Corporate Director, Project Controls

Description

• Lead, mentor, and grow a diverse team of project controls managers, cost engineers, schedulers, and analysts across multiple offices and sites.
• Foster career development pathways and succession planning within the group
• Create key performance indicators (KPIs) and dashboards to measure project performance and organizational effectiveness.
• Investigate and deploy AI-driven forecasting, analytics, and productivity tools to enhance speed, accuracy, and decision-making.
• Quickly develop expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and serve as an internal subject matter expert for D365 as it relates to project controls, providing guidance, training, and support to project teams across the organization
• Develop and maintain scalable project controls standards, procedures, and tools tailored for different project types, sizes, and contract models (including Design, Construction, Procurement, Commissioning, and fully integrated EPCM+C projects).
• Collaborate with project teams and corporate and regional leadership to proactively identify issues and opportunities.
• Inspire and communicate a clear vision of the group’s role in company success.
• Oversee and coordinate project controls support for all active projects—ensuring effective change management and timely, accurate, and actionable reporting of cost, schedule, earned value, and risk.
• Lead the development and implementation of project reporting tools, with a heavy emphasis on real-time Power BI dashboards and reports
• Partner closely with the corporate accounting team to ensure alignment between project financial reporting and corporate financial systems, while maintaining separation of the project controls and accounting functions.
• Build a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and accountability.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for the Project Controls function aligned with corporate growth and operational excellence goals.
• Establish governance processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and compliance across all projects.
• Expand cost engineering, scheduling, progress measurement, and project data analytics capabilities across the company

Requirements

• Professional certifications such as PMP (Project Management Professional), CCP (Certified Cost Professional), EVP (Earned Value Professional), or PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) strongly preferred.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and influencing skills.
• Direct experience with pharmaceutical, biotech, food & beverage, or similar process manufacturing capital projects strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive project controls experience in large EPC+CQV projects, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration or related field.
• Proven success in implementing enterprise-wide project controls standards and tools preferred.
• Thought Leader with the ability to inspire stakeholders and gain buy-in at all levels.
• Extensive expertise in cost management, scheduling, change control, forecasting, and earned value measurement.
• Strong track record of leveraging technology, automation, and data analytics to drive improvements a plus.
• Demonstrates understanding of project accounting and how it ties in with revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP
• Adaptable and resilient in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance