Associate Director (Project Controls) – Data Centers

Your role

• Represents the project team as client liaison (account manager). Acts as lead interface with client and related project team members and develops full understanding of the scope of projects.
• Understands client expectations, requirements, requested deliverables and fee structure. Plays an instrumental role in generating repeat business, winning new work, and developing new business opportunities.
• Demonstrates ability to win repeat work but also to develop relationships with new clients to successfully achieve new business.
• Typically works on a site or oversees major client program, managing AtkinsRéalis delivery teams. Organizes, coordinates, and manages required staff resources to complete deliverables.
• Builds commercially useful networks. Possesses strong market, sector, and service knowledge.
• Embraces AtkinsRéalis strategies and turns them into clear operational plans.
• Engages others in planning to gain commitment, highlight key issues and build understanding. Delivers to meet agreed objectives.
• Contributing to and implementing the office business plan, developing business opportunities in line with the business strategy and looking for market opportunities.
• Produces team business plans in conjunction with senior colleagues.
• Maintains personal chargeability in excess of 75-85% or at a rate designated by executive management.
• Drives major programs/clients and differentiates AtkinsRéalis through excellent delivery of programs/technical services.
• Oversees the direction of a project controls team or function within a the Data Center delivery group or region.
• Develops and implements the project controls business development plans and activities in support of Data Center project workload and pipeline.
• Works with Operations Directors, Technical Directors and Sector Leadership in support of the delivery of programs and services.
• Ensures the profitable management of commercial aspects of commissions and/or projects including governance, fee management activities together with internal job costings, planning and organizing workload/resource requirements and inter-trading.
• Wins work through effective program/project management or technical services.
• Develops and implements business development plans and activities.
• Reviews program/project financials including monthly PSR updates and identification of any potential issues to executive management for review and action.
• Manages the strategic aspects of programs/projects and mitigates risks.
• Positively encourages compliance with company requirements and contributes to the improvement and development of the organization's management systems. Ensures QA/QC reviews take place and procedures are followed for all assigned programs/projects.
• Collaborates with other disciplines and teams within AtkinsRéalis in the US and lgobally.
• Provides senior level general project management support as necessary (e.g., financial/operational budgeting, consolidation, analysis, forecasting; business development; pricing; billing; key client/consultant relationship management).
• Good understanding and practical application of the organization's Policy and arrangements for managing your own personal safety and the safety of those who report to you.
• Contributes to recruitment of high performing and professional individuals who display the AtkinsRéalis values. Builds diverse teams with complimentary skill sets and backgrounds.
• Coaching and mentoring less experienced colleagues to help develop skills, knowledge, and experience. Promoting the organization's values through embodying a positive, professional, and collaborative nature.
• May perform other such duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
• COMPLEXITY: Manages program delivery for $1 to $5 million dollar fee accounts, 5 to 10 staff, or commensurate company-wide contributions.
• DECISION-MAKING: Supervision received is essentially administrative, with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits. Acts independently on technical matters.
• WORK DIRECTION GIVEN TO OTHERS: Has supervisory responsibilities for direct reports and indirect supervisory responsibilities related to the professional and practice related development of other project staff
• Represents the organization to clients and prospects. Maintains contacts with clients and prospective clients. Maintains visibility within professional, civic, and other organizations to promote the firm and elicit new business.