Associate Director, Project Controls

About the role

The Associate Director, Project Controls role is based on-site at our life sciences client in the Thousand Oaks, CA area. This position oversees a client account with significant growth potential or a portfolio of smaller clients as the point of contact. The role involves performing Project Controls Services service offering including but not limited to capital planning, portfolio and project governance, front end planning, project funding, project set up, construction technology, procure to pay, project, cost & commercial managing, schedule control, risk management, project close-out.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a client account with significant growth potential or a portfolio of smaller clients as the point of contact.
• Perform Project Controls Services service offering including but not limited to capital planning, portfolio and project governance, front end planning, project funding, project set up, construction technology, procure to pay, project, cost & commercial managing, schedule control, risk management, project close-out.
• Engage in business development to defend, maintain and grow accounts being managed.
• Actively participate in resource management including talent acquisition, retention, development and usage.
• Lead the development of staff through supervision, training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Fee proposal development & management.
• Provide mentorship and training to team members in understanding methods of measurement, construction technology, contracts and delivery methods.
• Participate in industry events.
• Responsible for business management of the areas assigned including maintaining revenue and margins.
• Responsible for accounts receivables and projections.
• Lead cost controls efforts for projects with multi-phase structure and/or complex funding structure and requirements.
• In partnership with Director Project Controls, leads QA/QC reviews of junior controls peers.
• Plans and leads project controls "lessons learned" sessions post project closeout.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Demonstrated technical competency in project controls service offering including but not limited to capital planning, portfolio and project governance, front end planning, project funding, project set up, construction technology, procure to pay, project, cost & commercial managing, schedule control, risk management, project close-out.
• Manage and monitor team members' activity in alignment with organizational goals. Delegate providing clear instructions and ongoing feedback. Monitor metrics and course correct as necessary while holding self and others accountable. Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members. Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, & senior leaders).
• Create development opportunities and plan for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback.
• Ability to begin to move from task focused to more business mentality. Demonstrate leadership traits and represent company values in a client facing capacity.
• Provide Value Engineering solutions to clients by identifying opportunities for savings and ensuring material substitutions are equal.
• Prominent business development skills that have grown current market over the past year.
• Skilled in the use of ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle.
• Functionally proficient estimator across multiple divisions.
• Functionally proficient in scheduling including ability to work with Primavera and MS project.
• Functionally proficient in the contracts management of projects (Pre and post award).
• Functionally proficient in cost management of Projects.
• Functionally proficient in the use of analytical / reporting software such as power BI.
• Functionally Proficient in the use of project information management systems such as Procore or ACC build.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Qualifications

• Education: BS in Construction Management, Engineering, QS, Architecture, or related field.
• Experience: 10+ years exp in project controls.
• Preferred Certification: MRICS, CPE, CEP, PMP, Six Sigma.

Benefits

Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program