Manager, Project Controls Cost & Scheduling

Invenergy•Chicago, IL

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

Position Overview As the Manager, Project Controls Cost & Schedule, you will be responsible for leading cost control and scheduling staff, actively manage the cost and schedule for key & complex projects, supporting financial reporting, and support of Project Management during project development and construction phases. The Manager role will be heavily focused on managing cost control models, analyzing these models, running critical path analysis, evaluating schedule performance, developing integrated cost and schedule models, and creating detailed reports to improve the execution of construction projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field; engineering, finance, or construction is preferred
8+ years minimum work experience
6+ years of construction experience with cost and scheduling preferred.
Team lead or people management experience
P6/OPC experience
Cost Control system experience
Excellent solution-seeking, teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills
Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Experience with project coordination and management of projects with multiple levels of interface between vendors, internal staff, and other stakeholders preferred
Experience identifying project risks that may impact cost and schedule
Willingness to spend time on active construction sites
Able to travel up to 5% of the time
Eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

1+ years of managing direct reports
Project Management Institute (PMI) or relevant certifications
Certification CCP or CCC
Project Management experience
Renewable energy experience
Process improvement & implementation experience

Responsibilities

Responsible to control and monitor project total expenditure including verifying and checking of invoices and claims from suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors to ensure that all project expenditures are captured and properly recorded.
Develop and maintain project schedules, identifying relationships, logic, milestones, durations, and constraints for the portfolio of projects
Review contractor schedule submissions and updates for completeness and identify schedule risks to Project Management team.
Own the baseline schedule and proactively work with internal and external stakeholders on updates. Including independent coordination with contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers to analyze updates to overall project schedule.
Provide planning, cost, and scheduling support for all projects which includes variation reporting, monitoring of milestone tracking
Lead cost controllers and schedulers in supporting cost and scheduling activities across the Invenergy project portfolio
Perform and manage project financial activity monitoring and purchase requests creation and follow up.
Perform commercial review for (subcontractor’s quotations) for the preparation of service agreements.
Ensure effective project implementation and utilize productive reports to monitor the status of all activities, purchases, invoicing, and delivery up to the closure of the project.
Identify cost and schedule risks and assist in planned mitigation efforts.
Prepare monthly movement report for the monitoring of the project activities daily promptly to the project manager and management.
Review project cost and schedule reports to ensure project requirements are being met.
Monitor and proactively provide input on project and issues impacting the project.
Prepare ad-hoc reports, as directed by management.