Project Controls Manager

Cockram Construction, Inc.

$110K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in project controls, specifically in GMP, R&D, or office construction.
  • Experience managing projects over $500 million.
  • Strong understanding of cost control and project estimating.
  • Knowledgeable in procurement processes and contracts.
  • Excellent organization and prioritization skills to manage self-directed tasks.
  • Familiarity with accounting and financial forecasting.
  • Previous involvement in biotech projects preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the team for all cost-related functions on projects.
  • Manage budgets, forecasts, and actual costs throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Support design management to align costs with project objectives.
  • Implement and follow the Project Controls Plan across all project phases.
  • Ensure data accuracy between accounting systems and project control records.
  • Develop various reports on project costs, variances, and trends as required.
  • Facilitate change management processes to assess project impacts.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSA), health savings accounts (HSA), and health reimbursement arrangements (HRA).
  • Life insurance and short/long-term disability coverage.
  • 401K plan with 4% company match.
  • Three weeks of paid vacation and paid sick time.
  • Eight paid holidays plus two floating holidays.
  • $250 annual wellness stipend and tuition reimbursement.
Full Job Description
The Project Controls Manager will ensure compliance with project controls procedures. This role requires a deep understanding of cost control/management, project estimating, and experience in various aspects of project controls, accounting, estimating, and forecasting/reporting.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead the Project Controls team in cost functions.
  • Manage original budget, current budget, current forecast, commitments, actuals, changes, Earned Value, productivity, CPI, SPI, staffing plans vs actuals by name, risk, commitment curve, cashflow curve, and accruals based on Work in Place.
  • Provide target value design setup and support to manage design to cost.
  • Develop and adhere to the Project Controls Plan for Estimating, Funding, Procurement, and Cost.
  • Develop and maintain project cost in the Cost Management Tool according to control accounts guidelines.
  • Perform reconciliation of cost data from local accounting systems to the project controls system of record.
  • Support the Project Manager on cost reporting, forecasting, and negotiation of contracts and change orders.
  • Develop reports on actuals, variances, trends, and re-forecast as necessary.
  • Ensure proper Change Management throughout the project phases.
  • Develop and maintain detailed Cash flow and Commitment flow throughout the project phases.
  • Evaluate external costs and develop internal cost estimates in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
  • Participate in the value engineering process.
  • Analyze change orders for cost impact.
  • Perform bid cost comparisons for proposal review teams.
  • Provide costs and schedule impacts associated with identified project risks.
  • Review and validate contractual compliance of project invoices.
  • Assist in the financial project close-out.
  • Develop and ensure recording of the project's historical cost information and "lessons learned" for future use.

Skills Required:
  • Full understanding of cost control/management.
  • Familiarity with project estimating.
  • Strong understanding of procurement and contracts.
  • Demonstrated strong knowledge and experience in various aspects of project controls, accounting, estimating, planning/scheduling, progress measurement, forecasting/reporting.
  • Good interpersonal and collaborating skills.
  • Strong organization and prioritization skills for accurate and largely self-directed work.
  • 7-10 years experience working in GMP, R&D, or office construction (both C&S and fitout).
  • Preferable to have biotech experience.
  • Has worked on projects greater than $500M.

Join our team and contribute to exciting projects worldwide. Cockram Construction, Inc. offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA/HRA options, life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401K with 4% match, 3 weeks paid vacation, paid sick time, 8 paid holidays + 2 floating holidays, $250 annual wellness stipend, and tuition reimbursement.

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