Project Controls Manager

Project Controls Manager

Location: Kansas City, MO

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract (Contract to Hire)
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $57.00-$86.00 / Hour (USD)
• Travel Requirements: Driving required (MVR check applies)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

The Project Controls Manager is responsible for leadership, direction, management, and performance of a project controls department. The Project Controls Manager is to assure that the reporting systems for project controls, the project controls roles and staff, and the tools used in project controls are developed, available, and functioning according to enterprise Project Management Center of Excellence requirements. The department performs complex aspects of individual project estimating, scheduling, change documentation, and cost control while reporting to accounting and clients. The Project Controls Manager is a critical position as the leader of the project controls unit. This position supports Project Managers and Project Directors on projects and programs of varying size and complexity. The Project Controls Manager will be expected to lead and direct the organization that provides reviews of the project controls status (cost, contract, WBS, schedule, resource, etc.). This position is critical to the coaching and mentoring of Project Controls Specialists.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of effective scheduling reports, cost reports, cash flow reports, and forecasts for multiple projects.
• Lead the development, implementation, and management of a reporting data warehouse to produce valuable program controls reports and data for multiple large projects.
• Support the recruitment, development, training, retention, and evaluating performance of the project controls team.
• Lead the development and implementation of project execution plans.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with existing and potential clients, customers, and contractors to develop additional business.
• Responsible for engineering, procurement, and construction planning, scheduling, logistics, and cost control.
• Serve as a point of contact for technical questions from the project team.
• Experience with Construction Self-Perform projects.
• Validate the accuracy of cost management and forecast reporting.
• Interface with the Project Management Team and Accounting Department to review project costs and contingency costs and support external audits.
• Experience in negotiation of heavy industrial project prime agreements and construction contract/subcontract agreements.
• Lead the review of upstream (prime contract) / downstream (purchase orders & subcontract) change orders.
• Analyze and validate cash flow reports.
• Lead the Interactive Project Planning Meetings (IPPM).
• Lead the presentation of Project Controls reporting.
• Lead and direct schedule management involving critical path method scheduling techniques, estimating, project cost management, forecasting, and document control for multiple projects.
• Provide recommendation on schedule work arounds and mitigation efforts to the team.
• Validate the accuracy of earned value management system reporting.
• Analyze and validate progress curves.
• Lead the review of material takeoffs.
• Oversee the risk management process by identifying and mitigating risk potentials to the project.
• Validate quality checks and inspections on project controls deliverables.
• Validate field audits to verify accuracy of reporting and processes.
• Lead Project Forensic Analysis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

Required Skills

• Prior experience with critical path scheduling, project cost management, estimating, and document control required.
• Ability to facilitate and produce detailed construction schedules and interface those construction schedules with engineering and procurement activities.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.

Preferred Skills

• Extensive accounting knowledge preferred.
• Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 preferred.
• Experience with Earned Value Management system preferred.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field and 7 years of direct project controls experience required; applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Required Experience

• 7 years of direct project controls experience required.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a 100% employee-owned infrastructure engineering, architecture, and construction firm with more than 125 years of experience delivering critical projects across the energy, aviation, water, telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare sectors. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the organization operates from 75 offices across the country and world, employing more than 14,500 employee-owners who generate over $7.4 billion in annual revenue. Every full-time employee is an owner through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), a structure that has earned the firm a 4.2-out-of-5-star rating on Glassdoor across more than 1,800 reviews and recognition as a Glassdoor Best Places to Work multiple years running. Teams here include civil and structural engineers, architects, environmental scientists, construction managers, project controls specialists, and program management professionals engaged in complex, consequential projects ranging from major airport expansions to large-scale energy infrastructure.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-10746

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