Senior Project Controls Manager: Cost & Schedule - Hybrid

invenergyllc; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Invenergy LLC in Chicago seeks a Manager, Project Controls Cost & Schedule to lead cost control and scheduling staff, manage models, run critical path analysis, and prepare reports to improve construction execution. Hybrid work: in-office Monday–Thursday, remote Friday.

Travel up to 5% and willingness to spend time on active construction sites are expected. The role supports project development through construction phases, coordinating with vendors, subcontractors, and internal teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field; engineering, finance, or construction is preferred.
• 8+ years minimum work experience; 6+ years of construction experience with cost and scheduling preferred.
• Team lead or people management experience
• P6/OPC experience
• Cost Control system experience
• Excellent solution-seeking, teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills
• Experience with project coordination and management of projects with multiple levels of interface between vendors, internal staff, and other stakeholders preferred
• Experience identifying project risks that may impact cost and schedule
• Willingness to spend time on active construction sites
• Able to travel up to 5% of the time
• Eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Control and monitor project expenditures including invoices and claims from suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, identifying relationships, logic, milestones, durations, and constraints for the portfolio of projects
• Review contractor schedule submissions and updates for completeness and identify schedule risks to Project Management team.
• Own the baseline schedule and proactively work with internal and external stakeholders on updates.
• Provide planning, cost, and scheduling support for all projects including variation reporting, milestone tracking
• Lead cost controllers and schedulers in supporting cost and scheduling activities across the Invenergy project portfolio
• Perform and manage project financial activity monitoring and purchase requests creation and follow up.
• Perform commercial review for (subcontractor’s quotations) for the preparation of service agreements.
• Ensure effective project implementation and utilize productive reports to monitor the status of all activities, purchases, invoicing, and delivery up to the closure of the project.
• Identify cost and schedule risks and assist in planned mitigation efforts.
• Prepare monthly movement report for the monitoring of the project activities daily promptly to the project manager and management.
• Review project cost and schedule reports to ensure project requirements are being met.
• Monitor and proactively provide input on project and issues impacting the project.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports, as directed by management.

Skills

Cost control

Scheduling

Team leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Construction site experience

Travel readiness

US work eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

P6/OPC

Cost control system

Job description

Invenergy LLC in Chicago seeks a Manager, Project Controls Cost & Schedule to lead cost control and scheduling staff, manage models, run critical path analysis, and prepare reports to improve construction execution. Hybrid work: in-office Monday–Thursday, remote Friday.

Travel up to 5% and willingness to spend time on active construction sites are expected. The role supports project development through construction phases, coordinating with vendors, subcontractors, and internal teams to ensure