Program Controls Manager

$157,200 - $235,900/Yr

Stantec - Chicago, IL

Part-time - Manager

Chicago, IL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Program Controls Manager at Stantec is responsible for providing expertise in program and project controls to enhance the delivery of infrastructure projects. This role involves managing a team of professionals, developing project controls solutions, and ensuring compliance with established standards and procedures. The manager will analyze client needs, monitor project performance against budgets and schedules, and implement corrective actions as necessary to ensure successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement project controls standards and procedures, monitor compliance and initiate corrective measures as necessary.
• Establish a procedural framework for preparing, reporting and reconciling variances, including developing and/or enhancing reporting procedures and tools.
• Manage and enforce adherence to program controls practices and procedures, including schedule management, cost controls, risk management, change management, and records management.
• Ensure that all planning and scheduling activities comply with company and client requirements.
• Provide consultation to the company, client and subcontractors in planning, delivery and scheduling activities.
• Review project change documentation and ensure compliance with change procedures and contract specifications.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators and report to project, program staff, and client.
• Communicate areas of concern to Program Leadership Team.
• Provide QA/QC of cost and scheduling processes, reports, and utilization.
• Lead large, complex teams through challenging project assignments and complex client environments.
• Develop program assessment protocols for evaluation and improvement.
• Represent project controls tasks in meetings with client, subcontractors, and others, as required.
• Work closely with Project Management to develop and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6 or client preferred schedule management system.
• Establish work breakdown structure (WBS), baseline, status, and monitor project schedules using established performance measurements.
• Implement cost breakdown structure (CBS), baseline, status, and monitor financials through dashboards and reports based on PMIS sources.
• Perform financial reporting such as planning, tracking, and analysis of projects/programs.
• Develop schedule version control processes, policies, and procedures.
• Develop and maintain summary level schedule reports used to support critical path analysis, approaching deliverables, resource allocation, performance variance, and to support integration of cost and schedule.
• Establish Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis, percent complete, and forecasting on projects.
• Troubleshoot and monitor potential scheduling problems.
• Lead mitigation efforts and offer solutions for issues pertaining to project budget, funding, and invoices.
• Analyze projects to determine project health and future risk.
• Work in a manner to ensure personal safety and that of fellow employees by following company health and safety guidelines and policies.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Engineering/Environmental/Construction Management required.
• 8-10 years' experience in a Program Controls Manager position in infrastructure/buildings/utility/water programs is required.
• 10-15 years program experience of infrastructure/buildings/utility/water projects preferred.
• Experience in multiple project delivery methods, including Design Bid Build, Progressive Design Build, CMAR, and Design Build.
• Experience in the municipal sector in areas of public works, utilities, transportation, and industry and on multi-sector programs is preferred.
• Value of individual programs previously managed should be $1.5B or more.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
• Additional certifications: PgMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, PMI-CP, CPA, CCM, PE, FE, or similar certifications is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with proposal preparation and contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors.
• Demonstrated experience in development of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), scheduling and schedule analysis, cost estimating and cost control, budget development, reporting and record/document control.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Wellness program
• Health saving accounts
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase program
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Short-term/long-term disability plans
• Emergency travel benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional membership fee coverage
• Paid family leave
• Ten paid holidays per year
• Accrual of vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
• Paid sick leave in accordance with state and local law.