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Chicago, ILis looking to add ain support of a multi-billion-dollar airport capital Redevelopment Program. The redevelopment will occur in the middle of an active airport. The existing terminal and concourses will remain operational while the new facility is built in place in a phased approach.
We are looking for a driven and collaborative Senior Program Controls Manager to join our Program Management Team in Chicago. As a key member of our team, you’ll provide the day-to-day leadership, support, and execution of project controls functions for various projects and programs. You will be responsible for budget/cost control, change management analysis, forecasting, and reporting.
Reporting directly to the Program Director, the Senior Program Control Manager will be responsible for managing a large group of project controls professionals and several departments including scheduling, cost controls, cost estimation, IT/Systems, PMIS, reporting, and document controls.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Be the point of contact for Operations, Project Director and client in all aspects relating to Project Controls Services.
- Ensure alignment between project services, design and construction teams to support the Program needs.
- Attend and support Operations status review meetings
- Ensures the integrity of the project budget through approved scope changes
- Support estimate development
- Manage the effort to develop and maintain resource loaded P6 program master schedule
- Monitor, analyze, and report on progress, cost and schedule variances, and forecasts
- Flags significant projected overruns or underruns
- Plan and budget the project controls resources and systems necessary to support the project.
- Understand and stay current on business/industry trends and the implications for project controls functions.
- Serve as the focal point for all matters relating to estimating, planning/scheduling, and cost control.
- Create, implement, and execute project controls plan to support contract requirements and the successful execution of project controls.
- Resolve issues and provide consistency between the cost control, planning/scheduling, and estimating functions and deliverables.
- Analyze and evaluate project status and recommend corrective actions.
- Monitor market conditions, pricing and escalation indexes, and suggest escalation factors for future programworks.
- Perform senior project controls manager functions as required.
