Project Controls Manager – Metro/Transit/Rail
Why join us?
Join our quickly growing team in Los Angeles! We are searching for a Project Controls Manager whose responsibilities include coordination, problem solving, and managing the project controls team and deliverables, on a high-profile rail interface project with unique challenges, the positive outcome of which has an important effect on a major program. Experience in Rail construction is preferred. This position is a fulltime internal position for Faithful Gould. We seek individuals who are looking for long term tenure and a career with us!
About Us
Faithful+Gould is a world leader in project controls and consulting, providing clients with Owner’s Representative expertise and advice throughout the life of their construction projects. We offer varied and interesting projects with several high-profile clients across key business sectors which include many of the Fortune 100 companies and Federal/State/City government agencies. Faithful+Gould is currently ranked #11 largest Construction Management Company and #9 Program Management Company by ENR (Engineering News Record). Established in 1947 in England and opened the first USA office in 1992. Constructive Expertise It’s in our DNA.
How will you contribute to the team?
- Supervise project control activities. Develops, interprets, and executes policy, objectives, and standards applicable to scope, cost and schedule control and analysis activities
- Ability to perform forensic assessments for required diagnosis of schedule and costs
- Interface with management and project team for specific project controls presentations. Develops and presents scope, cost and schedule reports and presentations for key project stakeholders
- Review project work activities to ensure support of project milestones. Develops micro-phasing schedules as required to coordinate particularly challenging work phases; and helps coordinate the various parties to completion
- Participate in discussions with designers, contractors and other third-party entities to proactively identify project risks; and develop recommendations as to how to mitigate the risks
- Participate in reviewing the contractor pay application; and ensures it is consistent with the schedule update and other progress documents
- Coordinate cost recording, monitoring, and reporting practices for compliance with applicable standards accuracy and consistency
- Coordinate development of schedule resource loading and levelling; and the schedule development, maintenance and monitoring activities
- Provide progress reporting documents and briefing materials as required. Develop creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments
- Responsible for promptly reporting budget and/or schedule variances
- Possess understanding and appreciation for time frames necessary for rail and associated infrastructure construction
- Previous project controls experience on a large-scale, multi-million-dollar construction project required
- Must be a self-starter attitude with proactive, results-oriented focus; and willing and capable to assume additional responsibilities
- Demonstrated success on the job, as evidenced by satisfactory performance, acceptance of responsibility and growth in previous positions. Proven accuracy, reliability and completeness in job accomplishment
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Must be able to interface with a variety of people with different technical levels and educational backgrounds; must be detail-oriented and highly organized; and must be able to produce accurate and timely results while maintaining a customer-service attitude
- Must present a “can-do” spirit within the controls team: inspiring them to produce consistently accurate results at a fast pace
What will you contribute?
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction, Quantity Surveying or a related field
- 15+ years of project controls experience, or five-years supplemented with a master’s degree in Construction Management; and at least six-years supporting a multi-million-dollar engineering and construction project, preferably in Rail Construction
- Demonstrated ability to understand a demanding, technical and complicated construction program; and the ability to communicate progress and issues to a technical- and management-level audience
- Proficient with industry software such as Primavera Planner, Prolong or Expedition, etc.
- Demonstrated project controls experience managing the design and construction of large-scale, complex projects; including developing and managing a progress reporting methodology for a complicated design effort
What we offer at Faithful+Gould:
At Faithful+Gould, you will enjoy competitive compensation, a safe and healthy work environment, and a full range of benefits that include:
- Opportunity to work on various projects of various sizes
- Broad Employer based benefits package including medical/RX, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Generous time-off benefits
- 401 (k) with employer match
- Flexible work schedules dependent upon approval as a result of assignment demands
- Career development opportunities through our corporate university
- Highly regarded tuition reimbursement program
- Valuable voluntary options including legal, long term care, pet insurance and commuter reimbursement account
If you think that a career with our team could match your profile, submit your application online now!
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