Project Controls Manager

Sand Cherry

Project Controls Manager at Sand Cherry Associates driving cost and schedule controls in various projects. Responsibilities include maintaining budgets and developing performance reporting frameworks.

Posted 5/4/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish and implement project controls standards, including WBS structures, cost codes, schedule frameworks, and progress measurement methodologies
Build and maintain baseline budgets, cost estimates, and integrated schedules aligned to scope, contracting strategy, and stage-gate requirements
Define and manage controls governance, reporting cadence, and deliverable expectations across projects including cost reports, variance analyses, and executive summaries for leadership review
Build and manage detailed project budgets, including development, construction, and owner costs, with cash flow and contingency tracking
Maintain forecasting models (EAC/ETC), analyze variances, and identify drivers, risks, and corrective actions
Support and coordinate invoice tracking, accruals, and cost coding with finance and procurement teams
Develop and maintain integrated project schedules covering development, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover
Track progress against baseline schedules and maintain critical path analysis, float tracking, and schedule risk assessments
Identify schedule risks and develop mitigation and acceleration plans with accountable owners
Coordinate schedule interfaces across permitting, interconnection, procurement, and delivery milestones
Implement and manage formal change control processes, including maintaining change logs, schedule impact analysis, cost validation and supporting approval workflows
Quantify cost and schedule impacts of risks and opportunities and maintain risk registers and contingency models
Consolidate project-level data into portfolio-level views (capex, schedule, milestones, risks) for leadership visibility
Develop dashboards, reporting tools, and executive-ready materials to support investment decisions and prioritization
Drive continuous improvement of controls tools, templates, and reporting processes

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in project controls, including cost management, scheduling, forecasting, and change control on capital projects
Bachelor’s degree required (Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, or related discipline preferred)
Strong proficiency with scheduling tools (Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project) and cost/reporting tools (advanced Excel; Power BI or similar)
Deep understanding of EPC contracting, procurement workflows, and earned value or similar performance measurement methodologies
Proven ability to build and manage budgets, schedules, trackers, and reporting outputs independently
Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and executive-ready materials
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced, delivery-focused consulting environment
Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with ability to influence without authority
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Experience supporting power generation, industrial, midstream, or data center projects is preferred
Experience working with EPC contractors, Owner’s Engineers, and/or joint ventures is preferred
Professional certifications (PMP, AACE/CCP, PSP, or similar) is preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Our team is unique — we are passionate about what we do.
We recognize our employees for their contributions.
Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry.
Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization.
We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce.
Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace.
Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients.
Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.

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Hard Skills & Tools

project controlscost managementschedulingforecastingchange controlbudget managementvariance analysiscritical path analysisrisk assessmentearned value management

Soft Skills

analytical skillscollaborationstakeholder managementcommunicationinfluence without authorityindependent workmulti-project managementactionable insightscontinuous improvementreporting

Certifications

PMPAACE/CCPPSP