Job DescriptionTurner & Townsend is seeking an ambitious
Project Controls Manager to join our growing team. The ideal candidate is an experienced construction professional with expertise in project controls, cost management, scheduling, governance, and portfolio reporting on large-scale capital projects and programs.
This role will serve as a key member of the Program Management Office (PMO), providing oversight of project controls processes, governance frameworks, financial performance, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and reporting across multiple projects. The Project Controls Manager will partner closely with project managers, cost managers, construction managers, contractors, and client stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered within approved budgets, schedules, and governance requirements.
What You'll Do
Project Controls & Governance
- Provide PMO oversight and establish project governance processes, controls standards, reporting frameworks, and performance measurement methodologies.
- Ensure compliance with client governance requirements, approval processes, and organizational policies.
- Present project performance updates, risks, forecasts, and governance recommendations to executive leadership and stakeholders.
- Support stage-gate reviews, project approvals, funding requests, and change control governance processes.
Financial Management & Budget Oversight
- Oversee project and program budgets, monitoring financial performance including budgets, commitments, expenditures, forecasts, and earned value analysis.
- Partner with project managers, cost managers, and contractors to validate financial data and ensure forecast accuracy.
- Lead monthly financial reviews and provide executive-level budget reporting with recommendations.
- Track project funding, contingency utilization, and evaluate change orders and potential claims for financial impact.
- Develop forecasting models and provide early identification of budget risks and opportunities.
Schedule Management
- Develop, maintain, and update Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and consolidate contractor schedules into master program schedules.
- Conduct schedule analysis, resource loading, and assess impacts to critical path activities.
- Monitor schedule deviations and support development of recovery and mitigation plans.
- Facilitate schedule reviews with project teams and conduct quality reviews to ensure schedule integrity.
Reporting, Analytics & Performance Management
- Produce monthly, quarterly, and executive-level portfolio reports and dashboards with earned value metrics and KPIs.
- Analyze trends, forecasts, and project health metrics to provide actionable recommendations for improved outcomes.
- Maintain records of scope changes, risks, opportunities, and performance variances.
Risk & Change Management
- Facilitate quantitative risk assessments and schedule risk analyses while maintaining project risk registers.
- Lead project change control processes and coordinate stakeholder approvals to ensure governance compliance.
Stakeholder Management & Commercial Support
- Interface with project stakeholders as a trusted advisor, facilitating status meetings, financial reviews, and governance sessions.
- Support contract administration, procurement processes, and evaluate commercial risks and financial exposure.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, Finance, Business, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in project controls, project management, PMO, construction management, or cost management on large capital projects within a A/E/C environment.
- Strong understanding of project governance, PMO functions, stage-gate processes, and portfolio management.
- Demonstrated experience managing project financials, budgets, forecasting, cash flow, earned value management (EVM), and cost reporting.
- Strong knowledge of construction industry delivery methods, procurement strategies, value management, and value engineering.
- Advanced proficiency with spreadsheets, reporting tools, dashboards, and executive presentations.
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace.
- Experience with cloud-based project management and reporting platforms.
- Strong experience with project scheduling software preferred.
- Skilled in industry-standard cost management, planning, scheduling, forecasting, and progress measurement tools.
- Knowledge of project controls best practices, governance frameworks, and PMO methodologies.
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and executive communication capabilities.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong oral and written English communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams.
- Valid passport with no geographical limitations.
Additional Information*SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. *On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs* 
