Project Controls Manager (00571)

Organizational Responsibilties

Project Controls Leadership
• 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.
Cost Management & Forecasting
• 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.
Scheduling & Risk Management
• 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.
Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement
• 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.
Team Leadership
• 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.
• Participate in staffing, performance management, and team development activities.
• Foster a collaborative culture focused on project delivery excellence and continuous improvement.
Additional Responsibilities
• Ensure project controls data integrity and compliance with established standards and procedures.
• Support project audits, reviews, and quality assurance initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline required; advanced degree preferred.

• 10+ years of experience in project controls, cost engineering, scheduling, or project management supporting engineering, construction, infrastructure, or capital projects.

• Demonstrated experience leading project controls efforts on complex projects and managing multiple stakeholders.

• Expertise in Primavera P6 scheduling for construction and capital projects.

• Experience developing and analyzing project schedules, cost forecasts, estimates, critical path analyses, and performance reports.

• Strong knowledge of earned value management (EVM), critical path method (CPM), forecasting methodologies, risk analysis, and change management processes.

• Proficiency with cost management systems, project controls reporting tools, and advanced Microsoft Excel functions.

• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing project controls teams and supporting project delivery objectives.

• Professional certifications such as PMP, PE, CCP, or PSP are strongly preferred.

• An equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities will be considered in lieu of stated minimum qualifications.