastructure, and capital improvement projects. This position is responsible for overseeing project controls functions, including cost management, scheduling, forecasting, change management, risk analysis, and performance reporting, while ensuring consistency with established project controls standards and best practices.

The successful candidate will provide strategic guidance and technical expertise to project teams, project managers, and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include managing project budgets, developing and analyzing schedules, forecasting costs, evaluating project performance, and providing data-driven insights that support informed decision-making. This role will also lead project controls personnel and help drive continuous improvement across project delivery programs.

Note:

This opportunity is available at multiple levels. Final placement will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, skills, and alignment with business needs. We are committed to providing fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

• Lead project controls activities including cost control, scheduling, forecasting, earned value management, risk management, and change management.

• Develop, implement, and maintain project controls procedures, systems, and best practices.

• Establish project controls standards and ensure consistent application across projects and programs.

• Provide strategic project controls support to project managers and leadership teams throughout all phases of project delivery.

• Support the development and maintenance of work breakdown structures (WBS), reporting frameworks, project controls plans, and performance measurement systems.

• Oversee project budgets, expenditures, commitments, forecasts, and cash flow projections.

• Monitor project cost performance and identify trends, risks, opportunities, and variances.

• Lead the development, review, and analysis of cost estimates, forecasts, and project controls reports.

• Apply earned value management (EVM), forecasting methodologies, and performance metrics to evaluate project performance.

• Support contract administration efforts by ensuring contractual requirements are incorporated into project controls processes.

• Direct the development, maintenance, and analysis of project schedules using Primavera P6.

• Review schedule updates, critical path analyses, milestone performance, schedule recovery plans, and resource-loaded schedules.

• Collaborate with project teams to identify schedule risks and develop mitigation strategies.

• Participate in project risk assessments and ensure schedules appropriately reflect project risks and opportunities.

• Support what-if analyses and scenario planning to evaluate project impacts and recovery options.

• Facilitate project controls meetings, schedule reviews, and performance reporting sessions.

• Prepare executive-level reports, dashboards, presentations, and project performance summaries.

• Communicate project status, cost and schedule performance, risks, and recovery recommendations to project leadership and stakeholders.

• Build and maintain effective relationships with clients, contractors, consultants, and internal project teams.

• Lead and mentor project controls professionals, including schedulers, cost engineers, change management specialists, and project controls analysts.

• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and professional development support to project controls staff.

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