Director of Project Controls

Primoris Services Corporation • The Woodlands, TX

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About The Position

The Director of Project Controls will bring leadership and oversight to the financial health, scheduling, and planning of Primoris Renewable Energy projects. They will demonstrate competency around developing leaders, construction finances, fundamental project management, planning, budgeting, procurement, sub-contractors/suppliers, risk management, and change management. This individual must demonstrate the capability of building relationships and serving customers through excellent collaboration and communication.

Requirements

• 15+ years of Project Controls/Project Management experience and a proven construction background.
• 5+ years of solar self-perform construction experience required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (equivalent is 8 years of construction experience) in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, Project Management, or related field from an accredited university.
• Demonstrated experience in Project Controls Management and leadership of people.
• Strong leadership abilities and interpersonal skills; excellent verbal and written communication.
• Must have a valid current driver license.
• Travel required.

Responsibilities

• Vision, Strategy, and Initiatives: The director is responsible for collaborating with Executive Leadership to establish the overall vision, strategy, and annual initiatives of the Project Controls Department. Once the vision, strategy and annual initiatives are established, the director is responsible for providing the budget, resources, process, and tools to execute this vision.
• Promote and Drive Culture: The Director helps promote and drive a positive company culture that is aligned with our core values and tenets of success that will make PRE the most desirable company to work for in the industry. This includes leading with professionalism and respect
• Fiscal Responsibility: The Director will establish and lead our project controls program to produce a predictable fiscal outcome for our projects. This will be accomplished by ensuring the project controls department employs fundamental planning and monitoring processes to: Monitor project performance against baseline plan, utilizing KPI's to communicate deviations in cost or schedule to appropriate stakeholders Utilizing project performance data to forecast/predict project outcomes and reviewing findings with stakeholders frequently to facilitate adjustments and recovery to project performance when needed Identify change in scope situations and assist project managers in change order development Identify potential risks that could impact project schedule and cost performance and help develop mitigation measures Validate reported progress from site teams and ensure appropriate stakeholders are notified when schedule and cost are deviating from plan. Validate project forecasted cost to complete and cost at completion Facilitate time studies, spaghetti diagrams etc. to help improve project condition when needed Produce Monte Carlo analysis for project plans, risk items and forecasts when appropriate.
• People Leadership: The Director will develop professional and respectful leaders who will deploy our project controls system to establish a leadership position in the market and facilitates "Excellence" in everything we do.
• Resources: The Director will hire and facilitate the development of individuals who possess the required leadership and competency to produce a high-performing outcome for the company. All teams will be established and staffed in a manner that will produce desirable results. Our teams will encourage and produce a positive and engaging work environment where all members can achieve their professional goals. The Director will endorse and ensure all team members understand how each contributes to the success of each other, the project and company.
• Talent Development: The Director will intentionally lead and develop others to lead the development of our people. They will ensure this development through a regular and consistent coaching and feedback system that will provide regular and direct feedback on performance and goal progress.
• Operational Excellence
• Alignment with other Department Directors: The Director will establish a cohesive, connected, and collaborative relationship and alignment with Inter-Departments. They will serve all departments in a manner that promotes a trusting relationship where we anticipate their needs and follow through with our commitments on time and on budget.
• Process Improvements: The Director will execute our business strategy in a consistent, predictable, and reliable manner. Director will establish a program that will produce lower operational risk, and increased revenues, thus creating value for our customers and shareholders. The Director will lead in a manner that promotes continuous improvement for our people and projects.
• Tools: The Director is responsible for the system that achieves results in accordance to our business strategy and plan.
• Remove Roadblocks: The Directors is responsible for identifying and remediating any Roadblocks that prevent the team from efficiently completing their work on time.

Benefits

• Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• We provide paid sick leave as required by Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Short Term/Long Term Disability, 401K with matching contribution.
• Salary $170k - $220k annually with bonus potential, dependent on experience, qualifications, and competencies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services