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Provides operational and administrative support for corporate construction projects, including invoice monitoring, budget preparation, financial and statistical reporting, process improvement, policy communication, and issue resolution. Coordinates with internal departments, vendors, and clients to improve service delivery, maintain accounting standards, and support operational objectives. The role requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, and time-management skills, with advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and Microsoft Office.

Lead and manage project cost and schedule controls for large construction projects: administer change control, contingency, budgets, invoices, earned value reporting, contract administration, closeout documentation, cost benchmarking, and progress/schedule tracking while coordinating with GCs, PMs, suppliers, and stakeholders.

Manage risk across large-scale construction and capital projects, including risk identification, quantitative cost and schedule assessments, contingency planning, reporting, and risk budget monitoring. Lead risk reviews and integrate risk management with project controls, cost, schedule, change, and reporting functions. Support contract and claims management, dispute resolution, supplier performance, cost control, change management, and final account settlement while advising clients and project stakeholders.

Manage design activities for hyperscale data center and other construction projects from planning through handoff. Coordinate design consultants, facilitate reviews and workshops, administer contracts, track cost, schedule, scope, progress, and deliverables, manage changes, coordinate with procurement and construction, and ensure timely engineering information delivery.

Manage infrastructure and commercial real estate projects from planning through closeout, overseeing budgets, schedules, procurement, quality, risks, resources, documentation, client communications, change management, and project delivery. The role requires regular onsite work, coordination with clients and vendors, bid analysis, progress reporting, and development of mitigation plans to meet project objectives.

Manage scheduling for large-scale construction and capital programs using Primavera P6 and Tableau. Develop master and detailed construction schedules, apply critical path and rolling wave planning, resource-load schedules, track quantities and float paths, and produce look-ahead and monthly progress reports. Collaborate with project managers, contractors, and subcontractors to maintain schedule integrity, identify potential delays, analyze trends, and communicate project issues.

The Associate Director will lead the Estimating team, manage cost estimates and plans, develop good practices, interface with clients, and drive business growth.