Senior Director-Project Controls & Estimating

Primary Purpose:

This role is a proactive leadership role that is responsible for all project services functions and resources in the project. The Project Controls Director position should bring an assurance to the company that the project meets all commercial, financial, documentation, cost and schedule requirements utilizing Project Controls best practices. This position serves as single point of contact for the Vice President of Project Management, reporting operationally to the Project Director or Director of Project Management.

Duties/responsibilities:

The duties of the Project Controls Manager are generally described as coordinating and directing project controls teams on assigned projects. The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, those listed below:

• Leading, training and mentoring project controls professionals for skills development
• Participate in the development, improvement, and implementation of project controls systems
• Utilize experience to create a robust project controls system that focuses on project development and setup and change management processes to generate industry class performance for achieving project schedule and budget commitments.
• Define expectations on how Project Controllers will interface with an assigned project team and what services the group provides to drive predictability and repeatability.
• Understand the project life cycle and implement project controls processes and procedures as required
• Understand and provide support to develop Work Breakdown Structures for project execution and monitoring
• Assist with development of project rules of credit to manage progress and earned value of performance reporting for revenue recognition
• Setup, Prepare and maintain project or engineering schedule and cost control aspects from project initiation to close out
• Collect information to support cost control reports and schedule updates for project managers
• Analyze, evaluate and forecast based on progress and performance
• Track cost and schedule performance against baselines and update progress accordingly
• Monitor project budgets and recommend and facilitate change management processes as required
• Study and understand customer and organizational needs and constantly seek proactive methods to improve project performance and communication.
• Develop thorough understanding of contract provisions, scope of work, the estimate and execution strategies for assigned projects
• Review and code 3rd party contracts, progress reporting structure, and invoices for processing
• Validate source data and ensure integrity of processes affecting project success such as project coding, budget allocation, A/R & A/P project related activity
• Manage invoicing while ensuring compliance to project contractual terms and conditions
• Build and maintain effective relationships with Project Managers and Project Team Members
• Perform thorough QA/QC on all deliverables.
• Backup to our Project Information Management Coordinator to prepare incoming and outgoing deliverable transmittals to clients and internal team members as necessary on projects assigned
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, focusing on improving cost and schedule predictability and repeatability while contributing to improved investment decisions across the organization's project portfolio.
• Vast understanding of Project Controls functions: Cost Control, Scheduling, Risk, and Estimating and applying them to linear and processing projects
• Engaging with management on financial reporting, initiatives, staffing, processes, and procedures
• Travel to field locations may be required but is estimated to be less than 10% of time. Department members will have a heavy workload, with unplanned overtime and changes in work priorities; multiple projects with short turnaround time are common.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge and application of company business standards and good practices.
• Extreme attention to detail.
• Proven ability to manage diverse, simultaneous projects of varying complexities in multiple offices of the company. A proven ability to manage multi-office project execution.
• Sound, ethical business judgment.
• Ability to recognize and promote talent.
• Ability to recognize and rectify teammate issues.
• Ability to create a high-performance team in attitude and accomplishment.
• Possesses a comprehensive understanding of the function of all engineering disciplines.
• Ability to relate easily to others in the business community such as customers, suppliers, contractors, government, professional and trade associations.
• Understanding of existing and potential customer deliverable expectations and preferences.
• Record of achieving objectives; successful project completion, within budget and time frame.
• Ability to delegate authority appropriately.
• Ability to clearly communicate expectations and requirements to team members and to structure accountability.
• Ability to set priorities.
• Demonstrated leadership ability with team orientation.
• Assessment of personnel in interviews and through performance.
• Coaching and mentoring skills and experience.
• Excellent listening and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Primavera and other technology tools.
• Embraces technology and leads technological changes.
• Knowledge of other disciplines deliverable development to ensure coordination of efforts.
• Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for the production of all project controls deliverables.
• Ability to develop a construction cost estimate, a detailed engineering schedule and a man-hour budget for a small project or an area for a larger project.
• Ability to determine construction material quantities.
• Experienced in estimating and scheduling professional service hours and assessing the progress and quality of project controls work. Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
• Ability to lead teams to deliver on commitments.

Experience:

This position requires 10 or more years of relevant industrial experience in project controls, cost controls, cost estimation, planning, scheduling, and project management.

Education:

Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Contruction Science, Building Science or related field is highly preferred. High School Diploma or equivalent with 10 years or more of experience will also qualify and be considered for this role.

Physical Demands:

All of the physical requirements listed below are those that may be necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sitting; standing; walking or moving throughout facility; driving; talking; seeing (specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus); hearing; feeling; bending or stooping; squatting or crouching; reaching; kneeling; pushing; pulling; lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Minimal safety hazards; general office working conditions.
• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• The employee is regularly required to use hands to type, touch, handle, or feel. The employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Working Conditions:

• May be required to carry a cell phone and be available to respond during working and non-working hours.
• The successful candidate will be required to clear a drug screen and a complete background check, including a credit report for certain positions, after an offer has been extended and prior to being employed.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• None

Other responsibilities:

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. This position may perform other duties as assigned.