The Project Controls Manager will be responsible for
Cost Management: Oversee budget development, cost tracking, variance analysis forecasting, and Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting.
Change Management: Evaluate change orders, assess the impact of scope changes on cost and time, and maintain change logs to protect the company from financial exposure.
Risk Management: Facilitate risk identification, quantify potential impacts, develop mitigation strategies, and manage contingency funds.
Executive Reporting: Generate detailed performance dashboards and reports to update internal stakeholders, executives, and clients on project health.
Team Leadership: Supervise, mentor, and train junior staff, including Project Coordinators and Cost Engineers.. The Project Controls Manager supports the execution teams through risk analysis, supports financially and operationally, and builds risk management capabilities while driving change.
Key Characteristics
- Provide negotiations preparation and support to the Project Management and other execution teams
- Strong Negotiation Skills
- Risk Awareness and Mitigation
- Financial Acumen
- Detail Orientation
- Strong Communication
- Cross Functional Leadership
- Pro Active Problem Solving
- Integrity and Professionalism
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Methodology Implementation: Ensure consistent application of project management methodologies across your assigned projects.
- Planning and Scheduling: Oversee the development and maintenance of detailed project schedules, resource allocation, and critical path analysis for your projects.
- Cost Management: Establish and monitor project budgets, track expenditures, identify cost-saving opportunities, and manage cost variances for assigned projects.Advises execution Project Managers on complex contracts.
- Earned Value Management (EVM): Implement and utilize EVM principles to accurately measure project performance and progress.
- Reporting: Prepare and deliver regular, comprehensive project status reports, including key performance indicators (KPIs) and variance analysis, to project stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Change Management: Manage changes to project scope, schedule, or budget, ensuring they are effectively documented, approved, and implemented.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in project controls processes and tools within your area of responsibility.
Hard Skills:
- Strong experience in managing projects in the construction field
- Planning & cost control experience is a must
- Experience working in a matrix organisation with multiple stakeholders
- Ability to provide creative business-oriented advice in a global, fast-paced environment
- Commercial and execution acumen and understanding of the North American government, market, and payor dynamics
Soft Skills:
- Ability to influence and persuade with experience of negotiations
- Experience in working in different cultures and environments
- Good verbal and written communications skills, including presentations to customers and internal team members
- Organized and self-motivated for success
- Demonstrated prioritisation skills and ability to manage multiple and changing priorities
- Communication at all levels of the organisation