Enterprise Project Controls Lead – Design-Build & Digital

CDM Smith; Aurora (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to lead enterprise project controls across a large portfolio for municipal, industrial, and federal clients. This role shapes governance, processes, and analytics to deliver projects safely, profitably, and predictably.

The ideal candidate has deep AEC experience with integrated design-build, advanced digital platforms, and a proven ability to drive standardization, reporting, and predictive insights across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 15+ years of related experience.
• PMP or PgM certification required.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise project controls strategy, standards, methodologies, and governance model; drive consistent adoption across business units and regions.
• Establish project controls approaches for design-build, progressive design-build, CMAR, construction management, and other integrated delivery models.
• Strengthen budgeting, earned value management, forecasting, variance analysis, and scheduling.
• Develop leading indicators, project health reviews, executive dashboards, and actionable insights.
• Lead modernization of project controls platforms, data, and workflows; champion automation and AI-enabled forecasting.
• Establish scalable standards for document management, records, configuration control, and data quality.

Skills

Leadership

Digital transformation

Analytics

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Team development

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

EcoSys

Acumen Fuse

Oracle

Textura

Power BI

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to lead enterprise project controls across a large portfolio for municipal, industrial, and federal clients. This role shapes governance, processes, and analytics to deliver projects safely, profitably, and predictably.

The ideal candidate has deep AEC experience with integrated design-build, advanced digital platforms, and a proven ability to drive standardization, reporting, and predictive insights across the enterprise.