Associate Director, Project Controls (Life Science)

Cumming Group•St. Louis, MO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

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 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless! Cumming Group is seeking an Associate Director, Project Controls, to support an esteemed Life Science client for an upcoming brownfield project. This role will be expected to enable the success of the project by using their strong technical knowledge of Project Controls Services to develop, standardize, implement, and execute project controls systems in accordance with the client's engineering and capital projects team. The Associate Director, Project Controls, is expected to be on-site in St. Louis, MO, to ensure streamlined success for each major milestone of the project.

Requirements

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.
Ability to communicate with various stakeholders, internal and external to the company in a responsive manner.
Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work efficiently.
Ability to perform at high levels in a fast paced, ever-changing work environment.
Demonstrate consistent management of overall project assigned beyond tasks completion.
Skilled in the use of ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle.
Highly proficient in the use of Excel.
Proficient in the ability to work with Primavera (P6) and MS project.
Functionally proficient in the contracts management of projects (Pre and post award).
Functionally proficient in cost management of Projects.
Functionally proficient in the use of analytical / reporting software such as power BI.
Functionally Proficient in the use of project information management systems such as Procore or ACC build.
Current up to date technology and software knowledge.
Possess a working knowledge of the different roles and services Cumming provides and how the cost management team fits in the project.
Ability to read and interpret various documents such as Arch, Civil, Structural, MEP, Geotech, Site Logistics, and Schedules.
Ability to communicate with various stakeholders, internal and external to the company.
Ability to understand contracts and specifications and review construction schedules.
Strong communication skills.
BS in Construction Management, Engineering, QS, Architecture, or related field
10+ years in Project Controls, or related roles, with Life Science project typology experience highly preferred but not required.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in life sciences preferred
MRICS, CPE, CCE, CEP, PMP, Six Sigma

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.