Accenture Construct - Project Controls Manager, Com

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Comtech Group Inc. (Comtech), part of Accenture, is a multidisciplinary consulting firm providing integrated consulting solutions on complex capital projects, including Program and Project Management, Project Controls, Engineering, Technical Advisory, Construction Management, and Technology Integration Services. Our team thrives on embracing and navigating technical challenges within the Transportation and Infrastructure, Industrial and Manufacturing, Energy and Utilities, and Buildings and Facilities markets. Our core focus is supporting project owners through collaborative and integrated partnerships to deliver projects that improve the world around us.
Job Title
Accenture Construct - Project Controls Manager, COM
Location
Toronto, ON CA (Primary)
Category
Job Type
Full-time
THE WORK:
You've Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.”
You didn't get into this to manage one piece of a project. You got into it to change how the world gets built.
At Accenture Construct, that's the job. You'll help deliver the data centers, power grids, rail networks, factories and public infrastructure that keep communities moving — smarter, safer and more sustainably.
You'll work alongside people who think big and act bold: project managers, engineers, technologists and strategists who pair real-world delivery with AI. And you won't be handed a slice of it. We take on whole programs, from early strategy through construction and handover, and we stand behind how they land.
Because “good enough” builds the past. You're here to build what's next.
(Internal Title: Project Control IV)
Responsible for leading a team of Cost or Schedule or Estimating or Risk and other Project Controls personnel in a coordinated manner on medium-risk, large-size projects, or elements on larger programs including directing the work of project staff under their project supervision, such that Project Controls services are completed as planned.
Implement, maintain, and apply typical and appropriate means and methods of project controls processes and interfaces from the inception of the project or program portfolio to the completion.
Create and manage short and long-term project controls service goals and success criteria for projects or programs.
Participate in the development of a budget and operating or delivery plans for the project controls services on a project or program in consultation with the team and client.
Responsible for the human and material resources required to deliver project controls services successfully.
Contribute to managing the project controls team per the project plans.
Manage a project controls team leveraging a diverse array of talents and delegation of responsibilities.
Recommend success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project and program life cycle.
Facilitate changes and interventions to ensure project controls service goals are achieved.
Plan for and meet with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent.
Support the production of accurate and timely reporting of project controls including status and performance throughout its life cycle.
Identify and analyze risks and implement mitigation strategies and contingency plans within the project portfolio.
Review and ensure adherence to the project controls services operating or delivery plan, scope, schedule, milestones, budgets, and KPIs and address issues with corrective actions as appropriate while raising red flags as needed.
Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, and presentations to various audiences, including the project team, client executives, and key stakeholders.
Understand the entire scope of the assignment and support scope change negotiations.
Enforce acceptable standards of workmanship in project controls through every stage of the work.
Build and maintain a positive, high-performing team culture with an openness to constructive challenge, continuous improvement, implementation of lessons learned, and an overall ‘right-first-time” mindset.
Monitor and manage clear and focused staff performance objectives on the project or program to ensure excellence in results.
Promote an environment that is inclusive, and diverse and celebrates our differences.
Fill in any project controls roles if needed.
Working Conditions
Office-based
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
Experience:
Minimum of 12 years of experience in Project Controls
Minimum of 5 years of experience managing a team in a senior capacity
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Program, Project, or Commercial Management or a related field
Licenses OR Certifications:
Holding recognized certification with one or more of these professional institutions: Project Management Institute (PMI), American Association of Cost Engineers (AACE)
Skills and Competencies:
Thorough knowledge in Scheduling Software (e.G. P6), Cost Software (e.G. Ecosys), Estimating software, Risk software (e.G. ARM), etc.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
Excellent competency in identifying and minimizing risks
Ability to detect and capitalize on others' strengths
Strong supervision, delegation, and capacity development
Must maintain professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies in Project Controls and Project Management software
Demonstrated ability to negotiate favorable terms under contracts
Ability to arrange priorities and elevate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving sensitive information (written and verbal)
Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment
The data centers behind AI. The grid behind the energy transition. The rail, water and airports everything else runs on.
We plan them, engineer them, deliver them and hand them over — and unlike most of this market, we're on the hook for whether they land on time. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. One team that owns the whole thing.
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.
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