Associate Director - Project Controls (Life Sciences)

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 155,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director of Project Controls for a major pharmaceutical program in the United States. You will lead a project controls team and partner with clients to drive cost, schedule, and risk management for multi-billion dollar initiatives.

The role requires 12+ years in project controls, 2+ years leading teams in consulting, and proficiency with Primavera P6 or MS Project and advanced Excel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, or engineering.
• Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering is preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant project controls experience.
• 2+ years managing high performing project control teams in a consulting environment.
• Knowledge of multiple contract delivery methods and their merits.
• Proven track record in schedules, cost control, estimating and risk management.
• Experience implementing and managing a project controls system for a major capital project.
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project) and advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute the high-level strategic direction of project controls including cost management, risk management, and schedule management.
• Lead the project budget approval process.
• Lead risk workshops to identify risks, likelihood/severity, mitigation actions and owners.
• Take the lead for project controls deliverables requiring cross-functional input.
• Motivate the team with clear direction and goals.
• Assist with weekly team meetings to discuss progress and drive performance.
• Lead development and production of regular reporting.
• Prepare documentation for project gateway and approval processes.
• Develop guidelines for project level chartering and partnering.
• Review the Project Master Schedule for sequencing, milestones, and critical path.
• Develop and approve the project budget, cashflow and financial plan.
• Oversee risk management process for the project.
• Develop the work plan for the Project Execution Plan (PEP).
• Review and submit project implementation plans for approval.
• Manage Project Estimating and lifecycle costing, including contingencies.
• Develop change management strategies and cost/schedule impact mitigation.
• Develop controls to assure team performance against baselines.
• Establish metrics for progress reporting and forecasting.
• Develop cost reduction and diversity compliance guidance.
• Review claims resolutions and recovery plans.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve consensus.
• Coordinate ongoing risk processes and Monte Carlo analyses.
• Lead the Project Controls Team to deliver quality outputs.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role.

Skills

Cost management

Schedule management

Risk management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering

Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Associate Director - Project Controls (Life Sciences)

• Full-time

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects andprogrammesas we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities includeprogramme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Associate Director- Project Controls to join our team and lead the delivery of a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical project. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of successful client deliveryand managing project control teams, with an emphasis in cost controls. This individual will lead project controls services for major client accounts and will help with wider business initiatives asneeded.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible forestablishingand executing the high-level strategic direction of project controls including cost management, riskmanagement,and schedule management.
• Responsible forthe projectbudget approval process.
• Leads risk workshops with the project team toidentifyrisks,establishlikelihood/severity, mitigationactionsand Owners.
• Take the lead for project controls deliverables that require cross-functional input.
• Motivate the team by providing clear direction and goals.
• Assistwith weekly team meetings to discuss progress on initiatives and to drive performance.
• Lead the development and production of regular reporting.
• Prepares documentation for project gateway and approval processes.
• Develop overall guidelines for project level chartering and partnering.
• Review the Project MasterSchedule forsequencing, interfacemilestones,and critical path elements (developed by others).
• Develop and recommend the project budget, cashflowand financial plan.
• Oversee the risk management process for the project.
• Develop the work plan that forms the Project Execution Plan (PEP) for the project.
• Review,critiqueandsubmitfor approval the Project implementation plans as developed by the project supporting PMCM teams.
• Manage Project Estimating and life cycle (total cost of ownership) asset costing, including contingencymethodologyandestimateevolution through the project lifecycle.
• Develop and submit for approval change management and impact mitigation strategies throughout the life of the project.This includes, but is not limited to scope, cost, schedule control, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Develop a set of controls to assure team performance against the Project baseline metrics.
• Develop protocols and guidelines for Diversity Compliance,Monitoring,and Reporting.
• Establish the metrics and basis for progress reporting against the Project, Projects, and Contracts. Reporting shall include Performance Measurement, Forecasting, Trending, Issues, Actions,Progress,and Overall Status.
• Develop project guidelines and protocols for cost reduction initiatives. Review project level cost reduction recommendations.
• Review project level diversity recommendations.
• Review construction progress and approve recovery plans.
• Review the claims resolutions recommendations.
• Collaborate withappropriate internaland external stakeholders to achieve consent.
• Establishes ongoing risk process and coordinates regular Monte Carlo analyses.
• Project intake: Consider expansion of deliverables to ensure more robust business cases/estimates/schedules are developed.
• Consider the development of an end-to‑end process that captures the project controls information from intake through to closeout. Including incorporating a feedback loop for intake/cost/scheduling closeout information.
• Consider the integration of intake/cost/scheduling reporting to providea holistic approachto project controls.
• Leads the Project Controls Team andensuresdeliverables with quality control and assurance.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying,engineeringor field related to construction.
• Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering is preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant projectcontrolsexperience.
• 2+ years managing high performingproject controlteams in a consulting environment.
• Knowledge of multiple contract delivery methods and the merits of each.
• Displaystrack recordof proven success with schedules, cost control, estimating andrisk management.
• Proven anddemonstratedexperience in implementing and managing a project controls system, including financial and scheduling controls, for a major capital project.
• Experience inestablishingand monitoring project baselines and performance metrics.
• Proficiencyin project management software (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project) and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex project data and provide meaningful insights and recommendations.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, industry standards, and compliance frameworks relevant to the project domain.
• Demonstratesleadership skills and the ability to influence and motivate project teams towards achieving project controlobjectives.
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational and communication skills

Turner & Townsend is an Affinitive Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email [e-mail] . If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713‑457‑9400 or [e-mail] . This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non‑disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.

Turner & Townsend carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Associate Director position is $155,000 annuallyand the maximum salary for the position of Associate Director is $190,000 annually.The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

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