Senior Project Controls Manager
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About the Role
Parsons Corporation seeks a Senior Project Controls Manager to lead planning, scheduling, cost control, risk management, and reporting for complex utility projects. The role provides strategic oversight, ensures data integrity, and partners with project leadership to deliver capital programs on time and within budget.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of project controls strategies, standards, and procedures for utility capital projects and programs.
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of planners, schedulers, cost engineers, and analysts.
- Serve as a key advisor to project and program leadership on schedule, cost, risk, and performance trends.
- Oversee the development, integration, and maintenance of detailed project and program schedules using tools.
- Lead the establishment of project baselines, including budgets, cash flows, and cost breakdown structures.
- Oversee cost tracking, forecasting, and earned value management, including variance analysis and root cause identification.
- Implement and maintain risk management processes, including risk registers, qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, and mitigation plans.
- Oversee project change management processes: evaluate change requests, assess schedule and cost impacts, and ensure proper approvals and documentation.
- Develop and maintain standardized dashboards and reports for executive leadership, project sponsors, and regulatory stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Construction, Operations, Environmental, Regulatory, Procurement, Real Estate, and Finance teams to integrate project controls data.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Business, or related field
- Minimum 10 years of progressive project controls experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
- Significant experience in the utilities sector (electric transmission & distribution, gas infrastructure, water/wastewater, generation, or similar regulated infrastructure)
- Proven track record managing project controls on large, complex, multi year capital programs or portfolios
- Deep knowledge of project controls disciplines: planning & scheduling, cost control, earned value, risk, and change management
- Strong understanding of utility project lifecycles, including permitting, right of way, outages, construction constraints, and regulatory oversight
- Proficiency in scheduling software and cost management tools; experience with PowerBI, Tableau, or similar analytics tools highly desirable
- Excellent leadership, people management, and coaching skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills
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Job Description
- Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Project Controls Manager to join our team!
- The Senior Project Controls Manager is responsible for leading planning, scheduling, cost control, risk management, and reporting functions across a portfolio of complex utility projects (electric, gas, water, wastewater, or T&D).
- This role provides strategic oversight of project controls processes, ensures data integrity, and partners with project leadership to deliver capital programs on time and within budget, while meeting regulatory and safety requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of project controls strategies, standards, and procedures for utility capital projects and programs.
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of planners, schedulers, cost engineers, and analysts.
- Serve as a key advisor to project and program leadership on schedule, cost, risk, and performance trends.
- Drive continuous improvement in project controls tools, processes, and reporting, aligned with industry best practices (e.g., AACE, PMI).
- Oversee the development, integration, and maintenance of detailed project and program schedules using tools.
- Ensure schedules reflect realistic work sequencing, resource constraints, outage windows, permitting, environmental, and regulatory requirements specific to utilities.
- Monitor schedule performance, perform schedule health checks, and develop recovery or acceleration plans as required.
- Conduct schedule risk analyses and scenario planning for major projects and programs.
- Lead the establishment of project baselines, including budgets, cash flows, and cost breakdown structures.
- Oversee cost tracking, forecasting, and earned value management, including variance analysis and root cause identification.
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly cost reporting, including commitments, actuals, contingencies, and forecast at completion.
- Coordinate with Finance, Procurement, and Project Management to reconcile project financials and align with corporate reporting.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Business, or related field required.
- Master's degree in a related discipline preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive project controls experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Significant experience in the utilities sector (electric transmission & distribution, gas infrastructure, water/wastewater, generation, or similar regulated infrastructure).
- Proven track record managing project controls on large, complex, multi year capital programs or portfolios.
- Deep knowledge of project controls disciplines: planning & scheduling, cost control, earned value, risk, and change management.
- Strong understanding of utility project lifecycles, including permitting, right of way, outages, construction constraints, and regulatory oversight.
- Proficiency in scheduling software and cost management tools; experience with PowerBI, Tableau, or similar analytics tools is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills; ability to interpret complex data and communicate insights clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholders.
- Excellent leadership, people management, and coaching skills, with experience building and leading high performing teams.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to present to senior executives and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment and manage multiple priorities across a portfolio of projects.
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