Senior Manager, Project Controls (Planning)

Cushman & Wakefield; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement savings plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

FSA/HSA

Paid time off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls (Planning) in Atlanta to lead the development and management of integrated schedules for large capital projects. You will work with stakeholders to create strategic schedules and resource plans, mentor junior staff, and partner with cost and controls leaders to ensure timely delivery.

The role requires 10+ years in scheduling and project controls, strong communication, and proficiency with Primavera P6 or MS Project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in project planning, scheduling, project controls, or construction PM.
• Experience developing and managing integrated project schedules for large capital projects.
• Experience in complex, cross-functional, matrixed environments.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
• Construction industry experience; life sciences, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, data center, or pharma preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication with clients, leadership, and teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules aligned with objectives.
• Provide schedule management guidance and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Coordinate owner, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and third-party schedules.
• Lead planning sessions, schedule reviews, and workshops.
• Prepare baseline schedules, narratives, progress updates, and what-if analyses.
• Analyze critical path and communicate schedule impacts and risks.
• Monitor schedule performance and support mitigation plans.
• Maintain schedule reporting metrics, dashboards, and executive reports.
• Provide regular schedule progress updates to leadership.
• Maintain records of scope changes, assumptions, risks, and variances.
• Perform schedule quality reviews for accuracy and credibility.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure schedule alignment across phases.
• Support schedule risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
• Mentor junior schedulers and help improve scheduling processes.

Skills

Scheduling

Project controls

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Title

Senior Manager, Project Controls (Planning)

Job Description Summary

This senior level role will act as the face of the company responsible for the client relationship with regards to planning. Will make an immediate impact at a client by working with key stakeholders to develop high-level strategic schedules and resource plans to support the client through the early phases of the project lifecycle to closeout. Will work with the project cost lead and project controls manager to develop a plan for the long-term support of the project including building, managing and reporting on the schedule. Must have exceptional organizational, analytical and problem-solving. Must have the ability to lead a team and/or mentor less experienced team members.

Job Description

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules aligned with program and project objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to project stakeholders by providing schedule management expertise, planning guidance, and recommendations to support successful project delivery.
• Coordinate and integrate Owner, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and third-party schedules into a comprehensive master schedule.
• Facilitate planning sessions, schedule reviews, and collaborative workshops with project teams and stakeholders.
• Prepare baseline schedules, schedule narratives, progress updates, recovery schedules, and what-if analyses.
• Analyze critical path and near-critical path activities and communicate schedule impacts, risks, and opportunities to project teams.
• Monitor schedule performance, identify deviations and variances, and support the development of mitigation and recovery plans.
• Develop and maintain schedule reporting metrics, dashboards, milestone tracking, and executive-level reporting.
• Provide regular schedule progress reports, trend analyses, and forecast updates to project leadership and stakeholders.
• Maintain records of scope changes, schedule assumptions, trends, risks, and variances that may impact project execution.
• Perform schedule quality reviews to ensure accuracy, consistency, and credibility of project schedules.
• Collaborate closely with project controls, engineering, procurement, construction, and client teams to ensure schedule alignment across all project phases.
• Support schedule risk assessments and contribute to proactive risk identification and mitigation strategies.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior schedulers and project controls team members.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to scheduling processes, tools, and best practices.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in project planning, scheduling, project controls, or construction project management supporting capital projects through design and construction phases.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing integrated project schedules for large-scale capital construction projects.
• Experience working within complex, cross-functional, matrixed project environments.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
• Construction industry experience required; life sciences, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, data center, or pharmaceutical project experience strongly preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively engage project teams, clients, and leadership stakeholders.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 157,250.00 - $185,000.00

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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