Project Controls Manager

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide Strategic Leadership: Lead the Project Controls function across all construction projects by establishing vision, governance, and organizational standards that promote consistent execution, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Develop Enterprise Standards: Develop, implement, and continuously improve standardized policies, procedures, templates, workflows, and best practices governing project controls, document management, financial controls, reporting, and project closeout.
• Lead Enterprise Systems: Serve as business owner for Trimble ProjectSight, overseeing administration, configuration, workflow development, user permissions, reporting, training, adoption, and long-term optimization while supporting future integration with enterprise business systems.
• Strengthen Financial Controls: Partner with Finance and Project Accounting to improve forecasting, committed cost management, change order administration, budget performance, cash flow visibility, and monthly portfolio reviews while ensuring financial reporting accurately reflects project status.
• Schedule Performance: Collaborate with Construction leadership to monitor project schedules, milestone achievement, resource planning, schedule risks, recovery strategies, and portfolio performance to improve project predictability and delivery outcomes.
• Documentation & Compliance: Establish standards for document management, contract administration, regulatory documentation, record retention, and compliance oversight, ensuring projects satisfy contractual obligations and remain audit ready throughout the project lifecycle.
• Reporting & Analytics: Design and maintain executive dashboards, portfolio reports, and performance metrics that provide timely visibility into schedule, financial performance, risk, compliance, documentation quality, project health, and organizational trends.
• Lead & Develop Teams: Supervise, mentor, and develop Project Controls personnel while providing coaching, technical guidance, and project controls expertise to Construction Managers, Project Managers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Conduct project controls audits, evaluate organizational performance, identify opportunities for automation and process improvement, implement corrective actions, and champion initiatives that improve consistency, efficiency, and customer outcomes.
• Support Project Delivery: Partner with project teams throughout the project lifecycle by providing project controls expertise, facilitating successful project closeout, documenting lessons learned, supporting strategic initiatives, and performing additional leadership responsibilities as assigned.

Job Requirements / Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's in construction management, engineering, architecture, business administration, project management, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience may be substituted. Minimum five years of progressive construction management experience or seven years of project controls experience supporting commercial construction projects. Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects and collaborating with operations, finance, procurement, and project management teams. Public sector construction, Design-Build, and ESCO experience preferred.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong knowledge of project controls principles, cost management, forecasting, scheduling, procurement, contract administration, change management, document controls, and project closeout. Working knowledge of commercial construction practices, public contracting requirements, labor compliance, and project governance. Experience administering enterprise project management software; Trimble ProjectSight strongly preferred. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, advanced Excel, Power BI, and related reporting tools; experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Bluebeam, and SharePoint preferred.
• Leadership Competencies: Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships, influence cross-functional teams, and lead organizational change. Strong analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to present information to executive leadership. Ability to balance strategic planning with operational execution while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Commitment to continuous improvement, customer service, accountability, and professional integrity.

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel as business needs require.
• Ability to work effectively in both office and active construction environments.

Preferred Certifications

• PMP, CCM, CCP, PSP, PMI-SP, OSHA 30, or comparable industry certifications preferred.