Project Controls Manager

Summit Line Construction, Inc.•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

Summit Line Construction is seeking a Project Controls Manager to support and lead scheduling efforts across the organization. This role will play a critical part in both the pre-construction (bid) phase and execution (construction) phase of projects, ensuring schedules are accurate, aligned, and proactively managed. This individual will serve as a centralized resource and will be responsible for building, standardizing, and ultimately leading a growing scheduling function. The ideal candidate brings deep technical scheduling expertise along with strong leadership, communication, and mentoring capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
8+ years of experience in project scheduling within construction, utilities, or infrastructure
Advanced proficiency in scheduling software (Primavera P6 preferred; MS Project a plus)
Strong understanding of construction sequencing, critical path methodology (CPM), and resource planning
Proven ability to work across multiple projects and teams
Demonstrated leadership or mentoring experience
Strong communication and collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

Experience in transmission, distribution, or power infrastructure projects
Familiarity with large-scale EPC or utility projects

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project schedules across multiple projects
Support estimating and preconstruction teams during bid development with schedule input and analysis
Partner with project managers and operations teams to ensure schedules are aligned with project execution plans
Identify schedule risks and opportunities; provide mitigation strategies
Standardize scheduling practices, tools, reporting processes and update frequencies across the organization
Perform manpower loading of direct and indirect labor and level resources to establish accurate “S” curves
Build custom reports in Primavera P6 to support productivity tracking and earned value (EV) analysis on a real time basis
Support standardization of WBS structures in collaboration with project controls and estimating teams
Develop systems for reporting unit rate performance back to estimating throughout the project lifecycle
Incorporate commodity tracking into schedules and/or reporting tools
Develop a system for managing project staffing across active and pending projects
Lead and mentor a developing team of schedulers as the function grows
Provide regular schedule updates, reporting, and insights to project and executive leadership
Support claims, change management, and schedule-related documentation as needed