Senior Project Controls Manager (Data Center)

cumminggroup; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cumming Group in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager to lead cost controls across large-scale data center projects. You will oversee capital planning, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and procurement processes to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role offers exposure to diverse projects, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and opportunities to advance in a fast-growing consultancy renowned for cost management expertise.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated competency in project controls including front end planning, constructability, budgeting and scheduling.
• Knowledge of cost management for construction projects and pricing strategies.
• Ability to communicate with clients and teams to ensure alignment and timely decisions.
• Experience with capital planning, governance, and funding processes.

Responsibilities

• Perform project controls services including capital planning, governance, front end planning, project funding, project setup, procurement to pay, cost and commercial management, schedule control, risk management, and project close-out.
• Support delivery of portfolios, programs and project delivery.
• Assist in developing client capital plans and updates with cashflow and accrual information.
• Facilitate funding requests by consolidating information from multiple sources.

Skills

Cost estimating

Project controls

Budget development

Schedule control

Risk management

Client coordination

Front-end planning

Job description

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 15 rankings in ENR. With over 70 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

In this role, you will be a member of our highly reputable cost management and estimating team. The cost team delivers solutions to clients in the areas of conceptual estimating, budget development, cost planning, feasibility studies, value management, economic forecasting, milestone reports, pre- and post-contract auditing, change order review and reconciliation, BIM 5D cost modeling, LEED cost analysis, life cycle costing, and more. We encourage you to research us to learn more about our outstanding reputation within this service line.

We are currently hiring for Senior Project Controls Managers in Atlanta, GA. In this role, you will have the opportunity to grow your project controls and cost knowledge within all phases of a project, while gaining experience on a large-scale data center project.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform Project Controls Services service offering including but not limited to capital planning, portfolio and project governance, front end planning, project funding, project set up, construction technology, procure to pay, project, cost & commercial managing, schedule control, risk management, project close-out.
• Participate in the delivery of portfolios, programs & project delivery.
• Support development of clients capital plan and associated updates by providing cashflow and accrual information.
• Assist with the preparing of Front-end Planning assessments to ensure projects are well thought out and planned prior to funding.
• Facilitate funding process by consolidating information from various sources into a holistic funding request document.
• Work closely with clients to effectively set up project systems and coding and communicate the requirements to those providing inputs.
• Enable effective governance by providing relevant fact-based information including provision of reports.
• Assist in the smooth operation of the construction technology with a particular focus on ensuring the flow of information to enable efficient execution and control.
• Participate in the development of project sourcing strategies and ensure the effective set up of the procure to pay structure.
• Forecast and Predictively influence the outcomes of project.
• Review and analyze schedule development and progression to proactively influence the outcome of the project.
• Identify, quantify monitor and partner to develop risk mitigation plans.
• Ensure the effective closure of projects including the completion of all financial related activities .
• Supports cost controls efforts for projects with multi-phase structure and/or complex funding structure and requirements.
• Actively provides feedback for processes improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Demonstrated technical competency in project controls service offering including but not limited to Project set up, construction technology, procure to pay, project, cost & commercial managing, schedule control, risk management, project close-out.
• Understand how your role contributes to the organization's goals.
• Deliver quality work product by role modeling organizational core values.
• Hold self accountable to individual and team goals.
• Consistently communicate and collaborate with team members and clients.
• Build relationships with peers, leaders, and clients.
• Proactively participate in self-development to continually enhance current skills and build new skills required to excel at current role and prepare for career progression.
• Proficient in Cost Estimating for construction projects including conceptual and detailed estimating.
• Provide pricing expertise in various phases of construction work.
• Partner with management team in developing new customers and growing existing customer base.
• Strong research skills and ability to allocate the relevant data.
• Exposure to industry events, functions, & creating a network of key AEC professionals in the market.
• Ability to effectively integrate with other departments.
• Ability to quickly analyze, compare, and interpret detailed but sometimes poorly defined information.
• Understand construction technology, economics of construction, construction delivery methodologies, local requirements on tax and insurances as they impact construction costs, ability to understand general conditions and general requirements at a detailed level.
• Understand construction law in the local market, applicable methods of measurement and approaches to parametric, top down and bottoms up estimates.