Director, Project Controls & Portfolio Analytics

AACE International; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 165,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Princeton University seeks an Associate Director of Project Controls to lead cost estimating, scheduling, risk management and reporting for facilities projects. The role oversees a team of four professionals and drives platform adoption for project controls tools across the portfolio.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Strategy and Governance, OCP, the position requires a Bachelor’s in a relevant field and 8+ years of management experience on large projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or architecture required.
• 8+ years’ experience as direct manager of project controls teams on large construction projects.
• Experience in software project management and integration with Facilities IT.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Advanced Excel skills with strong data visualization ability.
• Leadership, problem solving and time-management skills.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, Autodesk BIM suite, E-builder, Procore.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and oversight of project controls standards, tools and procedures.
• Build and maintain cost estimating databases and benchmarking tools.
• Review budgets, forecasts, variance reports and cash flow models.
• Develop workforce projections, actuals and variance reporting.
• Ensure accurate collection and accessibility of cost, schedule and risk data.
• Collaborate on system upgrades, data integration and platform governance.
• Provide timely monthly reports and dashboards to stakeholders.
• Mentor staff and supervise delivery platform analytics.

Skills

Excellent communication

Advanced Excel

Leadership

Time-management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or architecture

Graduate level education and/or professional license

Tools

Primavera P6

Autodesk BIM suite

E-builder

Procore

Power BI

Python

Tableau

Job description

Princeton University seeks an Associate Director of Project Controls to lead cost estimating, scheduling, risk management and reporting for facilities projects. The role oversees a team of four professionals and drives platform adoption for project controls tools across the portfolio.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Strategy and Governance, OCP, the position requires a Bachelor’s in a relevant field and 8+ years of management experience on large projects.