Manager I - Project Controls

Blattner Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Employer-paid HDHP insurance

401(k) with company match

HSA and FSA options

Dental and Vision insurance

Education Assistance

Work/Life balance

Gym on site

Job summary

Blattner Company seeks an experienced leader for project controls to guide a team, analyze CPM schedules, and manage risk and change on major energy projects.

You will oversee schedulers and consultants, deliver schedules, forecasts, dashboards, and risk analyses while ensuring contractual obligations are met. The role requires extensive travel (up to 50%), with relocation to Minnesota considered for some assignments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent education or relevant experience required.
• Five or more years progressive experience in a construction project controls discipline including project scheduling, cost, or risk analysis or a combination of these experiences.
• 3-5 years previous experience leading senior level individual contributors required.
• Subject Matter Expertise with Primavera P6.
• Remote/travel role with 50% travel if remote and 25% if relocating to Minnesota.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the assigned project controls team and third-party consultants to support deliverables.
• Provide support, performance evaluation, and mentorship to the project controls team.
• Develop, control, and analyze CPM schedules and schedule risk analysis.
• Manage schedulers workload to ensure reporting deliverables (schedules, forecasts, risk registers, dashboards) are timely.
• Drive strategic analysis of project data to inform management decisions.
• Ensure contractual obligations to clients are met and advise on change management.

Skills

PM leadership

Scheduling

Risk analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

JD Edwards

Job description

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Provides leadership of project controls personnel assigned to a project management team. Ensures all Blattner project controls processes and deliverables are efficiently executed and delivered to the project team. Is a subject matter expert in the analysis of project data and provides recommendations for improvements to processes to Director - Portfolio and Project Controls and project management teams ensuring controls remain standardized and consistent across all business units.

STEP INTO THE ROLE

Oversees the assigned project controls team and third-party consultants in support of project controls team deliverables to Project Management. Provides support, performance evaluation, time approval, recruitment, mentorship to the project controls team. Responsible for the development, control, and analysis of Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules and schedule risk analysis, risk management, and management of change. Manages the project schedulers workload to ensure all reporting deliverables including schedules, cost forecasts, risk registers and analyses, dashboards, s-curves, and histograms are delivered in a timely manner. Drives management and decision making by regularly conducting a strategic analysis of project data. Provides concise actionable recommendations to the project team to meet project objectives. Ensures project controls contractual obligations to Clients are met. May advise project management for the evaluation, creation, and execution of contracts and change management.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent education or relevant experience required.
• Five or more years progressive experience in a construction project controls discipline including project scheduling, project cost, or project risk analysis or a combination of these experiences.
• 3-5 years previous experience leading senior level individual contributors required.
• Subject Matter Expertise with Primavera P6.
• This is a remote/ traveling position with the expectation of 50% travel if remote and 25% if willing to relocate to Minnesota.

WHAT SETS YOU APART

• Renewable experience highly preferred.
• Experience with cost software and/or JD Edwards.

HOW WE INVEST IN YOU

• Competitive pay $121,680.00 - $176,436.00 Individual Compensation to be determined based on the applicant’s applicable experience and qualifications balanced against internal equity.
• 100% employer paid HDHP insurance premiums for employees
• 401(k) with company match
• HSA and FSA options
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Education Assistance (Tuition Reimbursement)
• Work/Life balance
• Employee/Family focused culture
• Gym on site
• And more!

WHO ARE WE?

With more than 115 years of construction experience, Blattner has played a vital role in building America’s critical infrastructure, ranging from railroads and highways to dams and mines. Since 1997, the company has focused on renewable energy solutions and is responsible for some of the most significant solar, wind and storage projects in the U.S. Today, Blattner has installed over 20% of America’s utility‑scale wind, solar and energy storage capacity. Blattner Company is the parent company of Blattner Energy and D.H. Blattner & Sons, of which all are members of the Quanta Services family of companies. Company headquarters are in Avon, Minnesota. Blattner is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Blattner will not tolerate discrimination against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental disability, military or veteran status, national origin, physical disability, race, receipt of public assistance, sex, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. This commitment governs all aspects of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, compensation, discipline, and access to benefits and training. Additionally, Blattner is committed, in accordance with applicable law, to making reasonable accommodations for job applicants and employees based on a qualifying disability, a sincerely held religious belief or practice, and for pregnancy, childbirth or related health conditions. Applicants and employees who feel they have experienced or witnessed discrimination or who wishes to request a reasonable accommodation should contact the Human Resources Department. Blattner prohibits retaliation against any individual for making a complaint under this policy, for opposing discrimination, for participating in an investigation pursuant to this policy, or for requesting a reasonable accommodation.

Blattner Company is a nationwide, leading service provider of renewable energy construction. Based in Avon, Minnesota, Blattner provides complete engineering, procurement and construction services for utility‑scale solar, wind, energy storage and power delivery projects with proven project management skills and best in class professional services and support. Based in Avon, Minnesota, Blattner provides complete engineering, procurement and construction services for utility‑scale solar, wind, energy storage and power delivery projects with proven project management skills and best in class professional services and support.