Director, Project Controls

Scorpion Therapeutics; Malvern (Chester County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time

Sick time

Holiday pay

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Director, Project Controls to lead capital project estimating across the lifecycle from Malvern, PA or New Brunswick, NJ. You will establish standards, templates, and defensible cost assumptions while driving benchmarking and independent reviews of estimates and contractor deliverables.

The role requires 15+ years in estimating and project controls for major capital programs in regulated environments, with strong expertise in risk, escalation, and change-management

Qualifications

• 15+ years estimating/project controls/construction management for major capital programs.
• Experience with complex $100MM+ capital projects in regulated environments; strong knowledge of estimating, benchmarking, cost breakdown structures, escalation/contingency, and change-impact evaluation.
• Preferred: J&J FPX/IDEA familiarity; CEP/CCP/CPE/PMP/RICS (or equivalent); FDA-regulated experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, governance, validation, and continuous improvement of capital project estimating practices across the lifecycle.
• Drive consistent estimating standards (early ideation through execution/assessment), including estimating strategies, business case support, scope/cost alignment, estimate reviews, and validation of external partner deliverables.
• Establish and manage estimating tools/templates and 21-Tab/ESR estimate structure; ensure complete, documented, defensible cost assumptions (basis, exclusions, allowances, escalation, contingency, risk).
• Lead benchmarking and independent estimate reviews/challenge sessions; evaluate estimating/AE/CM/contractor deliverables.
• Support change order review and cost validation; review bid packages and subcontract pricing; develop contingency strategies.

Skills

Estimating

Project controls

Construction management

Regulated environments knowledge

Education

B.S. in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Business or related (required).

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Planswift

Job description

Director, Project Controls (Malvern, PA or New Brunswick, NJ)

Responsibilities:

• Lead development, governance, validation, and continuous improvement of capital project estimating practices across the lifecycle.
• Drive consistent estimating standards (early ideation through execution/assessment), including estimating strategies, business case support, scope/cost alignment, estimate reviews, and validation of external partner deliverables.
• Establish and manage estimating tools/templates and 21-Tab/ESR estimate structure; ensure complete, documented, defensible cost assumptions (basis, exclusions, allowances, escalation, contingency, risk).
• Lead benchmarking and independent estimate reviews/challenge sessions; evaluate estimating/AE/CM/contractor deliverables.
• Support change order review and cost validation; review bid packages and subcontract pricing; develop contingency strategies.

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Business or related (required).
• 15+ years estimating/project controls/construction management for major capital programs.
• Experience with complex $100MM+ capital projects in regulated environments; strong knowledge of estimating, benchmarking, cost breakdown structures, escalation/contingency, and change-impact evaluation.

Preferred:

• J&J FPX/IDEA familiarity; CEP/CCP/CPE/PMP/RICS (or equivalent); web-based PM/estimating tools (e.g., Autodesk Construction Cloud, Planswift); FDA-regulated experience.

Benefits (time off, if eligible):

• Vacation, sick time, holiday pay, work/personal/family time, parental/bereavement/caregiver/volunteer/military spouse time-off.