Senior Project Controls Manager - Aviation
About the role
STV is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager to join our growing Project Controls team in multiple client office locations across the United States. This leadership role will support some of the nation's most complex and high-profile aviation programs, including airport expansions, terminal developments, airside improvements, baggage handling systems, landside infrastructure, maintenance facilities, and capital improvement programs. The Senior Project Controls Manager will serve as a trusted advisor to project teams and clients, providing strategic leadership for all aspects of project controls, including cost management, scheduling, forecasting, risk management, change management, performance reporting, and project analytics. This individual will play a critical role in helping clients successfully deliver major aviation infrastructure investments while supporting the continued growth of STV's national aviation practice. The ideal candidate combines strong technical project controls expertise with exceptional leadership, client relationship management, and business development capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead project controls functions across large-scale aviation programs from planning and design through construction, commissioning, and closeout.
- Establish and implement project controls governance frameworks, procedures, standards, and best practices.
- Serve as the primary project controls advisor to project managers, program executives, clients, and stakeholders.
- Develop integrated project controls strategies encompassing cost, schedule, risk, forecasting, and performance management.
- Identify and proactively mitigate project risks, opportunities, and performance challenges.
- Direct the development and management of project budgets, forecasts, cash flow analyses, and cost reports.
- Perform cost trending, earned value analysis, variance analysis, and estimate-at-completion forecasting.
- Review contractor payment applications, change orders, estimates, and cost proposals.