Regional Project Controls Manager

Overview

The Regional Project Controls Manager will play a key role in the successful delivery of PMO projects valued between $10 million and $250 million, supporting routine outages, planned maintenance, expansions, and emergency work. Reporting to the Project Controls Director, this role serves as a billable resource for cost control and partners with stakeholders across the business.

Responsibilities

• Create and update large PMO project detailed schedules (L3 and L4).
• Perform budget load, track actuals, and estimate at complete cost on large PMO outages.
• Review contractual payment terms with clients and develop the schedule of payments; ensure invoices are issued in accordance with contractual terms and project progress.
• Travel to project sites to audit costs, meet with project teams and vendors.
• Support site planners and other remote planners and cost resources as a subject matter expert.
• Mentor and cross-train other team resources on scheduling and cost tracking.
• Indirectly manage and scope third-party resources (approximately 4–6 resources).
• Work directly with Project Managers, procurement, regional resources, and management to track vendor costs and cashflows; update vendor installments based on project progress.
• Support the development of Primavera standard scopes of work for Boiler outages, Turbine/generator outages, and PMO projects.
• Support regional planning refreshes 2 times a year.
• Support preparation of regional monthly cost, schedule, and cashflow reviews.
• Ensure project dashboard KPIs are complete and accurate in accordance with the company’s calendar.
• Run team calls and meetings when necessary.
• Contribute to Post Outage Review summaries, including improvement actions, best practices, and lessons learned.

Requirements

Education

• A 4-year college degree is desirable; candidates with at least 2 years of direct experience may be considered with a High School Diploma or equivalent.

Experience

• Direct experience in outage planning and outage cost tracking, with a good understanding of power plant operations, is strongly preferred. Experience in an industry with large-scale planned maintenance cycles and similar project sizes will be considered.
• Demonstrable Project Controls experience, including building cost-loaded schedules and tracking prior outage cost.
• Prior experience with onsite tracking of large complex outages, on both cost and schedule.
• Prior experience reporting outage performance to senior management.

Skills

• Proficiency in planning tools such as Primavera or Microsoft Project, plus strong MS Office skills, especially Excel (spreadsheets, modeling, pivot tables). Higher proficiency in Access preferred.
• High level of financial acumen, including creating budgets in a project costing role and tracking actual costs and forecasting estimates at completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively with management at all levels across corporate offices and operating facilities.
• Understanding of cost implications of schedule changes to the critical path; ability to explain key cost drivers related to impacts.
• Ability to compile planning documentation for review and make effective revisions.
• Good presentation skills for communication with PMO Project Managers and the Project Control team.
• Experience planning multiple projects and coordinating work across phases.
• Ability to delegate and deploy external resources appropriately and hold them accountable for defined KPIs.
• Ability to mentor and train other team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building cost-loaded schedules and tracking outage costs in power plant environments.

Travel

• Willingness to travel to assigned plants for planning, cost tracking during execution, and reviews.
• Typical duration could last up to a month at a time; overall projects can last for several years.
• Average travel expectation is approximately 50%, with adjustments based on business need.

Physical Demands

• Ability to climb ladders and scaffold.
• Ability to enter and traverse tight spaces and areas.
• Ability to walk, sit, climb, balance, crawl, and kneel.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range for the primary location: $91,200.00 - $121,400.00 USD per annum
• Eligible for benefits, which include medical, prescription drug, vision, and dental plans; 401(k) plan; paid parental leave; paid time off; and paid holidays.

Location

Primary location-based pay range applies for the role. (Final salary depends on factors including experience, education, geographic location, skills and competencies, travel requirements, and/or union contracts, if applicable.)

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Disability Accommodation

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply.

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