Senior Manager Project Controls – Quantity Surveying

Senior Manager Project Controls – Quantity Surveying

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience
• Master’s degree and 6 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience
• Minimum of 2 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources.

Responsibilities

• Managing project controls from funding through close out, including compliance to processes and policies.
• Assisting Project Controls Director in developing project strategies and associated financing.
• Working closely with the Front-End Planning team to develop conceptual estimates and schedules.
• Developing strategies and negotiating pricing for subcontractor scopes of work, reviewing, and analyzing engineer/contractor bids with GSS.
• Monitoring and evaluating engineering and contractors’ physical progress.
• Addressing progress and delay claims from contractors.
• Analysis and accurate review of engineering / construction cost forecasts against scope.
• Reviewing and approving engineer and contractor buy outs, change orders and invoices.
• Preparing monthly cost reports and project status reports for senior management both on site and corporately.
• Lead the development, monitoring and reporting of project schedules and cash flow to enable accurate capital LE predication for their portfolio.
• Leading risk analysis reviews for cost estimates, forecasts and schedules using applicable software packages.
• Working with Amgen Buying Centre and Accounts Payable to resolve invoice payment issues and queries.
• Leading all aspects of the closeout of contracts, purchase orders and subsequent projects within their portfolio.
• Monitoring and managing Capitalized Overhead across all projects and sites including planning, hiring, and charging processes.
• Exhibiting proactive safety leadership and behavior.
• Communicating on and escalating on project matters and/or project controls performance for their portfolio to Site Sponsors and Engineering leadership.
• Leading all aspects of their portfolio’s project controls effectiveness and compliance applying strong analytical views to lead the project teams to ensure proper evaluation and analysis.
• Supporting Engineering Digital Transformation activities/workstreams by providing project controls subject matter expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 or more years within engineering or construction experience in the life sciences pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry executing project controls on projects (Funding, Estimating, Cost Management, Scheduling, Compliance, Contract Strategy)
• Strong analytic and problem-solving ability
• Excellent organizational and task management skills
• Effective communication skills and ability to translate / communicate details summarized to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to operate in a matrixed or team environment with site, functional, and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and build strong relationships across the network.
• Expertise and knowledge leading project controls internally and across external vendors
• Understanding of the business aspects of projects to provide solutions to problems that require ingenuity and creativity.
• Experience in progress measurement methods such as Earned Value Management
• Experience in cost and scheduling software packages and data mining programs such as Power Bi
• Understanding workflows and dimensions of BIM and opportunities for integration with cost and schedule when managing capital projects
• Experience of procurement methods and contracts