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WM Director, Project Controls in Houston, Texas
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I. Job Summary
Responsible to build, manage, and measure productivity, of a team of project control schedulers, cost controllers, risk managers, estimating staff, procurement staff, and a document controller. The role will be responsible for overall implementation of an execution governance model which supports a phased approach from concept to commissioning of facility construction, recycling construction, renewable energy construction, and organics related projects. The Director will be responsible to report key performance indicators (KPIs) of these projects laterally and upwards to various stakeholders, customers, and interested parties on a periodic basis which may range from weekly to quarterly.
II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Scheduling: build a process, leveraging Primavera P6, which captures detailed scheduling elements– which in a logical order – represents the sequence of tasks (work breakdown structure) from phase 1 (concept) through to completion of the project and Phase 4 (commissioning and hand off). Gain concurrence from the project managers and engineers, and measure changes in schedule and resulting impact to the financial benefits (and cost) of the project.
Cost controls: build a process, leveraging multiple inputs from various live data sources, to build central financial controls view in Procore. Accruals, costs, budget checks, and contingency monitoring, as well as capital burn-rate should flow from Procore, and the Director should manage the reporting cadence to leadership.
Risk management: The Director should establish a process along with standard risk identification templates and risk measures. The risk team will be responsible to conduct PDRIs (project readiness), develop a risk register, and develop mitigation plans to address and close risks to project deliver. The Director will specially be responsible to escalate the key performance indicators of risk both laterally (to the PM Director, Ops Director, and FEED Director) and upward (line of business VPs and senior leadership).
Estimating: The Director will be responsible to build a team that can identify all relevant Goods & Services required to build a facility from brownfield through commissioning. In addition the Director is responsible to own a company database of project costs, and to develop and refine estimated cost forecasts for projects during their various phases of execution (Phase 1 through Phase 4).
Procurement: The Director is responsible to build a procurement staff that owns an equipment delivery process from ordering to logistics to delivery. Contract negotiation and contract maintenance will be essential for securing critical Goods & Services. Tracking category spend, and instituting a ridged process to improve leverage and reduce risk are requirements.
Resource loading: The Director will own the overall resource loading and allocation of work within the staff, to ensure that the work across the projects is equitably distributed, while also allowing for team growth. Strengths and opportunities will need to be assessed for the staff. And semi-annual reporting to corporate HR and the VP of Supply Chain will be required. The Director owns the budget for the program, and is responsible to track, trend, and develop budgets.
III. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.
A. Education and Experience
Education: Bachelor's degree(accredited) in Engineering Construction Management, Finance, Program Management or related area of study or in lieu of degree required.
Experience: 10+ years Relevant experience in Process Management, Project Management Execution, Project Controls, Document Controls, and Project Procurement with at least 3 years of experience in direct supervision of a staff/team of process or project controls professionals required.
B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification preferred.
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) preferred.
C. Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required
Strong PC skills to include Microsoft software; automated accounting and cost management systems
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Knowledge of Procore, Primavera P6 or other project management tools, as well as Microsoft Power BI or other dashboarding tools.
Demonstrated expertise in the concepts of Project Controls, Cost Engineering, Scheduling, Earned Value Management and Estimating
IV. Work Environment
Office: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.
Benefits
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.
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