Strategic Project Controls Leader

Turnertownsend; Vacaville (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an ambitious Associate Director-Project Controls to join our growing team in the United States. The role focuses on leading project controls for major client accounts, delivering control strategies and ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in project controls, schedules using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, and strong analytical and leadership abilities to guide cross-functional teams and drive project success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or related field.
• Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement project control strategies to optimize performance and control timelines, budgets and quality.
• Collaborate with project managers and teams to define objectives, scope, deliverables and KPIs.
• Create detailed project schedules with critical path analysis, resource allocation and dependencies.
• Monitor progress against baselines, identify deviations, risks and opportunities, and mitigate issues.
• Prepare regular status reports on schedule adherence, cost variance, earned value and risk.
• Provide expert advice on cost estimating, budgeting, forecasting and earned value management.
• Develop and implement change management to assess scope changes with proper validation and approvals.
• Assist teams in contingency planning, risk mitigation and recovery planning.
• Analyze project data and generate reports to support decision-making and insights.
• Train and mentor teams on project controls methodologies, tools and techniques.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management/cost management/engineering

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel (data analysis)

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an ambitious Associate Director-Project Controls to join our growing team in the United States. The role focuses on leading project controls for major client accounts, delivering control strategies and ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in project controls, schedules using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, and strong analytical and leadership abilities to guide cross-functional teams and drive project success.