Director - Project Controls

AtkinsRéalis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in design and project management is seeking a Director - Project Controls for their New York office. The role includes managing project controls, overseeing staff coordination, and ensuring budget compliance while providing support for significant infrastructure projects. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and extensive experience in project cost management.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible work schedules

Group Insurance

PTO plus two Floating Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Retirement Savings Plan with employer match

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learning and development programs

Tuition reimbursement plan

Qualifications

• Must have 10 years relevant experience or equivalent specialized experience.
• Experience in commercial, industrial, refinery, semiconductor, and/or pharmaceuticals is preferred.
• Understanding of Information Technology in work performance.

Responsibilities

• Manages project controls team and ensures budget and scheduling compliance.
• Tracks and analyzes project costs, including forecasts and reports.
• Produces forecasts of total project costs and variance analysis.

Skills

Cost management

Scheduling

Project planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, or related field

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Projects

SAP

Skire

VersaPro

Job description

Why join us?

We are hiring! AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Director - Project Controls to join our New York, NY office.

Must be a US Citizen and able to work in the NYC office 3-4 days/week.

Responsible to the client for managing project controls and ensuring that established procedures for baseline schedule and cost control budgets are implemented by team. Monitors project progress tracks actual expenditures and reports monthly cost forecasts/reports. Analyzes status data and trends, presenting monthly reviews to management. Has overall responsibility for project cost control, project cost management and management of project controls staff.

About Us

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Manages staff co-ordination and workload and directly supervises project controls team.
• Manages, revises, and maintains status of the detailed project cost estimate/forecast to include all phases of project execution from design/engineering, material/equipment procurement and deliveries, construction contracts through start-up activities and closeout.
• Tracks and analyzes the project costs including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts. Analysis includes forecast to budget and estimate, forecast to actuals, and contingency analysis.
• Participates in the development and improvement of project controls systems.
• Recommends improvements in systems, tools, and methods of project controls and project management.
• Establishes a project work breakdown structure in line with industry best practices.
• Assists in analyzing project control requirements as part of the bid review process to ensure all cost control requirements are incorporated into individual contracts and purchase orders.
• Interacts with other project groups in relation to cost codes, purchase order commitments, change orders and sales tax issues as required and to ensure all accounting and regulatory compliance issues or guidelines are implemented.
• Assists in creating detailed project budgets from estimates and in the development of cash flow projections.
• Works with senior project management staff in managing the overall project cost control efforts.
• Works with scheduling staff to develop, manage, revise, and update integrated detailed project schedules including all phases of project execution.
• Assists in early identification of long lead items, resource constraints, and required project start dates.
• Manages key project indicators and project commercial reports.
• Manages internal job costing in relation to the fee and services to be provided, resources required and all project reporting including job number, Project Status Report (PSR) and other company reporting policies.
• Produces forecasts of total project costs, annual costs, and monthly cash flow costs and provides variance analysis and explanations.
• Assists in forecasting engineering and construction resource requirements.
• Assists in coordinating engineering and construction activities in conjunction with overall project schedule requirements. Incorporates engineering and construction contractor schedules into overall project schedules.
• Ensures all contract deliverables and deadlines are met.
• Provides senior level general project management support as necessary (e.g., financial/operational budgeting, consolidation, analysis, forecasting; business development; pricing; billing; key client/consultant relationship management).
• Performs such other duties as the Supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
• Complexity (Variety or uniqueness of tasks; relative difficulty or importance of work performed; size of unit supported, etc.): Work involves coordination, research and problem solving on a variety of projects with unique or controversial problems, the solution of which has an important effect on major organization programs.
• Decision-making (Supervision received; independent judgment or initiative; consequence of error): Supervision received is essentially administrative, with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits. Acts independently on technical matters.
• Work direction given to other (Titles and number of personnel; type of direction given): Supervises and/or coordinates with other senior technical and support staff.
• Internal contacts (Required interaction/relationship with others within the organization): Interfaces with senior technical staff, technical managers, and administrative staff and managers as necessary.
• External contacts (Required interaction/relationship with others outside the organization): Represents the organization in conferences with clients and prospective clients.

What will you contribute?

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, or a related field, plus ten years relevant experience or commensurate specialized experience.
• Experience in commercial, industrial, refinery, semiconductor, and/or pharmaceuticals is preferred.
• Experience with Primavera or Microsoft Projects is preferred.
• Must thoroughly understand and utilize Information Technology in the performance of work including Internet, Intranet, Microsoft Windows OS, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite, and Microsoft Project.
• Working knowledge of industry standard software, including but not limited to SAP, Skire, VersaPro, etc. and ERP, Planning & Scheduling, and cost management applications.
• Must have strong cost management, scheduling, and project planning and estimating skills, as well as the communication skills necessary to interface with external engineering, architectural and construction firms, suppliers, the management team, and other organizations within client organizations. Must be able to use A/E and CM cost and/or schedule information to evaluate project status. Must have experience in developing budgets, cash flows, and/or schedules.
• Must be highly articulate, client facing, have clear and analytical approach to problem solving, and strong decision-making abilities. Must have excellent communication and presentation skills.

What we offer at AtkinsRéalis:

AtkinsRéalis realizes that health, mental and financial wellbeing, are all equally needed to achieve balance in life. We are pleased to offer a robust rewards package that help our employees have peace of mind in and outside of work.

Our benefit offerings address all of the areas that are part of living a healthy life. We recognize that what is important to people, continues to change. Some of our other benefits to ensure our employees feel supported, include continuing to offer health and dental coverage and a full list below. Our culture is one of providing support and training for our employees to thrive. We offer learning and development programs, training, career pathing opportunities, and a tuition reimbursement plan. At AtkinsRéalis, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedules
• Group Insurance
• PTO plus two Floating Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave (including maternity and paternity)
• Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• An inclusive culture of Employee Resources Groups centered around women, African-Americans, Hispanics, LGBTQ+, Neurodiversity and Emerging Professionals.
• A Foundation that is employee-funded with a 2-to-1 match from the company providing STEAM education for minorities from K-12 to college.

If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!

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https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/equal-opportunities-statement

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Expected compensation range is between $180,000 - $225,000 annually depending on skills, experience, and geographical location.

Upon acceptance of an offer, all candidates must go through a drug screen test and background check. AtkinsRéalis is a federal contractor which mandates a satisfactory background screening report and drug test that supersedes state laws.

Note to staffing and direct hire agencies:

In the event a recruiter or agency who is not on our preferred supplier list submits a resume/candidate to anyone in the company, AtkinsRéalis family of companies, we explicitly reserve the right to recruit and hire the candidate(s) at our discretion and without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/recruitment-agencies