Project Director - Project Controls Lead

Job Description

The main roles within the project delivery for the role includes:

• Prepares documentation for project gateway and approval processes.
• Develop overall guidelines for project level chartering and partnering.
• Review the Project Master Schedule sequencing, interface milestones and critical path elements (developed by others).
• Develop and recommend the project budget, cash flow and financial plan.
• Oversee and lead the risk management process for the project.
• Develop the work plan that forms the Project Execution Plan (PEP) for the project.
• Review, critique and submit for approval the Project implementation plans as developed by the project supporting PMCM teams.
• Manage Project Estimating and life cycle (total cost of ownership) asset costing, including contingency methodology and estimate evolution through the project lifecycle.
• Develop and submit for approval change management and impact mitigation strategies throughout the life of the project. This includes, but is not limited to scope, cost, schedule control, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Develop the set of controls to assure team performance against the Project baseline metrics.
• Develop protocols and guidelines for Diversity Compliance, Monitoring and Reporting.
• Establish the metrics and basis for progress reporting against the Project, Projects, and Contracts. Reporting shall include Performance Measurement, Forecasting, Trending, Issues, Actions, Progress and Overall Status.
• Develop project guidelines and protocols for cost reduction initiatives. Review project level cost reduction recommendations.
• Review project level diversity recommendations.
• Review construction progress and approve recovery plans.
• Review the claims resolutions recommendations.
• Collaborate with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to achieve consent.

Continuous Improvement

The Project Controls Lead will look at ways to improve the project’s delivery overall. This should include:

• Establishes ongoing risk process and coordinates regular Monte Carlo analyses.
• Project intake: Consider expansion of deliverables to ensure more robust business cases/estimates/schedules are developed.
• Consider the development of an end-to-end process that captures the project controls information from intake through to closeout. Including incorporating a feedback loop for intake/cost/scheduling closeout information.
• Consider the integration of intake/cost/scheduling reporting to provide a holistic approach to project controls.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading controls on new-build projects of $1 billion or larger.
• Knowledge of multiple contract delivery methods and the merits of each.
• Displays track record of proven success with schedules, cost control, estimating and risk-management.
• Proven and demonstrated experience in implementing and managing a project controls system, including financial and scheduling controls, for a major capital project.
• Knowledge of web-based project management systems.
• Demonstrated excellent written/verbal communications.
• Experience in establishing and monitoring project baselines and performance metrics.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in construction related disciplines.
• 10+ years demonstrated experience in management of complex, multi-phase, capital projects or programs.