Senior Project Controls Manager (Pharmaceutical - Construction)

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage cost, schedule, risk, change control, progress measurement, and reporting.
• Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule across design, procurement, construction, CQV, startup, and operational readiness.
• Integrate EPC, contractor, vendor, and owner schedules.
• Establish the work breakdown structure, cost breakdown structure, control budgets, commitments, forecasts, cash flow, and contingency reporting.
• Perform independent cost and schedule analysis of contractor submissions.
• Implement earned value management and progress-measurement procedures.
• Analyze schedule logic, critical path, float, productivity, resources, and milestone performance.
• Develop cost and schedule forecasts and variance analysis.
• Maintain the program risk register and perform quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis.
• Manage trends, change orders, contingency drawdown, and forecast impacts.
• Track long-lead equipment against construction, commissioning, and startup requirements.
• Review contractor estimates, schedules, progress reports, invoices, change orders, and recovery plans.
• Develop project-controls dashboards, KPIs, and monthly reports.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Cost control, planning, scheduling, forecasting, earned value, change management, and risk management.
• Integrated scheduling for multi-building and multi-EPC programs.
• Critical-path analysis, schedule-quality reviews, delay analysis, and recovery planning.
• Quantitative risk analysis and Monte Carlo modeling.
• Construction progress measurement and CQV sequencing.
• Primavera P6, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, cost-management systems, and ERP platforms.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of project-controls experience.
• 5+ years managing a project-controls function or team.
• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, API, biologics, or cGMP facility experience required.
• Experience supporting programs valued at $1 billion or more preferred.
• AACE, PMI-SP, CCP, PSP, or PMP preferred.

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The salary range for this full-time role is $115,700.00-$161,966.69 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program