Chief Project Controls Manager

Job Title: Chief Project Controls Manager

Location: Remote (East coast preffered)

Duration: 2+ years (6 month CTH or extension possible)

Work Schedule: M-F (8am-5pm EST)

Start Date: ASAP

NOTES: This position is a full-time and remote with maybe 5% travel requirement to Georgia.

Chief Project Controls Manager

The Chief Project Controls Manager oversees the direction of a project controls team or function within a group, office, or region. Develops and implements the project controls business development plans and activities. Responsible to the client for managing project controls and ensuring that established procedures for baseline schedule and cost control budgets are implemented by team. Monitors project progress tracks actual expenditures and reports monthly cost forecasts/reports. Analyzes status data and trends, presenting monthly reviews to management. Has overall responsibility for project cost control, project cost management and management of all project controls staff.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Interacts with other project groups in relation to cost codes, purchase order commitments, change orders and sales tax issues as required and to ensure all accounting and regulatory compliance issues or guidelines are implemented.
• Manages, revises, and maintains status of the detailed project cost estimate/forecast to include all phases of project execution from design/engineering, material/equipment procurement and deliveries, construction contracts through start-up activities and closeout.
• Provides senior level general project management support as necessary (e.g., financial/operational budgeting, consolidation, analysis, forecasting; business development; pricing; billing; key client/consultant relationship management).
• Participates in the development and improvement of project controls systems. Recommends improvements in systems, tools, and methods of project controls and project management.
• Works with senior project management staff in managing the overall project cost control efforts.
• Oversees the direction of a project controls team or function within a group, office or region.
• Assists in creating detailed project budgets from estimates and in the development of cash flow projections.
• Assigns and manages project staffing levels and workforce plans.
• Manages key project indicators and project commercial reports.
• Ensures all contract deliverables and deadlines are met.
• Assists in coordinating engineering and construction activities in conjunction with overall project schedule requirements. Incorporates engineering and construction contractor schedules into overall project schedules.
• Manages staff co-ordination and workload and directly supervises project controls team.
• Develops and implements the project controls business development plans and activities.
• Establishes a project work breakdown structure in line with industry best practices.
• Assists in forecasting engineering and construction resource requirements.
• Tracks and analyzes the project costs including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts. Analysis includes forecast to budget and estimate, forecast to actuals, and contingency analysis.
• Produces forecasts of total project costs, annual costs, and monthly cash flow costs and provides variance analysis and explanations.
• Works with scheduling staff to develop, manage, revise, and update integrated detailed project schedules including all phases of project execution.
• Assists in analyzing project control requirements as part of the bid review process to insure all cost control requirements are incorporated into individual contracts and purchase orders.
• Performs such other duties as the Supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
• Assists in early identification of long lead items, resource constraints, and required project start dates.
• Manages internal job costing in relation to the fee and services to be provided, resources required and all project reporting including job number, Project Status Report (PSR) and other company reporting policies.

Job Requirements:

• Working knowledge of industry standard software, including but not limited to SAP, Skire, VersaPro, etc. and ERP, Planning & Scheduling, and cost management applications. Experience with Primavera or Microsoft Projects is preferred.
• Must be highly articulate, have clear and analytical approach to problem solving, and strong decision making abilities. Must have excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Must thoroughly understand and utilize Information Technology in the performance of work including Internet, Intranet, Microsoft Windows OS, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Project.
• Experience in commercial, industrial, refinery, semiconductor, and/or pharmaceuticals is preferred.
• Must have strong cost management, scheduling, and project planning and estimating skills, as well as the communication skills necessary to interface with external engineering, architectural and construction firms, suppliers, the management team and other organizations within client organizations. Must be able to use A/E and CM cost and/or schedule information to evaluate project status. Must have experience in developing budgets, cash flows, and/or schedules.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Quantity Surveying or a related field, plus 15 years relevant experience.