Project Controls Manager - Project Farma

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with clients, vendors, contractors, and other Project Farma Team Members to lead projects related to biomanufacturing across the entire engineering lifecycle.
• Apply advanced technical skills to meet project team and client needs for all project controls deliverables.
• Deliver high quality work, form and maintain valuable, long-term relationships with clients, and continually strengthen technical and industry knowledge.
• Lead a team of project engineers in performance and deliverables including but not limited to:
• Summary project plans and milestone management reports
• Detailed project execution schedules
• Activity tracking and variance reports
• Budget estimates, project cost reports, and forecast trend analysis reports
• Issue, risks, and scenario analysis reports
• Scope and change management impact analysis reports
• Comprehensive monthly project status reports

Schedule, Cost & Performance Management

• Lead and maintain integrated project schedules, including baseline management, updates, metric establishment, and look-ahead planning.
• Develop, maintain, and update project schedules, cost models, progress tracking tools, and performance reports.
• Perform detailed schedule logic updates, progress status, forecasting, variance analysis, and recovery planning.
• Track and challenge installed quantities, productivity, and earned value to support accurate cost and schedule forecasting.
• Monitor cost performance, change impacts, and forecast trends in coordination with the Project Manager.
• Identify schedule and cost variances, risks, and opportunities, and recommend mitigation or recovery actions.

Reporting & Analytics

• Prepare and issue weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc internal and external project controls reports.
• Develop and maintain project dashboards and performance metrics aligned with project and corporate requirements.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of schedule, cost, and performance data to support proactive decision-making.
• Review, challenge, and enhance weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc project controls reports.

System, Standards & Data Integrity

• Design, implement, and maintain approved project controls systems, coding structures, and procedures on the project.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of all project controls data across systems and reports.
• Provide guidance to project teams on project controls processes, data requirements, and reporting standards.
• Support continuous improvement of project-level controls workflows and reporting efficiency.

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

• Create alignment with cross-functional client departments including but not limited to Design, Construction, Validation, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering groups.
• Direct and coordinate project controls support activities, defining required inputs, formats, and timelines.
• Review and validate inputs provided by Project Coordinators, including quantities, progress updates, and documentation, prior to incorporation into project controls systems.
• Direct and coordinate project controls activities, defining inputs, formats, and timelines.
• Provide ongoing guidance and feedback to Project Coordinators to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Cook up closely with other teams to ensure field execution is accurately reflected in project controls.
• Lead initiatives and projects by ensuring Team Members understand team and individual goals and responsibilities, managing priorities, and ensuring timely and high-quality completion of work.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert providing technical direction, training, mentorship, career development, and performance assessments for project Team Members.
• Develop strategies for the success of the service line or market target such as planning, scheduling, estimating, monitoring, progress measurement, risk management, training, and reporting procedures.
• Manage new and existing client accounts, focus on project delivery, actively seeking to maintain and grow accounts in line with organizational growth targets.