Senior Project Controls Leader – Enterprise & Design-Build

CDM Smith; Joliet (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to lead the project controls function across a large portfolio of design-build projects for municipal, industrial, and federal clients. The role focuses on governance, platforms, analytics, and talent development to deliver projects safely, profitably, and predictably.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in integrated design-build and digital transformation, with a track record of building scalable controls across a distributed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 15+ years of related experience.
• PMP or PgM certification required.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise project controls strategy, standards, methodologies, and governance model; drive consistent adoption across business units and regions.
• Establish project controls approaches for design-build, progressive design-build, CMAR, construction management, and other integrated delivery models.
• Strengthen budgeting, earned value management, forecasting, variance analysis, integrated master scheduling, critical path analysis, change management, contract administration, claims avoidance, and recovery planning.
• Develop leading indicators, project health reviews, executive dashboards, and actionable insights for margin, backlog, cash flow, labor productivity, schedule performance, forecasting accuracy, and delivery risk.
• Lead modernization of project controls platforms, data, and workflows; champion automation, integrated reporting, AI-enabled forecasting, predictive risk identification, and performance monitoring.
• Establish scalable standards for document management, records, configuration control, collaboration platforms, data quality, traceability, and digital project delivery.

Skills

Project controls leadership

Integrated design-build

Digital transformation

Cost engineering & scheduling

Forecasting & risk management

Executive communication

Team development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

EcoSys

Acumen Fuse

Oracle

Textura

Power BI

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to lead the project controls function across a large portfolio of design-build projects for municipal, industrial, and federal clients. The role focuses on governance, platforms, analytics, and talent development to deliver projects safely, profitably, and predictably.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in integrated design-build and digital transformation, with a track record of building scalable controls across a distributed