Senior Engineering Control Leader - Drive Project Value

Merck; Wilmington (DE); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive

Job summary

Merck is seeking an Area Control Leader within Global Engineering Solutions (Associate Director) to drive project cost control, scheduling, and risk management across a portfolio. This role emphasizes value delivery, innovative methods, and early issue detection to keep projects on track.

The candidate should bring 10+ years of project control experience, strong leadership and communication, and proficiency with SAP, Primavera P6, and MS Project. Travel up to 25% across the Americas is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a relevant discipline.
• 10+ years applicable Project Control related experience.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills and willing to accept and drive change and innovation.
• Working knowledge of project cost and financial management aspects within SAP system (or similar) software.
• Working knowledge of scheduling and risk analysis software (e.g. Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis, MS Project).
• Ability to travel across the Americas up to 25% of their time.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement Project Control execution plans.
• Develop, monitor and maintain overall Monthly Project Cost Reports including: cost budgeting/forecasting/reporting, earned-value analysis, progress measurement/schedule status, change management, risk management, and early warning of issues.
• Support implementation of Target Value Delivery.
• Develop and maintain overall Project Spending Plans.
• Interface with AE & CM Project Control personnel to ensure timely communication and support of project scheduling, control and reporting requirements.
• Work with internal SMEs in estimating and strategic scheduling to support transition from planning to execution.
• Schedule development, maintenance, analysis and reporting using CPM and Last Planner System.
• Development and monitoring of project staffing plans for new projects and ongoing projects.
• Implementation of Change Management and Risk Management processes.
• Support of project financial close out requirements including asset definition and valuation.
• Liaison with various groups outside the Engineering organization.

Skills

Cost management

Risk analysis

Leadership

SAP

Primavera P6

MS Project

Scheduling

Communication

Travel readiness

Lean

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

SAP

Primavera P6

Primavera Risk Analysis

MS Project

Job description

Merck is seeking an Area Control Leader within Global Engineering Solutions (Associate Director) to drive project cost control, scheduling, and risk management across a portfolio. This role emphasizes value delivery, innovative methods, and early issue detection to keep projects on track.

The candidate should bring 10+ years of project control experience, strong leadership and communication, and proficiency with SAP, Primavera P6, and MS Project. Travel up to 25% across the Americas is required.