Manager, Project Controls (Project Controls Manager) (West Alton)

Ameren•Saint Louis, MO

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Project Controls supervises employees and contractors responsible for planning, scheduling, organizing, supporting, auditing, reporting, and controlling project costs and schedules. For West Alton, this position owns the integrated cost, schedule, risk, and reporting function across all three CCGT units and Balance of Plant items, providing leadership with a reliable, forward-looking view of project health. The role leads cost engineers, planners and schedulers, a Cost Estimator, a Project Risk Manager, and document control. The Manager works with Project Engineers and Project Managers to support compliance with Project Management procedures and processes. The position supports project teams from initiation through management reviews, Gate Approval Boards, and SLPOC/CPOC reviews, and provides project-controls reporting and dashboards to project leadership, the West Alton Steering Committee, and Ameren finance. The position will initially have a hybrid work arrangement at Ameren's Development Resource Center in St. Louis for approximately 18–24 months. After that period, it is planned to transition to a full-time onsite role at the West Alton Energy Center.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, finance, or a related field from an accredited university.
Seven or more years of relevant professional-level experience in project management, planning, scheduling, budgeting, audit, or forecasting.
Three or more years of supervisory or high-level team/project leadership experience.
Deep knowledge of cost control, scheduling, earned-value management, and risk analysis.
Good organizational, problem-solving, analytical, communication, and team-building skills.
Ability to demonstrate initiative, deliver results, meet stringent deadlines, and focus on details.
Focus on continuous improvement.
Ability to demonstrate integrity and stewardship of company resources.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading a project-controls team on large capital projects, with U.S. power or non-lump-sum project experience.
Working knowledge of quality-management processes and Project Management Procedures.
Experience with construction-management software.
Knowledge of power-plant equipment, maintenance, engineering, operations, and construction practices.
Knowledge of interface/project-management tools such as InEight, Unifier, Aconex, or P6.
Understanding of interdependent engineering and construction disciplines in a fully cost-reimbursable delivery model.
Knowledge of building systems, maintenance, operations, and construction practices.

Responsibilities

Lead a team responsible for project schedules; analyze scope and design change requests, progress, productivity, and reporting; and assess procedure compliance on major projects.
Ensure the cost baseline, schedule, and forecasts are integrated and reconciled; oversee earned-value and performance measurement; and maintain cost and schedule baseline and change control with contracting and the PMO.
Oversee the project risk process through the Project Risk Manager and ensure contingency is tied to quantified risk exposure.
Support project teams from project initiation through management reviews, Gate Approval Boards, and SLPOC/CPOC reviews.
Own project-controls reporting and dashboards, incorporating information from project functions such as quality, risk, safety, and engineering, for project leadership, the West Alton Steering Committee, and Ameren finance.
Monitor and enforce Ameren Corporation and regulatory standards, policies, and procedures for planning and execution of major projects.
Contribute to continuous-improvement initiatives involving budget compliance, project management procedures and activities, software applications, co-worker engagement, and diversity and inclusion.