Project Controls Manager

Location: Kansas City MO

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract (Contract to Hire)
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $57.00$86.00 / Hour (USD)
• Travel Requirements: Driving required (MVR check applies)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

The Project Controls Manager is responsible for leadership direction management and performance of a project controls department. The Project Controls Manager is to assure that the reporting systems for project controls the project controls roles and staff and the tools used in project controls are developed available and functioning according to enterprise Project Management Center of Excellence requirements. The department performs complex aspects of individual project estimating scheduling change documentation and cost control while reporting to accounting and clients. The Project Controls Manager is a critical position as the leader of the project controls unit. This position supports Project Managers and Project Directors on projects and programs of varying size and complexity. The Project Controls Manager will be expected to lead and direct the organization that provides reviews of the project controls status (cost contract WBS schedule resource etc.). This position is critical to the coaching and mentoring of Project Controls Specialists.

• Lead the development of effective scheduling reports cost reports cash flow reports and forecasts for multiple projects.
• Lead the development implementation and management of a reporting data warehouse to produce valuable program controls reports and data for multiple large projects.
• Support the recruitment development training retention and evaluating performance of the project controls team.
• Lead the development and implementation of project execution plans.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with existing and potential clients customers and contractors to develop additional business.
• Responsible for engineering procurement and construction planning scheduling logistics and cost control.
• Serve as a point of contact for technical questions from the project team.
• Experience with Construction Self-Perform projects.
• Validate the accuracy of cost management and forecast reporting.
• Interface with the Project Management Team and Accounting Department to review project costs and contingency costs and support external audits.
• Experience in negotiation of heavy industrial project prime agreements and construction contract/subcontract agreements.
• Lead the review of upstream (prime contract) / downstream (purchase orders & subcontract) change orders.
• Analyze and validate cash flow reports.
• Lead the Interactive Project Planning Meetings (IPPM).
• Lead the presentation of Project Controls reporting.
• Lead and direct schedule management involving critical path method scheduling techniques estimating project cost management forecasting and document control for multiple projects.
• Provide recommendation on schedule work arounds and mitigation efforts to the team.
• Validate the accuracy of earned value management system reporting.
• Analyze and validate progress curves.
• Lead the review of material takeoffs.
• Oversee the risk management process by identifying and mitigating risk potentials to the project.
• Validate quality checks and inspections on project controls deliverables.
• Validate field audits to verify accuracy of reporting and processes.
• Lead Project Forensic Analysis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

• Prior experience with critical path scheduling project cost management estimating and document control required.
• Ability to facilitate and produce detailed construction schedules and interface those construction schedules with engineering and procurement activities.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.

• Extensive accounting knowledge preferred.
• Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 preferred.
• Experience with Earned Value Management system preferred.

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering Construction Management or related field and 7 years of direct project controls experience required; applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

• 7 years of direct project controls experience required.

• Medical Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

This client is a 100% employee-owned infrastructure engineering architecture and construction firm with more than 125 years of experience delivering critical projects across the energy aviation water telecommunications transportation and healthcare sectors. Headquartered in Kansas City Missouri the organization operates from 75 offices across the country and world employing more than 14500 employee-owners who generate over $7.4 billion in annual revenue. Every full-time employee is an owner through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) a structure that has earned the firm a 4.2-out-of-5-star rating on Glassdoor across more than 1800 reviews and recognition as a Glassdoor Best Places to Work multiple years running. Teams here include civil and structural engineers architects environmental scientists construction managers project controls specialists and program management professionals engaged in complex consequential projects ranging from major airport expansions to large-scale energy infrastructure.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking financial services technology life sciences biotech utilities and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-10746

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