Project Controls Manager - South America

Details: The Shaw Group provides premier engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to government and private-sector clients in a wide array of industries, including the energy, environmental, infrastructure, and emergency response markets.Summary:Cost and schedule management for projects and programs in South America. Includes preparation of schedule and cost reports. Other duties may also be assigned.Responsibilities:•Prepares and directs the implementation of scheduling and cost accounting methods and activities.•Oversees the scheduling and cost control systems, manages and interprets scheduling and cost audits, prepares scheduling and cost accounting reports for presentation to top management.Qualifications/Competencies/Experience:• 10+ years Project Controls experience.• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or Financial curriculum strongly preferred.• Extensive travel required.• Requires fundamental knowledge and skills in Progress Measurement, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Variance Analysis, Trending, Forecasting, and Change Control and relationships of performance metrics in projecting EAC.• Requires established knowledge of schedule and cost integration of Project Controls functions.• Excellent computer skills, MS Office especially Excel.• Advanced knowledge of Primavera.• Working knowledge of accounting concepts and terminology.• Must be willing to work in South America for minimum of one year.

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