Hybrid Senior Project Controls Lead: Forecasting & Schedule

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation; Canaanville (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Annual bonus opportunities

Competitive base salary

Retirement and wellness programs

Job summary

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is seeking a Lead Project Controls Specialist to drive cost, schedule, and risk controls across a multi-state service territory. The role focuses on establishing robust forecasting standards, leading portfolio reviews, and applying risk-adjusted methods to support major capital programs.

You will mentor staff, develop governance frameworks, and implement project controls software and reporting tools, collaborating with executive leadership and capital governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, Accounting, Project Management, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of project controls or related experience.
• Expert-level Primavera P6 proficiency.
• Experience conducting and interpreting Monte Carlo analyses.
• Experience supporting large complex capital projects or programs.

Responsibilities

• Establish enterprise standards for cost forecasting, performance measurement, contingency management, and executive cost reporting practices.
• Lead portfolio-level cost forecasting reviews and forecast challenge processes.
• Review and challenge project forecasts, assumptions, recovery plans, and contingency requirements.
• Establish enterprise standards for schedule development, schedule quality, critical path analysis, recovery planning, and project controls governance.
• Lead portfolio-level schedule reviews and schedule quality assessments.
• Develop portfolio-level P50, P70, and P90 forecasting methodologies and risk-adjusted forecasts.

Job description

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is seeking a Lead Project Controls Specialist to drive cost, schedule, and risk controls across a multi-state service territory. The role focuses on establishing robust forecasting standards, leading portfolio reviews, and applying risk-adjusted methods to support major capital programs.

You will mentor staff, develop governance frameworks, and implement project controls software and reporting tools, collaborating with executive leadership and capital governance