Project Controls Manager jobs in Grand Rapids, MI

Overview

Do you consider yourself to be a highly technical, strong communicator with the desire to work in a team environment on complex projects? Gilbane is seeking a Project Controls Manager that is capable of fulfilling the cost and schedule requirements of a single mega project (life sciences, advanced electronics or healthcare) including day-to-day interface with project management, client and contractor personnel, while overseeing and developing junior to mid-level project controls staff. This role will sit primarily on the project site. The initial project will be located in Michigan. Gilbane offers competitive subsistence or relocation packages.

Who are we?  

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more! 

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. 

Who are you? 

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane’s core value of Caring and “People First” workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You’re a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You’re someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.  

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship. 

What’s in it for you?   

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader. 

Responsibilities

• Successfully manage the relationships between the support operations functions—estimating, planning/scheduling, cost control, and contracts—for a mega project
• Contribute to the interpretation of the proposal or project contract. Develop and execute the strategy and plan for project control activities that support the overall proposal strategy or project requirements. Identify risk areas and recommend mitigation plans.
• Establish and effectively leverage cross-discipline relationships within the business unit to facilitate project controls.
• Understand emerging business/industry trends and the implications of these trends on cost control, planning/scheduling, and estimating.
• Provide cost control and planning/scheduling leadership on strategic initiatives within a business unit. Advise and counsel in areas of expertise.
• Review and contribute to the interpretation of the request for proposal or project contract. Help identify risk areas and participate in mitigation planning.
• Create, implement, and execute proper controls to proactively support, monitor, and communicate budget, actual status, and forecast costs, labor hours and quantities for business unit and cross-business unit projects.
• Lead the management of cost and quantities on projects and assist with risk management. Develop and execute systems of control to manage the most critical measures and provide timely feedback to project and business unit management.
• Be familiar with contingency management.
• Develop, publish, and promote the use of department procedures.
• Establish and maintain a work process that identifies and quantifies project cost trends. Take direct action to either include trends in the forecast or develop a mitigation program with the project team.
• Provide consistency between cost control and planning/scheduling
• Supervise the development and issuance of timely cost control reports. Prepare and issue cost control analysis narratives including recommendations for corrective actions that are used by business unit management and project teams to manage the work.
• Define and advise the project team to take specific actions to effectively manage cash flow.
• Supervise the development, approval, and issuance of client and internal status reports that effectively communicate cost status and trends. Motivate the project team to define corrective actions for implementation.
• Develop, via a top-down approach, project work plans and schedules that support the project/business unit work processes and milestones.
• Baseline and issue network-logic-driven schedules that meet the needs of, and are used by, the project team.
• Update schedules with actual progress and forecast remaining durations, project milestones, and completion dates.
• Mentor more junior level staff on proper change control and time impact analysis procedures. Support the project team with change identification, documentation, schedule fragnets, and costing

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• BS or AA in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering, Architecture or related field
• 10-15 years of progressive experience with increasing responsibility
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Develop, implement and train on standard and project specific cost control procedures in accordance with the Division and/or Business Unit procedures
• Identify and communicate key cost issues to project/construction and operations management in a timely manner to allow corrective action to be implemented
• Tutor and guide project controls staff in project controls fundamentals, procedures and guidelines
• Deploy and modify project control systems as appropriate to support project specific execution requirements
• Implement / effectively use / train on company-standard and industry- standard project controls tools and systems to include Primavera Products, MS Project, Deltek Acumen Fuse, etc.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Note to Recruiters, Placement Agencies, and Similar Organizations: Gilbane does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our jobs alias, website, or to any Gilbane employee. Gilbane will not pay fees to any third party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Gilbane and will be processed accordingly.