Finance & Project Controls Manager

General Description:

The Project Controls Manager is responsible for the overall planning, implementation, and management of project controls systems for a large-scale data center construction project. This role oversees cost management, forecasting, progress measurement, risk analysis, and project reporting to ensure the project is delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with contractual requirements.

Working closely with the Finance Team, L48 Division Manager, and Project Manager, the Project Controls Manager provides accurate, timely, and actionable information to support project decision-making and maintain control of project cost, schedule, and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Controls Management

• Develop, implement, and maintain the project controls execution plan, including cost control, progress measurement, forecasting, risk management, and reporting procedures.
• Establish project control standards, workflows, reporting requirements, and performance metrics.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy of project data across the owner, general contractor, construction management team, engineering, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Establish reporting cycles and communicate project performance, trends, and emerging issues to project leadership.
• Maintain alignment between the approved project baseline, current forecasts, commitments, and actual performance.

Cost Management and Forecasting

• Establish and maintain the project budget, control budget, cost breakdown structure, and cost reporting systems.
• Monitor commitments, purchase orders, subcontract values, actual expenditures, accruals, contingency, and forecast-to-complete.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, cash flow projections, cost-to-complete analyses, and estimates at completion.
• Review subcontractor and vendor cost submissions, change proposals, and potential exposure.
• Maintain accurate cost forecasts throughout design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning.
• Track contingency usage, management reserve, allowances, and owner-directed changes in accordance with project procedures.

Progress Measurement and Performance Reporting

• Establish measurable rules of credit and progress measurement methodologies for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Validate reported progress against installed quantities, approved deliverables, equipment status, and field verification.
• Develop key performance indicators for cost, schedule, productivity, earned value, and milestone achievement.
• Prepare weekly and monthly dashboards, executive reports, variance analyses, and performance narratives.
• Analyze planned versus actual progress and identify productivity trends, slippage, and potential impacts to completion.
• Ensure project reporting reflects current field conditions and reliable, supportable data.

Procurement and Equipment Tracking

• Coordinate with procurement and supply chain teams to track requisitions, purchase orders, submittals, manufacturing, inspections, shipping, and delivery.
• Monitor long-lead and critical-path equipment.
• Integrate procurement and vendor schedules into the overall project schedule.
• Assess potential impacts from equipment delays, factory testing, logistics constraints, and installation readiness.
• Track vendor deliverables and interface milestones required to support installation, energization, and commissioning.

Contract Administration and Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with project management, commercial, procurement, finance, engineering, and construction teams to ensure consistent project controls practices.
• Review contractor and subcontractor schedule updates, cost reports, change requests, and progress claims.
• Maintain auditable records of approved baselines, revisions, assumptions, forecasts, and change decisions.
• Participate in project review meetings, risk workshops, schedule reviews, and executive reporting sessions.

Systems, Procedures, and Continuous Improvement

• Implement and maintain project controls tools, databases, dashboards, and reporting processes.
• Ensure effective integration of scheduling, cost management, procurement, document control, and field progress data.
• Maintain version control and quality assurance for project schedules, cost reports, and
• performance data.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, productivity
• measurement, and project controls processes.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual obligations, and project governance requirements.

Overhaul Division Management

• Responsible for supporting the invoicing, time and scheduling of the Overhaul Division under the direction of Robby Barton.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• MOBILITY: While performing the duties of this job, the employee uses computers on a daily basis. He/she is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. May require light physical effort such as stooping, bending, reaching and occasional lifting of lightweight objects (up to 25 pounds).
• HEARING: The employee frequently is required to talk or hear while answering phones, working with customers, clients, supervisors, etc.
• VISUAL ACUITY: Must be adequate to perform above listed tasks in a safe manner. Ability to see and complete work on a personal computer and read color coded writing on equipment forms, etc.

Compensation:

CCI offers a competitive salary, career growth opportunities and for full-time positions we offer a Full Benefits Package including excellent FEHB Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, Life insurance, and a 401k match program.

Contingencies:

Offer contingent upon ability to pass a pre-employment drug test and a background check.

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract.  Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work at any time without prior notice.

CCI Industrial Services (CCI) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

CCI Industrial Services grant employment preference first to BBNC shareholders, their spouses, or descendants, and second to other Alaska Native Corporation Shareholders in accordance with P.L. 93-638.