**What You'll Be Doing** **Job Scope:** Generally responsible for supervision and technical direction over a team of project controls professionals. Work at this level requires extensive progressive experience in engineering and management. This work will be performed under minimal supervision. **Primary responsibilities will include but are not limited to:** + Leading, training and mentoring project controls professionals for skills development. + Reviewing and approving all project controls deliverables. + Performing advanced cost control work serving as a technical specialist for complex engineering assignments. + Distributing Office Earnings Reports, updating with current information, redistributing for approval and participating in the review of the final reports. + Assisting Accounting and Management in developing and tracking office budgets. + Validating professional services and construction estimates at the onset of projects and tracking changes as projects progress. + Producing professional service estimates in accordance with the department standards for project deliverables, project studies and estimates, change notices and for the development of new work through proposal efforts. + Maintaining and reviewing estimating software regularly by keeping current and accurate information for the estimate basis. + Developing cost studies as necessary to determine the simplest, most efficient approach to solving engineering tasks at hand. + Ensuring that any requirements for permitting have been established and communicated to the project team. + Working knowledge of scope and deliverables. Initiating timely change notices when deviation is made from the scope, affecting schedule, deliverables or cost of the work. + Planning and organizing the work of the project controls team. Communicating the plan to the team, project leadership and the client. + Maintaining control of projects by tracking and maintaining discipline performance budget progress, schedule commitments, and quality standards. Understanding and utilizing project tools which are in place for project control. + Delegating work to the project controls team in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality. + Knowledge of the skills and experience required to perform engineering and design functions. + Participating in the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of staff. + Establishing a safe work environment and communicating the Company commitment to safety to teammates and clients. + Familiarity with and utilization of office standards. + Developing and maintaining relationships with current and new clients. + Promoting continuing relationships with the company clients. + Setting the guidelines for the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of teammates. + Embracing and utilizing technology to set the example for the team. **Ideal Background** **Education:** Bachelor or Master of Science degree in electrical, mechanical, chemical or civil engineering from an accredited university is required. **Registration:** Professional registration or certification is preferred and may be required. **Experience:** This position requires 10 or more years of relevant industrial experience in project controls, cost control, cost estimation, planning, scheduling and project management. **Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:** + Knowledge and application of company business standards and good practices. + Extreme attention to detail. + Proven ability to manage diverse, simultaneous projects of varying complexities in multiple offices of the company. A proven ability to manage multi-office project execution. + Sound, ethical business judgment. + Ability to recognize and promote talent. + Ability to recognize and rectify teammate issues. + Ability to create a high performance team in attitude and accomplishment. + Possesses a comprehensive understanding of the function of all engineering disciplines. + Ability to relate easily to others in the business community such as customers, suppliers, contractors, government, professional and trade associations. + Understanding of existing and potential customer deliverable expectations and preferences. + Record of achieving objectives; successful project completion, within budget and time frame. + Ability to delegate authority appropriately. + Ability to clearly communicate expectations and requirements to team members and to structure accountability. + Ability to set priorities. + Demonstrated leadership ability with team orientation. + Assessment of personnel in interviews and through performance. + Coaching and mentoring skills and experience. + Excellent listening and communication skills, both verbal and written. + Excellent presentation skills. + Excellent leadership an