Position Summary
Jedson is seeking an experienced Senior Project Controls Manager to provide cost, schedule, forecasting, earned value, and performance management leadership for complex engineering and capital projects.
This position is based from Jedson’s Cincinnati corporate office and offers a hybrid work arrangement. The successful candidate must be able to work from the Cincinnati office at least three days per week and should live within reasonable commuting distance or be willing to relocate to the area.
This is a hands-on Project Controls leadership role. The successful candidate will work closely with Project Managers, engineering disciplines, procurement, construction, finance, contractors, vendors, and clients to provide accurate performance information, identify emerging risks, and help project leadership make informed decisions. The role will also provide technical leadership and mentorship to other Project Controls professionals.
The position may be filled at Project Controls Level IV or V based on the candidate’s experience, demonstrated technical capability, leadership experience, and scope of prior responsibilities.
Key
ResponsibilitiesProject Controls Leadership
- Lead project controls activities for complex engineering, EPC/EPCM, and capital projects.
- Develop and implement project controls plans, reporting structures, progress measurement approaches, and controls processes.
- Serve as a primary project controls advisor to Project Managers and project leadership.
- Establish clear expectations for cost, schedule, forecasting, progress measurement, reporting, and controls documentation.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to less-experienced Project Controls professionals.
Schedule Management
- Develop, maintain, analyze, and communicate integrated project schedules.
- Establish and maintain schedule logic, milestones, baselines, and progress measurement methods.
- Perform critical path, float, trend, look-ahead, and schedule impact analyses.
- Identify emerging schedule risks and work with project teams to develop mitigation or recovery strategies.
- Review contractor and vendor schedules and evaluate potential project impacts.
Cost Management and Forecasting
- Develop and maintain project budgets, commitments, expenditures, accruals, forecasts, and estimate-to-complete information.
- Analyze project cost trends, identify emerging performance concerns, and prepare clear variance explanations.
- Prepare ETC/EAC forecasts, trend analyses, and scenario-based forecasts.
- Communicate cost drivers, forecast changes, and potential exposure to project leadership.
- Help Project Managers understand the financial implications of project decisions.
Earned Value and Performance Measurement
- Develop and maintain appropriate earned value and progress measurement approaches.
- Analyze schedule, cost, and physical progress performance, including CPI, SPI, ETC, and EAC.
- Validate reported progress with project and discipline leadership.
- Translate performance metrics into meaningful explanations, risk insights, and recommended actions.
Change, Risk, and Opportunity Management
- Lead or support project change management processes, including identification, documentation, analysis, and approval workflows.
- Evaluate potential cost and schedule impacts associated with project changes.
- Maintain appropriate baseline and change-control discipline.
- Identify risks and opportunities and integrate their potential effects into forecasts and schedules.
- Develop scenario analyses and support mitigation planning with project leadership.
Reporting and Analytics
- Lead preparation of weekly and monthly project controls reporting.
- Develop clear, executive-ready cost, schedule, progress, forecast, risk, and KPI reporting.
- Explain the underlying drivers of project performance rather than simply reporting results.
- Ensure project controls data is accurate, consistent, timely, and traceable.
- Use business intelligence and analytical tools to improve performance visibility and decision support.
Leadership and Collaboration
- Build effective working relationships with Project Managers, engineering leaders, procurement, construction, finance, clients, contractors, and vendors.
- Lead project controls discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
- Constructively challenge assumptions when cost, schedule, or performance data indicates emerging risk.
- Clearly communicate complex project information to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Coach and mentor junior Project Controls team members.
- Help strengthen project controls processes, standards, tools, templates, and lessons learned across the organization.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.
- At least 8 years of progressive project controls experience, preferably supporting industrial, manufacturing, engineering, EPC/EPCM, or major capital projects.
- Demonstrated experience independently leading cost and schedule controls for complex projects.
- Strong understanding of Critical Path Method scheduling, cost forecasting, ETC/EAC development, earned value, progress measurement, baseline control, change management, variance analysis, trend analysis, and project risk management.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and project scheduling or controls systems.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate project performance and risk to Project Managers, clients, and senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with limited technical oversight.
- Ability to work from Jedson’s Cincinnati corporate office at least three days per week.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
- Experience with cost management systems and integrated project controls environments.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools.
- Experience supporting industrial or manufacturing capital projects and EPC/EPCM execution.
- Experience developing project controls standards, procedures, templates, governance, or reporting solutions.
- Experience mentoring, supervising, or technically leading Project Controls professionals.
- Experience presenting project performance information directly to clients or senior leadership.
Level IV / Level V Placement
Final position level will be determined based on experience and demonstrated capability:
- Project Controls IV:Independently leads the full project controls function for complex projects, advises Project Managers on performance and risk, leads client-facing controls discussions, and mentors Project Controls staff.
- Project Controls V:Additionally demonstrates broader leadership across major programs, portfolios, or master service agreements; improves project controls standards and governance; provides executive-level performance and risk insight; and strengthens Project Controls capability beyond an individual project.
Location and Work Arrangement
- Based from Jedson’s Cincinnati corporate office.
- Hybrid work arrangement with a minimum expectation of three days per week in the office.
- Candidates should be located within reasonable commuting distance of Cincinnati or willing to relocate to the area.
- Some travel to client offices, project sites, or other Jedson locations may be required based on project needs.
