Director, Project Controls

Accenture; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Richmond Hill, Ontario, seeks a Director of Project Controls to lead a team of cost, schedule, and risk professionals on mega-sized projects within a dynamic portfolio.

You will oversee budgeting, estimating, and reporting, align project controls with client requirements, and provide guidance to project managers and engineers to ensure timely and within-budget delivery across the program.

Qualifications

• Experience leading project controls on mega-sized projects.
• Strong budget planning and cost estimation skills.
• Ability to guide and mentor project controls staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Cost or Schedule or Estimating or Risk and other Project Controls personnel on high-risk, mega-sized projects.
• Manage the work of project staff under their supervision to complete Project Controls services as planned.
• Provide guidance, leadership, and training on project or program-level tasks.

Skills

Leadership

Cost control

Schedule management

Risk management

Job description

Director, Project Controls

Project Controls | Full-time

Job No. 1694 | Richmond Hill, Ontario

(Project Controls VI)

• Independently lead a team of Cost or Schedule or Estimating or Risk and other Project Controls personnel in a coordinated manner on high-risk, mega-sized projects or programs or on a similar scale portfolio of mid-to-large projects within a business unit to meet project or program requirements

• Manage the work of project staff under their project supervision, such that Project Controls services are completed as planned

• Perform corporate and department organizational, administrative, and staff management activities in addition to providing guidance, leadership, and training to others on project or program-level tasks, as required.

• Apply expert and industry-level typical and appropriate means and methods of Project Controls processes, knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet project or program portfolio requirements from inception to completion

• Support the project execution team on cost, time, schedule, change management, and reporting for successful project delivery

• Develop a plan for integrated project controls including scope, cost, schedule, and progress of assigned projects based on industry best practices and by incorporating client’s requirements when required

• Review and analyze project information and provide guidance to the project execution team on the project health

• Prepare and review project controls gate deliverables with Project Managers and Engineers

• Participate in the development of a budget and operating or delivery plans for the project controls services on a project or program in consultation with the team and client

• Prepare estimate plans for, budgets, and schedules for major projects and programs

• Lead the review of complex and mega project estimates and adherence to the scope, schedule, and budget

• Provide guidance and reviews of estimates and studies

• Analyze estimating data, estimate basis and assumptions, and correlate to other projects and standards for completeness and reasonableness

• Liaise with client personnel to gain an understanding of the specialized aspects of estimating methodologies

• Responsible for the overall direction of Project Controls services and ensures the work is fully supported in an integrated, compliant, efficient, and cost-effective manner