Project Controls Manager

Job description

Overview

**About M.C. Dean**

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence.

We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises.

With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems.

Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

**Why Join Us?**

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change.

Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment.

At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

The **Project Controls Manager** will be responsible for analysis, and control activities, schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification, and recovery plan development activities, cost estimating, cost analysis/control, and planning/scheduling activities for a medium to large size project.

This position is responsible for discipline/project/proposal estimating or staff planning activities that require a high degree of technical skill and experience.

Directs the preparation and presentation of on-project estimates and cost forecasts.

Supports project organizational and administrative activities.

Identifies, analyzes, and provides innovative solutions to cost engineering and planning/scheduling problems.

Establishes controls and operating policies that identify, monitor, and mitigate risk factors that could impact the success of a project.

Provides guidance and consultation to the project manager.

Responsibilities

+ Reports to and receives technical and operational guidance from functional management.

Receives operational direction from Project Manager.
+ Provides technical and operational direction to assigned project controls personnel.
+ Ensures contacts with project managers; project team members; Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management; and client personnel
+ Responsible for effective execution of Project Controls programs on an assigned project in accordance with Project Controls Procedures.
+ Reviews and approves Earned Revenue Determination Data, Proposal Financial Summaries and Project Financial Status Reports
+ Works with the Project Manager in planning staffing needs for assigned projects.
+ Reviews contract drafts to ensure they include adequate cost and scope definition and meet Project Controls requirements.
+ Prepares and coordinates Project Controls presentations to MCD management and client management, as required.
+ Participates in the development and training of assigned personnel and in the implementation of on-the-job and classroom training programs.
+ Directs project control activities.

Develops, interprets, and executes policy, objectives, and standards applicable to cost and schedule control and analysis activities.
+ Provides project leaders and relevant stakeholders with risk awareness support and guidance as necessary.
+ Provides oversight, training, mentoring and ensure the attainment of project objectives.
+ Develops and maintains project Risk Plan, metrics, and reports.

Develops and reviews risk breakdown structures, risk libraries, and risk identification tools and frameworks in support of project needs.

Qualifications

**_Requirements_** _:_

+ Bachelors degree with 10+ years of experience or 7+ years with a Masters degree.
+ Must have experience covering all aspects of cost, schedule, and trend.

Ideally with direct supervision over a team of 3+ individuals who cover those 3 categories.
+ Experience and demonstrated skill in establishing criteria for Project Controls activities.
+ Experience in Earned Value Management (EVM) process
+ Skilled in direction, personnel administration, and training of technical and nontechnical personnel.
+ Skilled in oral and written communication, with demonstrated ability to present Project Controls information to management/client.
+ Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and solving problems.
+ Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning work processes.
+ Knowledge of current industry and technical developments in the Power Industry.
+ Demonstrated expertise in delivery, communication, and training of risk processes and procedures.

**Abilities**

+ Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
+ Sitting for extended periods of time.
+ Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
+ Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
+ Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
+ Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
+ Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
+ Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
+ Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Required Skill Profession

Other General