Director, Project Controls

Position Summary

The Director, Project Controls manages, integrates, coordinates, and reviews the work of the Project Life Cycle phases to develop, implement, feed, reconcile, and maintain valuable program control databases and reports to the Office of Chief Operations Officer (COO).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following accountabilities are primary for this position but do not preclude management from assigning other or related functions if such functions are a logical assignment for the position.

In conjunction with the CCO, this position develops and helps with managing annual budgets to support the required implementation and management of the various project control systems.

This budget development includes action plans with quarterly objectives, initiatives, and relative ROIs.

• Manages and ensures the reconciliation of program controls data with financial systems.
• Coordinates with the Department of Information Technology (IT)
• Coordinates with CEC University via the Dean to support integrated training programs for technology, processes, and procedures within the Project Life Cycle.
• Coordinates and provides leadership to Project Team Leaders directly and / or via Business Unit Leaders or Project / Account Executives to establish and maintain data coding structures and project control tools
• Gathers and tracks quality data used for budgets, contracts, change orders, trends, and actual costs
• Develops, implements, and maintains a management reporting data base to produce program controls reports
• Ensures regular and timely reporting of the projects progress to advise of any conditions that would affect timelines or costs
• Provides feedback to ensure adjustments are made on a timely basis with minimal disruption to project
• Promotes open communication and collaboration between all parties to ensure that projects are completed with minimal disruptions and delays
• Supports Project Team Leaders in maintaining computerized project reports as dictated by the project and by the contractual obligations
• Reviews, evaluates, and recommends changes to project documents as required by project needs
• Assists Project Team Leaders in the establishment of a master schedule and its periodic maintenance / updating cycle.
• Develops and maintains program controls procedures consistent with Company and client needs.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective processes, completion of projects and smooth operation of department.
• Is an active member of CEC Operational Excellence Committee
• On-Site Project Support as needed

Education and Experience

• A minimum of seven to ten (7-10) years experience as a Cost Controller or Project Controls Manager in a construction environment on projects valued at $20M or greater.
• Must have experience in calculating and reporting on Earned Value Management.
• Must have experience in Project Cost controls / analysis / reporting.
• Must have experience in Risk Management.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Requires knowledge of the principals of cost estimating, scheduling, finance, and contract administration.
• Must have strong AEC Project analyst skills and project controls experience.
• Must have strong time and cost management skills, as well as strong quality management and procurement management skills.
• Ability to accurately interpret construction contractual documents and contract modifications.
• Must possess strong communication management skills including proficient oral and written communication and presentation skills, as well as the ability to communicate effectively with wide variety of people with diverse background of all levels and disciplines.
• Must be able to develop and maintain positive, cooperative, team-oriented relationships with co-workers, supervisors, managers, clients, and others in contact with the job.
• Must have strong customer service orientation and assess customer needs and ensure delivery / receipt of service when appropriate.
• Able to handle efficiently and effectively multiple and shifting priorities
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office products including Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Must also possess a demonstrated proficiency with project management tools (relational databases), such as Prolog, Procore, Primavera (P6), etc.
• Periodic travel to locations outside of Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by 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.

This job may work inside or outside with possible exposure to extreme hot or cold temperatures and weather elements in restricted or confined spaces, and on slippery or uneven surfaces.

This job may have exposure to working on ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, and other exposures typical of heavy construction.

This job also operates in an office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by 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.

• Must be able to traverse and inspect all areas of jobsite in all types of weather; this may include walking, climbing reaching, bending crawling, standing, or stretching.
• The employee must be able to regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds, lift and / or move up to 50 pounds
• Move about on the feet regularly. Sit for extended periods of time.
• Requires the ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods of time.
• May require travel.
• Exposure to characteristic construction site dangers.
• Talk and hear, ability to communicate with others both written and orally and by telephone.
• Possess good vision, normal or corrected. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision to discern color coded wires, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Possesses good hearing, normal or corrected.
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, safety vest), as needed.
• Must be able to work 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week, and overtime as required and night shifts, as needed. Must be on-call to address delays, emergencies, bad weather, and other issues at the jobsite.
• This position requires travel by vehicle, the ability to work and walk at construction sites during all stages, in all types of weather conditions.
• Must be able to work in the presence of customers and their representatives with little or no interference or disruption to the customer while maintaining a professional and courteous image.
30+ days ago