Project Controller

Jobtailor; Kentucky; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a seasoned Planning, Scheduling, and Control professional to lead all planning activities for large-scale industrial projects in the United States. You will manage actual/forecasted schedules, costs, revenues, cash in/out, risks, and opportunities, while driving improvements in planning tools and processes.

You will support the Project Manager by supervising execution and performance across schedule, cost, cash, and risk planning, ensuring detailed activity identification and

Qualifications

• 3 years of financial or project management related experience.
• 5 years of financial experience in a project business preferred.
• Large project management exposure in an industrial manufacturing business or similar preferred.
• Experience or exposure with risk management policies and procedures preferred.
• SAP Project Systems experience or similar preferred.
• Cost forecasting and scheduling experience or exposure preferred.
• Self-driven personality with high motivation to work in an international company preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, scheduling, and control efforts for all project phases of individual delivery for large-size projects.
• Maintain and analyze actual and forecasted schedules, costs, revenues, cash in/out, risks, and opportunities.
• Support improvements to planning competence, tools, and processes used in planning and control.
• Support the Project Manager by supervising project execution and performance through schedule, cost, cash, and risk planning.
• Analyze project requirements with the project team and ensure essential work activities are identified in sufficient detail for realistic project schedules.
• Monitor project progress and analyze project critical paths.
• Ensure critical path activities and project milestones progress according to plan.
• Notify Project Managers of deviations and provide input for resource optimization.
• Ensure individual projects are closed according to customer contracts in alignment with the Project Manager and Project Controller.
• Report to the Local Division Controller.

Skills

Project Planning

Scheduling

Cost Analysis

Risk Assessment

Forecasting

Project Management

Financial Management

Risk Management

Cost Forecasting

Self-Driven

High Motivation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

SAP Project Systems

Job description

• Lead planning, scheduling, and control efforts for all project phases of individual delivery for large-size projects


• Maintain and analyze actual and forecasted schedules, costs, revenues, cash in/out, risks, and opportunities


• Support improvements to planning competence, tools, and processes used in planning and control


• Support the Project Manager by supervising project execution and performance through schedule, cost, cash, and risk planning


• Analyze project requirements with the project team and ensure essential work activities are identified in sufficient detail for realistic project schedules


• Monitor project progress and analyze project critical paths


• Ensure critical path activities and project milestones progress according to plan


• Notify Project Managers of deviations and provide input for resource optimization


• Ensure individual projects are closed according to customer contracts in alignment with the Project Manager and Project Controller


• Report to the Local Division Controller

Requirements

• 3 years of financial or project management related experience


• Bachelor’s Degree


• 5 years of financial experience in a project business preferred


• Large project management exposure in an industrial manufacturing business or similar preferred


• Experience or exposure with risk management policies and procedures preferred


• SAP Project Systems experience or similar preferred


• Cost forecasting and scheduling experience or exposure preferred


• Self-driven personality with high motivation to work in an international company preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in project planning, scheduling, and control, with a strong focus on financial management and risk assessment in large-scale projects. Proficient in utilizing tools like SAP Project Systems for effective project execution and performance monitoring.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Management


• Financial Management


• Risk Management


• Cost Forecasting


• SAP Project Systems

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Planning


• Scheduling


• Cost Analysis


• Risk Assessment


• Forecasting

Soft Skills

• Self-Driven


• High Motivation

Industry Keywords

• Industrial Manufacturing


• Project Business


• Project Execution


• Project Milestones


• Resource Optimization

Tools & Technologies

• SAP Project Systems