Project Controls Manager

PVH (Tommy Hilfiger/Calvin Klein); Itasca (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Titan Electric is seeking a Project Controls Manager in Itasca, IL, traveling up to 40% nationwide. You will drive project controls, forecasting, scheduling, and risk management to protect margins and improve execution across offices.

You will partner with executives, project teams, and field leaders to bring truth to performance data. Success means building a scalable controls function, improving visibility, and adopting technology to reduce margin erosion while mentoring a growing team of

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in construction management or engineering.
• Experience leading project controls for large commercial or mission-critical projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead project controls across multiple offices and ensure data integrity.
• Forecast cost-to-complete and cost-at-completion and drive accurate budgeting.
• Develop schedules and baseline plans to support on-time delivery.
• Collaborate with finance, estimating, operations, and field leadership.

Skills

Project controls

Forecasting

Cost management

Scheduling

Risk management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Travel: 40% Nationwide
Location: Itasca

At Titan Electric, we're looking for a Project Controls Manager who can see trouble before it shows up on a financial statement.Someone who understands that every missed schedule milestone, labor overrun, procurement delay, or bad forecast eventually turns into a profit problem.You'll be the person helping our executives, project teams, and field leaders make smarter decisions faster.If you love turning messy project data into clear direction and enjoy holding teams accountable to reality-not optimism-we should talk.

Who We Are

Titan Electric has been building and powering some of the most complex commercial and mission-critical projects in the country since 2006.We've grown fast, but we've never lost sight of what matters:

• Integrity over excuses
• Accountability over blame
• Innovation over complacency
• Teamwork over ego
• Respect for people, projects, and commitments

We're building the infrastructure that keeps businesses, hospitals, data centers, schools, and communities operating.And we're building a company where top performers can do the best work of their careers.

The Mission

Your job is simple:Make sure leadership always knows the truth about project performance.Not the optimistic forecast.Not the watered-down update.The truth.

You'll lead the systems, reporting, forecasting, scheduling, risk management, and project controls processes that help Titan protect margin, improve execution, and scale intelligently across multiple offices.You'll connect operations, project management, field leadership, finance, estimating, and technology teams into one version of reality.

What Success Looks Like

Within your first 12-24 months, you'll help Titan:

Create Predictable ForecastingProject managers consistently produce reliable Cost-To-Complete and Cost-At-Completion forecasts.Improve Schedule DisciplineProject schedules become trustworthy management tools instead of documents updated only when someone asks for them.Increase VisibilityExecutives can quickly understand project health across the entire portfolio.Improve Technology AdoptionProject teams actually use the tools we've invested in.Reduce Margin ErosionRisks are identified early enough to do something about them.Build a Scalable Project Controls FunctionWhat works in one office works across the company.

What You'll Own

Cost & Financial Performance

You'll help project teams understand where projects truly stand financially.Responsibilities include:

• Reviewing project budgets, cost coding, and forecasting practices
• Driving accurate Cost-To-Complete (CTC) and Cost-At-Completion (CAC) forecasting
• Analyzing labor productivity, equipment costs, purchasing performance, and subcontractor spend
• Identifying margin risk before it becomes margin loss
• Challenging assumptions and improving forecast accuracy
• Helping leaders make informed financial decisions

Scheduling & Project Execution

You'll establish scheduling discipline across the organization.You'll:

• Support development of baseline, recovery, and as-built schedules
• Establish company scheduling standards
• Evaluate critical path risk and schedule impacts
• Assist teams with delay analysis and claims support
• Improve consistency in schedule reporting
• Ensure progress updates reflect actual field conditions

Project Management Systems

Technology only works when people actually use it.You'll become the business owner and champion for project management platforms and workflows.That includes:

• Driving adoption of project management tools
• Partnering with Operations and IT on system improvements
• Creating training programs and implementation plans
• Measuring adoption across locations
• Reducing rework caused by inconsistent workflows
• Helping field and project teams get maximum value from technology investments

Risk Management

You'll help identify problems before they become emergencies.You'll work with:

• Operations
• Project Managers
• Superintendents
• Estimators
• Finance Leaders
• Executive Leadership

To identify:

• Schedule risk
• Labor risk
• Procurement risk
• Staffing risk
• Financial risk
• Execution risk

Reporting & Analytics

You'll transform project data into decision-making tools.Responsibilities include:

• Building executive dashboards
• Tracking portfolio performance
• Producing KPI and trend analysis
• Monitoring cash flow and margin exposure
• Supporting preconstruction and bid strategy efforts
• Developing reporting structures leadership actually uses

Building the Team

Today you'll lead.Tomorrow you'll help build.You'll play a key role in shaping the future Project Controls organization.

• Hiring and developing future team members
• Coaching project teams
• Establishing standards
• Creating accountability
• Driving continuous improvement

What You Bring

We're less interested in buzzwords and more interested in experience.

Minimum RequirementsBachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineerin