Project Controls Senior Manager

Insight Global is looking for a Project Controls Senior Manager to be accountable for managing, forecasting, and tracking costs, schedules, estimates, and risks on a portfolio of capital projects at a manufacturing site in North Carolina. The position also partners with internal cross-functional groups that support capital projects, including Engineering Technical Authority, Project Management, Facilities Management, Global Site Engineering, Capital Finance, and various internal business partners. The candidate should have the experience and ability to develop, train, and manage a team of cost managers and schedulers through partnership with outside service providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage project controls across a portfolio of capital projects, including cost, scheduling, forecasting, risk, and compliance.
• Develop project strategies, estimates, schedules, cash flow forecasts, and risk analyses.
• Review contractor bids, change orders, invoices, and project progress.
• Prepare cost and project status reports for senior leadership.
• Lead project controls teams and support project controls effectiveness across the portfolio.
• Support contract closeout, procurement activities, and Engineering Digital Transformation initiatives.

Basic Requirements

• Experience in capital project delivery, managing engineering or construction project controls across estimating, cost control, scheduling, and compliance
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of engineering and capital project delivery experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of engineering and capital project delivery experience, OR
• Master’s degree and 4 years of engineering and capital project delivery experience, OR
• Doctorate degree and 2 years of engineering and capital project delivery experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering or construction experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industry.
• Experience with project controls including estimating, cost management, scheduling, compliance, and contract strategy.
• Expertise leading project controls teams and managing external vendors.
• Experience with Earned Value Management, cost and scheduling software, Power BI, and BIM workflows.
• Experience with procurement methods and contracts.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.