Manager, Project Controls Planning (Life Science), Project & Development Services

cw; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Manager, Project Controls Planning for Life Science projects in the United States. You will lead scheduling, governance, and reporting for complex pharmaceutical facilities, coordinating across owners, EPCM partners, and vendors to ensure on-time delivery.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in project controls, strong leadership, and expertise in Primavera P6, with a background in regulated life sciences environments; MBA or master’s degree preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive planning and scheduling experience, including leadership or management.
• Experience with large-scale pharma/biotech capital programs and P6 scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling for major life sciences capital projects.
• Oversee integrated schedules including engineering, procurement, construction, and startup.
• Provide forecasting, critical path analysis, and milestone tracking.
• Conduct QA/QC reviews of schedules and forecasting deliverables.
• Coordinate schedule integration across owners, EPCM, contractors, and vendors.
• Monitor performance, risks, and develop mitigation/recovery strategies.
• Mentor scheduling professionals and support staffing/planning.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Scheduling

Risk analysis

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Certification preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Job Title

Manager, Project Controls Planning (Life Science), Project & Development Services

Job Description Summary

Leads planning and scheduling services for large-scale life sciences capital projects and programs, providing technical leadership, schedule governance, and day-to-day oversight of scheduling activities. Responsible for development, maintenance, analysis, and reporting of integrated project schedules that support successful delivery of complex pharmaceutical and biotechnology facilities. Serves as a trusted advisor to project leadership and client stakeholders, providing schedule insights, forecasting, risk analysis, and recovery recommendations throughout the project lifecycle.

Essential Job Duties:

• Lead planning and scheduling services for major life sciences capital projects, ensuring alignment of project objectives, milestones, and execution strategies.
• Oversee development, maintenance, and analysis of integrated project schedules encompassing engineering, procurement, construction, equipment delivery, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Provide schedule forecasting, critical path analysis, milestone tracking, and what-if scenario modeling to support client decision-making.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control reviews of project schedules, progress updates, schedule narratives, and forecasting deliverables.
• Coordinate schedule integration across owners, EPCM partners, contractors, equipment vendors, and third-party stakeholders.
• Monitor schedule performance, emerging risks, and trends, developing mitigation and recovery strategies as needed.
• Mentor scheduling professionals and support staffing, resource planning, and scheduling best practices within project teams.
• Support development and implementation of scheduling standards, processes, and reporting tools.

Education/Experience/Training:

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration or related field. Master's degree preferred. Certification preferred.
• Ten or more years of progressive planning and scheduling experience, including at least two years of leadership or management responsibility.
• Experience supporting large-scale capital projects within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, or other highly technical environments.
• Experience supporting major capital projects exceeding $1 billion in total installed cost preferred.
• Advanced expertise in schedule development, critical path methodology, schedule analysis, forecasting, progress measurement, and recovery planning.
• Proven experience developing and managing integrated schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and vendor organizations.
• Strong client management, consulting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and related scheduling and analytics tools.
• Knowledge of commissioning, qualification, performance qualification (PQ), startup, and operational readiness activities within regulated life sciences environments is highly desirable.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate's experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 140,250.00 - $165,000.00

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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