Senior Manager, Project Controls (Hybrid)

CDM Smith

Edison (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 150,000 - 263,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to provide enterprise leadership for our project controls function across a large portfolio of design-build projects for municipal, industrial, and federal clients. This enterprise role will establish and continuously improve the governance, systems, processes, analytics, and talent needed to deliver projects safely, profitably, and predictably.

The ideal candidate brings deep project controls leadership within the AEC industry, including

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required.
15+ years of related experience.
PMP or PgM certification required.

Responsibilities

Define the enterprise project controls strategy, standards, methodologies, and governance model.
Establish project controls approaches for design-build and integrated delivery models across portfolios.
Strengthen budgeting, scheduling, forecasting, and change management processes.
Develop leading indicators, dashboards, and actionable insights for margin, cash flow, and delivery risk.
Lead modernization of project controls platforms, data workflows, and AI-enabled forecasting.
Establish scalable standards for document management and data quality.