Senior Director, Project Controls

The Company 

SYSTRA delivers architecture, engineering and construction and program management services to our clients that offer public transportation, public education and public housing to our communities.

We partner with public transportation owners and operators of bridges, buses, commuter and intercity, high-speed and light rail, mass rapid transit and tunnels, helping them provide safe, efficient and reliable public transportation. SYSTRA also serves public facility authorities that provide safe, attractive, and environmentally sound public schools and offer affordable housing to communities. Ranked 18th in US mass transit and rail design by Engineering News-Record (ENR), SYSTRA has been a trusted partner to public agencies and operators throughout the US since 1985 and employs nearly 200 personnel nationwide.

Part of SYSTRA Group, a world-leading engineering and consulting firm, SYSTRA is supported by the over 10,500 employees worldwide. Using a collaborative approach built on the firm’s value of Connected Teams, we provide our clients and partners access to the best skills worldwide via sharing information, tools, best practices, and processes.

We’re looking for a new Senior Director, Project Controls in our Operations Group to help drive the objectives and challenges our valued clients have trusted us to solve for them. 

As a SYSTRA US Senior Director, Project Controls you will join a world-class team of high-performing engineers, designers, drafters and others who work collectively to ensure client projects continue to thrive while remaining on track and budget.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide direction and leadership in project controls for large-scale transportation projects, overseeing all aspects of project controls activities, including cost management, scheduling, risk management, and change management
• Lead the development and implementation of project controls processes, systems, and tools, ensuring alignment with project objectives, and client requirements
• Develop and implement standard project controls practices including scheduling manual, reporting manual, forms, and templates
• Develop detailed daily, weekly, and monthly project progress reports
• Oversee the development and maintenance of project schedules, including baseline schedules, progress updates, and critical path analyses, to monitor project progress, identify schedule variances, and mitigate schedule risks
• Manage the development and maintenance of project budgets, including cost estimates, budget forecasts, and earned value analyses, to track project costs, monitor budget variances, and control project expenditures
• Provide strategic advice and recommendations to project teams, client representatives, and stakeholders on project controls matters, leveraging industry insights and best practices to drive project success
• Establishes a project work breakdown structure in line with industry best practices.
• Assists in creating detailed project budgets from estimates and in the development of cash flow projections
• Manages internal job costing in relation to the fee and services to be provided, resources required and all project reporting including job number and other company reporting policies
• Produces forecasts of total project costs, annual costs, and monthly cash flow costs and provides variance analysis and explanations
• Works with senior management staff in managing the overall project cost control efforts

Does this seem like an opportunity that you can be all aboard with in your career?  Well, here’s a little more on the required experience we’re looking for in this new teammate.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in technical engineering field
• Minimum of 20 years of experience with project controls (cost management, schedule, document, etc.)
• Proficiency in project control software and tools, including but not limited to Primavera P6
• Experience in leading project controls activities for large-scale transportation projects
• Excellent and articulate communication style and have clear and analytical approach to problem solving and strong decision-making abilities
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s or other advanced degree(s)

SYSTRA USA provides a benefits package including medical, dental, 401k and other offerings that focus on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

SYSTRA USA is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law.        
 

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Sponsorship assistance is not available for this position.

Salary Range:  $174,200-243,800