About the Role
In this position, you will provide strategic leadership for all aspects of project controls, including planning, scheduling, cost management, risk management, change control, progress measurement, performance reporting, and project governance. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure the successful implementation and maintenance of project control processes, systems, and procedures that enable informed decision-making and effective program delivery. You will closely collaborate with the Client, PMO leadership, designers, consultants, contractors, and key stakeholders to establish an integrated controls framework that monitors project performance, identifies emerging risks, and ensures alignment with approved budgets, schedules, and project objectives. This role entails leading a multidisciplinary Project Controls team and providing executive-level reporting and analysis to support significant Landscape and Infrastructure programs.
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What You’ll Be Doing
- Establish and lead the Project Controls function within the PMO across all phases of the program lifecycle.
- Develop and implement project controls policies, procedures, standards, and governance frameworks.
- Build, lead, and mentor an integrated team of planning, scheduling, cost, risk, reporting, and controls professionals.
- Provide strategic advice to PMO and executive leadership on project performance, risks, opportunities, and recovery strategies.
- Ensure consistent application of project controls processes across all projects, consultants, and contractors.
- Direct the development, review, integration, and maintenance of program and project schedules.
- Ensure alignment and integration of design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover schedules.
- Monitor critical paths, key milestones, interfaces, and dependencies across the program.
- Lead schedule performance reviews and recommend mitigation or recovery measures where needed.
- Oversee schedule risk analysis and ensure robust planning practices are adopted across all workstreams.
- Lead the development and maintenance of program budgets, forecasts, and cost control systems.
- Monitor program expenditure, commitments, cash flow, and forecast final costs.
- Review and challenge cost forecasts and performance data to ensure accuracy and accountability.
- Ensure timely reporting of cost performance, variances, trends, and management actions.
- Support PMO leadership in assessing commercial risks, claims, changes, and contractual implications.
- Establish and maintain the program-wide risk management framework.
- Lead risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring activities.
- Facilitate risk workshops and ensure that key threats and opportunities are actively managed.
- Oversee change management processes, ensuring proper evaluation, approval, and implementation of scope, schedule, and budget changes.
- Assess the impact of changes on program objectives and delivery commitments.
- Establish project controls dashboards, reporting frameworks, and performance metrics.
- Lead the preparation of weekly, monthly, and executive-level reports.
- Develop and maintain program-wide Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Analyze project performance trends and provide actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
- Ensure the integrity, consistency, and accuracy of project controls data and reporting systems.
Stakeholder Management
- Serve as the primary Project Controls interface between the PMO, Client, consultants, contractors, and external stakeholders.
- Support senior leadership in project reviews, governance meetings, and executive presentations.
- Ensure transparency and effective communication of project performance across all stakeholder groups.
- Foster collaboration and alignment between delivery teams to achieve program objectives.
- Lead and manage the PMO Project Controls team, setting clear objectives and performance expectations.
- Promote a culture of excellence, accountability, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.
- Identify resource requirements and ensure the Project Controls function is appropriately staffed throughout the program lifecycle.
- Support the development and succession planning of Project Controls personnel.
What Desired Skills You’ll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or Business Administration is desirable.
- Minimum 20 years of experience in project controls, program management, or major project delivery, including at least 10 years in a senior leadership role.
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale infrastructure, landscape, civil, transportation, or mixed-use development programs.
- Proven experience within a PMO environment overseeing projects from design through construction and handover.
- Extensive knowledge of planning and scheduling, cost management, risk management, change control, reporting, and project governance.
- Strong understanding of international project controls standards and best practices.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary project controls teams on complex mega projects.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6, Power BI, cost management systems, and enterprise project controls platforms.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, PMI-SP, AACE, CCP, PSP, MRICS, or equivalent are highly desirable.
Benefits
- Commitment to employee well-being and growth opportunities.
