The Director of Project Controls will oversee the delivery of project controls for large-scale projects, ensuring adherence to time, cost, and performance standards. Responsibilities include managing project risks, implementing governance processes, overseeing project finances, and acting as the primary interface between clients and project teams to ensure successful project execution.
Title:
Director, Project Controls
Job Description
- To deliver project controls services, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery, relating to large, complex, and mega projects.
- Manage the establishment of the overall success criteria for the contract, including time, cost, and performance parameters.
- Implement effective project governance, processes, and systems throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead and facilitate inputs from a cross-functional project controls team in a matrix environment.
- Accountable for the maintenance of the risk register, supporting the evaluation and assessment of all risk components and variations related to the specific performance objective.
- Monitor and apply performance management techniques, including the use of KPIs to improve project performance.
- Manage change control processes as required.
- Monitor and advise on project finances.
- Manage the flow of project information within the project team.
- Act as the key, day-to-day project team interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and these projects are delivered within time and cost targets and to the appropriate quality standards.
- Involvement in technical services delivery, including supporting the centre of expertise in developing and implementing the PMO project controls service.
- Projects are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently, on time, and within budget.
- Project controls delivery meets the client’s objectives and is in line with the conditions of appointment.
Job Requirements
- Relevant technical degree and management qualifications.
- Minimum 20 years of related experience, 7 of which should be in management.
- Professional experience undertaking project control roles for the development and/or delivery of construction projects.
- Experience working within planning and scheduling and cost management.
- Experience in risk management, change control, information management, and reporting within complex projects, and integration of the same.
- Working knowledge of proprietary cost management systems such as Prism and Unifier.
- Ability to manage and mentor a team of specialists in the above fields, enabling strong training and development for junior staff members.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6.
Top Skills
Primavera P6
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