Project Controls Manager

Upchurch is a rapidly growing, full-service building engineering company providing mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical services across the southeastern United States. The Project Controls Manager provides leadership for project controls across assigned construction projects. This role has responsibility for project controls budgets, forecasting, cost performance, and financial reporting; serves as a project-controls liaison with owners and project stakeholders; and leads, develops, and oversees schedulers and project controls professionals. The position implements consistent standards, ensures reliable schedule and cost information, identifies and mitigates performance risks, and provides actionable insight that supports informed business decisions and successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities

Manage project controls fiscal activities for assigned projects, including budgets, cost baselines, forecasts, estimate-at-completion projections, cash-flow reporting, variance analysis, and financial performance recommendations; Serve as the project controls representative in owner meetings, presenting schedule, cost, risk, change, and performance information; Lead, assign, and review the work of schedulers and project controls staff; Implement project controls standards and accountability for schedule and cost performance; Develop, maintain, and analyze integrated project schedules in Primavera P6; Establish and maintain cost baselines, budgets, and forecasts; Collect, validate, and integrate project progress, labor, cost, procurement, and field data; Monitor project performance against approved schedules, budgets, forecasts, and productivity expectations; Analyze schedule logic, float, critical path impacts, labor productivity, resource utilization, earned value metrics, and cost trends; Develop recovery plans, mitigation strategies, and scenario analyses; Evaluate scope changes, change orders, and evolving project conditions for schedule, cost, and resource impacts; Prepare and present dashboards, forecasts, schedule updates, variance analyses, and performance metrics; Collaborate with project managers, superintendents, engineering, procurement, finance teams, subcontractors, and other stakeholders; Develop and maintain standardized project controls procedures, scheduling practices, reporting templates, and data requirements; Manage and develop schedulers and project controls professionals through goal setting, workload planning, coaching, and performance feedback; All other duties as assigned

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field, or four additional years of directly relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree; 7 years of progressively responsible experience in project controls, construction scheduling, cost controls, forecasting, or a closely related discipline, including at least 2 years leading schedulers or project controls professionals; Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 Scheduler, including developing, maintaining, updating, and analyzing complex, logic-driven project schedules; Demonstrated experience managing integrated schedule, cost, progress, forecast, and performance information for large or complex construction projects, with responsibility for project cost controls and regular owner-facing engagement; Experience analyzing critical path activities, schedule and cost variances, productivity trends, project risks, and recovery options

Nice to have

Experience managing a project controls team, including workload planning, performance management, budget responsibility, and leadership or owner presentations; Experience supporting large-scale MEP, industrial, commercial, or mission-critical construction projects; Experience providing project controls support across multiple concurrent projects or a large, complex program; Experience with earned value management (EVM), estimate-at-completion forecasting, productivity analysis, risk modeling, and cash-flow reporting; Experience developing or improving scheduling procedures, project controls processes, data standards, and reporting templates; Familiarity with subcontractor scheduling, procurement tracking, commissioning, turnover, and project closeout requirements; Relevant professional certification such as AACE International Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP), Certified Cost Professional (CCP), or PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)

Benefits

Competitive pay based on experience; Health, dental, and vision insurance; Paid time off and holiday pay; Opportunities for professional development and certification assistance