Project Controls Scheduler Department Manager

at Middough Inc. in Downers Grove, Illinois, United States Job Description Middough Inc. - 'TOP WORKPLACES' Award Winner! Project Controls Department Manager - Position and Responsibilities As a Project Controls Department Manager with Middough, you will be responsible for leading a group of professionals who provide value-added services for planning, scheduling, cost engineering, earned value analysis and estimating on assigned projects. In this role you will oversee all aspects of project controls, including scheduling, cost management, risk assessment, and performance reporting. Additionally, you will identify variances in work execution strategies, implement corrective actions, provide timely feedback to management with recommended solutions for improvement or mitigation around cost, schedule or estimating. As the Department Manager, you will be responsible for building and leading a team of schedulers, estimators and project control professionals. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Build and maintain project schedules using tools like Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. Define the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), list tasks/activities with durations, dependencies and strategic milestones, and perform critical-path analysis. Establish the baseline schedule and update it routinely. Review baseline change requests to ensure time, cost and performance impacts are understood. Integrate schedules across various project phases, including design, procurement, construction, and commissioning. Identify potential risks, develop mitigation strategies, and monitor risk factors throughout the project lifecycle through critical path analyses and resource loading to optimize project timelines. Monitor project budgets, cash flow projections, and financial forecasts. Implement cost control measures to ensure projects are delivered within budget and analyze cost variances to implement corrective actions. Collaborate with project managers, lead engineers and clients to refine service and labor estimates into P6 Level 4 execution schedules and earned value management suite to track progress and issue reports. Perform data manipulation/analysis to maintain and enhance the accuracy and functionality of resource planning tools. Generate and present weekly and/or monthly schedule performance status summary reports for earned value indices (SPI/CPI), percent complete, critical path changes and milestone attainment; recommend strategies for improvement. Generate and leverage the use of dashboards that include Red / Amber / Green (RAG) status charts to highlight issues. Utilize Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques to assess project performance. Manage day-to-day tasks, deliverables, and performance of direct reports (schedulers and project control specialists) through continuous improvement, collaboration, training, establishing standard processes and procedures. Responsible for maintaining P6 templates and reporting formats. Coach and train colleagues on tools, best practices, variance analysis and WBS. Collaborate with engineering, procurement and construction leads to reconcile technical progress with the control data. Maintain compliance with company policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements. Education, Experience and Skills The successful candidate will possess the following: Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or business is required. 5-10 years of management experience in project controls within the engineering consultancy or EPC industries and large-scale capital projects; planning and sequencing both engineering and procurement tasks/deliverables. Hands-on project controls experience on engineering and construction projects required. Hands-on experience with Primavera Project Planner P6 (highly preferred) and/or MS Project required. Knowledge of cost engineering concepts relating to budgeting, monitoring, tracking actual costs, change orders, forecasting, and contract types (EPC, T&M, and cost-plus). Professional certifications such as PMP (Project Management Professional) or CCP (Certified Cost Professional) desirable. 5+ years of experience developing and planning construction schedules and loading and earned value management... For full info follow application link. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. 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