Project Controls Department Manager

Job Title - Project Controls Department Manager
Location - Denver, Colorado
Job Type - Hybrid, Onsite

ABOUT STANLEY CONSULTANTS

Improving Lives Since 1913. Stanley Consultants has been helping clients solve essential and complex energy and infrastructure challenges for over 110 years, successfully completing more than 50,000 engagements in 120 countries and all 50 states and U.S. territories. Values-based and purpose-driven, Stanley is an employee-owned company of engineers, scientists, technologists, innovators and client-service experts who are recognized for their commitment and passion to make a difference. The company garnered a recent Top Workplaces USA Today ranking and followed it with recognitions for outstanding compensation and benefits and work-life flexibility. For more information on Stanley Consultants, please visit https://www.stanleyconsultants.com.

What You Will Be Doing:

Responsible for the direction and supervision of professional, technical and administrative resources within the Project Controls Department that supports project controls activities across all Markets (Energy, Transportation, Federal and Water). Coordinates project priorities, staffing schedules, budgets and staff assignments to ensure clients, both internal and external, are provided the best controls capabilities to meet their needs. Coordinates with the Market Leaders, Operations Director, Operations Leads and active Project Controls staff in a matrixed structure to understand the workload, requirements, quality of product, tools, training needs, member development, and identify and mitigate any delivery gaps.

In addition to internal corporate responsibilities, under minimal supervision, will support strategic client sales and delivery assignments related to program and project management services. Will apply technical skills in cost control, schedule management, risk management, change management, performance reporting, document management and communications in a fast-paced, professional, design and construction environment.

For both internal and external purposes, the individual will have the technical competence and the ability to function with proficiency in formulating and developing advanced project control concepts.

Internal Essential Duties:

• Leads a team of project controls specialists by developing their skillsets, encouraging engagement, and communicating expectations.
• Recommends department plans, programs and resources, including staff budgets and capital expenditures, and manages and executes those approved to meet line organization objectives.
• Recommends hiring, salaries, promotion, transfer, demotion and termination of department members.
• Leads training and development of project controls members and the tools and systems adopted by the enterprise.
• Drafts and reviews scopes and fees for new department proposals.
• Ensures that department loading calendars are completed on a timely basis.
• Responsible for and reports department status, results and performance.
• Balances workload within department.
• Recommends department and group operating policies, standards and procedures.
• Lead in the creation of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and development of schedules and budget data (including resource loading) for those WBS elements.
• Analyze cost data to the extent that corrective action can be taken to minimize project losses and the estimate to complete projections is defendable.
• Consistently estimate accurate completion time of own assignments and coordinate with project team.
• Utilize a checks and balances process with the project management team in determining the financial health of a project.
• Assemble and compile schedule and cost data, input into the project control database, and provide output to the project team.
• Perform detailed variance analysis of project cost and schedule performance and present the analysis to senior management.
• Support the Project Management team in maintaining timely and effective change management processes, procedures, and systems.
• Advise Project Management of the cost and schedule impact of proposed design changes.
• Take the lead in the development and maintenance of any periodic (daily, weekly, monthly) status reports to keep management and/or owner informed on the project progress. These reports may include labor productivity, schedule status, financial analysis, Cost Performance Reports (CPR), and earned value curves reports on either direct or indirect construction activities.
• Participate in proposal preparation when requested and assist with strategic initiatives within the company.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight (QA/QC), mentoring and career development counseling to junior level project controls staff.

External Essential Duties:

• Supports the pursuit of new business to include the development of client Program Management Offices, project control specialist support, and implementing client project controls processes.
• Develops, manages, updates, and monitors individual project schedules, progress reports and integrated overall master program schedule in conjunction with project team members.
• Develops, manages, and monitors and controls program and project specific budgets, cash flow projections, and forecasts.
• Works with schedulers for design consultants, construction contractors, client staff, and program and project management team members to obtain the latest schedules in the appropriate program format for each phase (planning, design, bid/award, construction, start-up) and task (including land acquisition, permits, and environmental) and incorporate required content into schedule updates.
• Supports, documents, and tracks change management processes for potential adjustments to scope, schedule, or budget.
• Interfaces and maintains a liaison with program and project management, stakeholders, client, contractors, and other consultants on all project controls related activities.
• Establishes and maintains integrated key performance metrics (KPIs).
• Ensures project control processes are in place to analyze project performance including change control, project updating, and reporting.
• Monitors project progress with regards scope, time and costs. Provide corrective solutions if deviations occur.
• Documents and communicates variance and trend analyses according to the change control process.
• Displays understanding of the role of performance measurement to produce a record of past performance, identify trends and forecast future performance in a manner that informs and drives management intervention.
• Develops project and program reporting processes and execute appropriate reporting cycles.
• Utilizes a single source of truth repository for project data and dashboard reporting.
• Facilitates all change control meetings as well as project controls meetings.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, Engineering, or Project Management is recommended or equivalent practical experience in lieu of degree may be considered.
• Experience leading small to medium sized teams.
• Enthusiastic about growth opportunities for a business, team members, and self.
• A minimum of 15+ years planning/scheduling and cost engineering experience in a construction and engineering environment. Must possess technical and practical application of engineering, procurement and construction functions.
• Advanced skills with project management software such as Primavera Project Planner (P6) and spreadsheet and word processing software such as Microsoft Excel and Word. Knowledge of Access, Microsoft Project and Cobra software preferred. Must be able to understand accounting systems in support of the job cost tracking system.
• Must be able to demonstrate required knowledge of project control principles; understand the principles and concepts of cost engineering as it relates to budgeting, monitoring, and tracking actual costs, change orders and forecasting.
• Qualified to teach planning and scheduling techniques using the critical path method and able to set up basic cost reports required by the Project Manager.
• Must have hands-on experience and be able to set up basic design and construction schedules and possess the knowledge of calculating physical percent complete and calculating Earn Value for the project.
• Must understand the various contract types (i.e. cost plus, T&M, EPC) and ensure that all requirements of the prime contract are understood.
• Meets the qualifications, experience, and can perform the duties of the Senior Project Control Specialist.

Performance Standards:

• Job Knowledge
• Utilization and development of human and other resources
• Staff Development
• Relationships with and support of other departments and groups, the technical organization and project team organization.
• Quality of Work
• Schedule
• Budget and Cost Control
• Must be able to exercise independent and professional judgment in solving problems and coordinating issues as it relates to cost and schedules as well as dealing with clients, subcontractors, and team partners in solving cost and scheduling problems
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills and negotiation skills
• Interpersonal Skills, able to develop and maintain positive, cooperative, team-oriented relationships with coworkers, supervisors, managers, clients and other in contact with the job
• Adherence to Company Policies
• Proficiency managing and directing people; have leadership skills to perform evaluations of control support staff regarding performance and technical abilities and be able to direct and delegate work assignment

Base Compensation: $117,900 - $158,200

Stanley Consultants is committed to maintaining transparency in our hiring process, including providing information about compensation. The starting salary for the successful candidate in this position is competitive and will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, geographic location, internal equity, company policy and practices.

Stanley's Approach to Flexibility

While some members choose to work out of their local office on a full-time basis, we offer a hybrid schedule for eligible positions consisting of two days a week in the office, two days a week remotely, and Friday being a flexible day that can be worked either in the office or at home. Eligible roles can also offer a compressed workweek schedule. Members who participate will be assigned a 9/80 work schedule, meaning every other Friday off!

What we offer:

• Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.
• Work-Life Balance. We realize there's more to life than just work.
• Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.
• Health Portfolio. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of health services including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.
• Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.
• Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.
• Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.
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