Regional Project Controls Manager

Covanta; North Carolina; On-site; USD 91,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, vision, &d

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Reworld seeks a Regional Project Controls Manager to lead cost control and scheduling for multi-million dollar PMO projects, including outages and expansions. You will build detailed cost-loaded schedules, manage budgets, and work with PMs, procurement and regional teams.

This role requires travel up to 50%, mentoring staff, and delivering KPI dashboards. A 4-year degree is preferred; strong Primavera/Microsoft Project skills and financial acumen are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; may consider 2+ years with HS diploma
• Experience in outage planning and cost tracking for large outages is preferred
• Strong scheduling and cost tracking capabilities with prior outage reporting to leadership

Responsibilities

• Create and update large PMO project schedules (L3/L4).
• Load budgets, track actuals and estimate at completion for outages.
• Review contractual payments and ensure invoices align with terms.
• Travel to sites to audit costs and meet project teams.
• Mentor and cross-train staff on scheduling and cost tracking.
• Manage 4–6 external resources and coordinate with PMO/Procurement.

Skills

Planning

Financial acumen

Communication

Mentoring

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Project

Excel

Access

Job description

About the role

The Regional Project Controls Manager will play a key role in the successful delivery of PMO projects valued between $10 million and $250 million, supporting routine outages, planned maintenance, expansions, and emergency work. Reporting to the Project Controls Director, the Manager will work with stakeholders across the business as a billable resource for cost control.

• Create and update, large PMO project detailed schedules L3, and L4.
• Budget load, track actuals and estimate at complete cost on large PMO outages.
• Review contractual payment terms with clients and develop schedule of payments. Ensure invoices to clients are issued in accordance with the contractual terms and project progress.
• Travel to sites to audit the costs, meet with project teams and vendors.
• Support site planners and other remote planners and cost resources as subject matter experts.
• Mentor and cross-train other team resources on scheduling and cost tracking.
• Indirect management and scoping of third-party resources (approximately 4-6 resources)
• Work directly with Project Managers, procurement, regional resources, and management to properly track vendor cost and cashflows. Update vendor installments based on progress of projects.
• Support the development of Primavera standard scopes of work for Boiler outages, Turbine/generator outages, and PMO projects.
• Support Regional planning refreshes 2 times a year.
• Support preparation of regional monthly cost, schedule and cashflow reviews.
• Ensure project dashboard KPIs are complete accurately in accordance with the company's calendar.
• Run team calls and meetings when necessary.
• Contribute to completing Post Outage Review summaries with improvement actions forward, best practices and lessons learned

Requirements

Education

• Candidates with a 4-year college degree are desirable however those with at least 2 years of direct experience may be considered with a High School Diploma or equivalent.

Experience

• Candidates with direct experience in outage planning, outage cost tracking and a good understanding of power plant operations are strongly preferred but will consider those in an industry with large scale planned maintenance cycles with similar project sizes.
• Demonstratable Project Controls experience with prior experience building cost loaded schedules as well as experience in tracking prior outage cost.
• Prior experience with onsite tracking of large complex outages both on Cost and Schedule.
• Prior experience in reporting outage performance to senior management.

Skills

• Highly skilled and proficient in use of planning tools such as Primavera or Microsoft Project, with a strong proficiency in MS Office applications, especially with Excel (spreadsheets, modeling, and pivot tables). Higher level proficiency preferred in Access as well.
• High level of financial acumen with expectations of creating budgets in a project costing role and tracking actual cost and forecasting estimates at completion.
• Able to communicate effectively with management at all levels from the corporate offices and operating facilities.
• Understanding of cost implications on changes to schedule Critical path. Ability to explain key drivers related to impacts on cost.
• Able to compile planning documentation for review and effectively make revisions.
• Good presentation skills for effective communications to PMO Project Managers & Project Control team.
• Experience and skills planning multiple projects and coordinating them through their various phases.
• Ability to appropriately delegate and deploy external resources and hold them accountable for defined KPI's.
• Ability to mentor & train other team members.

Travel

• Must be willing to travel to assigned plants for planning, cost tracking during execution, and reviews. Typical duration could last up to a month at a time. Overall projects can last for several years at a time.
• Average travel expectation is approximately 50% with adjustments based on business need.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to climb ladders and scaffold, enter and traverse tight spaces and areas.
• Must be able to walk, sit, climb, balance, crawl and kneel.

Pay Transparency

In addition to salary, this roleis eligible for benefits. The benefits would include medical, prescription drug, vision, and dental plans; 401(k) plan; paid parental leave; paid time off; and paid holidays.

Additional details are available at https://www.reworldwaste.com/careers/benefits.

Reworld is committed to paying its staff equitably, and we strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits packages. The range below reflects Reworld's reasonable estimate of base pay for this role based on primary posting location. It is expected that most qualified candidates in this location will fall within the posting range. The final salary offered for this role will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to: experience, education, geographic location, skills and competencies, travel requirements and/or union contracts (if applicable). Pay ranges are reviewed from time to time and may be modified in the future.

The pay range for the primary location of this position is: $91,200.00 - $121,400.00 USD per annum

Reworld provides an industry-leading benefits package that supports the whole person-and their families-through a balanced approach to mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Regular full-time employees based in the USA have access to comprehensive medical, prescription drugs, dental, and vision coverage, FSA, HSA, short- and long-term disability benefits. Our 401(k) plan is industry-leading, with an up to 7% company match. Additional benefits include Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, EAP, paid parental leave, and educational assistance. For more information regarding these offerings, please visit the Reworld Careers Benefits Page. Reworld reserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate any benefit plan, in whole or in part, at any time.

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Reworld is an Equal Opportunity Employer, has developed an Affoliate Action Program (AAP), and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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