Senior Project Controls Manager – Manufacturing & Capital Planning

Dessert Holdings Inc.; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Dessert Holdings Inc. is seeking an Engineering Project Controls Manager to lead project controls, capital planning, and governance for the Engineering organization across its manufacturing network.

You will oversee forecasting, reporting, and controls standards to drive capital effectiveness while coordinating with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Finance, and Supply Chain teams. The role includes developing dashboards, KPIs, and governance processes, supervising staff, and supporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field preferred; equivalent professional experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead project controls for capital projects across multiple manufacturing facilities, ensuring effective management of scope, schedule, budget, risk, and project performance.
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and risk mitigation strategies in partnership with Engineering leadership and project teams.
• Establish and drive standardized project controls processes, including change management, cost control, forecasting, reporting, and governance.
• Manage the enterprise capital portfolio, including project prioritization, resource planning, forecasting, performance tracking, and strategic capital allocation.
• Lead annual and long-range capital planning activities while supporting business case development, ROI analysis, and investment decision-making.
• Own project and portfolio financial controls, including cost tracking, forecasting, accruals, commitments, estimate-at-completion processes, and capitalization compliance.
• Analyze project and portfolio performance, identify risks and variances, and recommend corrective actions to ensure successful project delivery.
• Develop, maintain, and present executive dashboards, KPIs, portfolio reports, and project performance metrics to support leadership decision-making.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, contractors, and OEM partners to achieve project objectives.
• Lead project controls governance, stage-gate reviews, reporting standards, PMO tools, templates, and documentation practices to ensure compliance and consistency.
• Supervise, coach, and develop project controls support staff while promoting accountability, standardization, and continuous improvement across the function.
• Direct project closeout activities, including financial reconciliation, asset capitalization, records management, lessons learned, audit readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Smartsheets

Primavera P6

Job description

Dessert Holdings Inc. is seeking an Engineering Project Controls Manager to lead project controls, capital planning, and governance for the Engineering organization across its manufacturing network.

You will oversee forecasting, reporting, and controls standards to drive capital effectiveness while coordinating with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Finance, and Supply Chain teams. The role includes developing dashboards, KPIs, and governance processes, supervising staff, and supporting