Principal Project Controller

Responsibilities & Duties

• Responsible for supporting the building and deploying of the Manila Project Controls Team.
• Manage team workload and assignments and recommend adjustments to the staffing model if necessary to most effectively utilize staff and meet the objectives of the projects, regions, and business lines.
• Develop strong stakeholder relationships by proactively communicating staffing activities and articulating the capabilities of the Manila Project Controls Team across various North American Regions, Business Lines, levels of company management, and cross-functional staff.
• Manage team performance, provide coaching and mentoring, document performance reviews, and identify career development opportunities relevant to the team.
• Ensure adherence to quality and performance metrics by assessing and evaluating the quality of work effort of the staff and providing advice on approach and/or corrective actions.
• Participate in business development, proposal efforts, and project startups as needed.
• Lead the dissemination of corporate expectations regarding company policy and cascade of project controls procedural and best practice information and existing and emerging project controls methods.
• Identify and analyze complex issues and recommend solutions or alternatives.
• Act as a first-level escalation point for questions and issue resolutions ensuring issues are addressed in a timely manner. Responsible for escalating the issues further as and when necessary.
• Provide regular performance and operational progress reports to manager and stakeholders to ensure issues are being flagged in a timely manner and ensure performance/operational gaps are addressed.
• Responsible for the implementation of the team's business continuity plan.
• Ensure team compliance and delivery based on service level agreements, policies, and procedures as agreed with the stakeholders.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business management, or other associated degree
• At least 12 years of relevant experience in construction project management
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, Requests-for Proposals and contracts
• Must understand construction means, methods, and sequences
• Possesses working knowledge about the contracts related to procurement, engineering, construction, and project management

Attributes:

• Ability to supervise and manage the day-to-day work assignments, deliverables, and operational requirements aligned with the functional goals and objectives (Operational Management)
• Ability to clearly define objectives and set targets for the team that are consistent with and compliant to service delivery agreements, key performance indicators, and polices (Planning and Organizing)
• Ability to maintain a high level of collaboration among multiple internal and external stakeholders to effectively arrive at solutions and develop initiatives (Collaboration)
• Ability to identify and resolve varied and complex issues by applying best practices and technical expertise and can recommend solutions for recurring and unique scenarios (Problem-Solving)
• Ability to gather, integrate, validate, and analyze relevant data to develop resolutions, findings, and recommendations (Analytical Thinking)
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with various internal and external customers globally. Ability to use tact and discretion in delivering critical and sensitive information to peers, stakeholders, and direct reports. (Communication)
• Ability to monitor and measure progress and effectively drive individual and team results that supports the overall goal of the team. Ability to provide regular feedback, guidance, and support to direct reports to achieve desired performance and output. (Results Oriented)