
Owner-side cost manager with 8 years in project controls and cost management on mission-critical capital projects, plus an earlier career in construction safety. Currently manages budgets, commitments, actuals, and forecasts for 10–15 concurrent projects ($500K to $20M+) in a $13.5B+ portfolio; previously led controls on projects exceeding $100M. Known for accurate forecasts, early and candid reporting of cost risk, and careful change order and payment review. PMP; MBA in Engineering Management.
Cost ownership: Manage budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, cash flow, and forecasts for 10–15 concurrent pharmaceutical capital projects ($500K to $20M+) within a portfolio exceeding $13.5 billion, from design through procurement, construction, commissioning, validation, and startup.
• Forecasting & reporting: Prepare monthly cost reports and forecasts, including variance analysis, trending, burn rate, and EAC; reconcile actuals, commitments, and approved changes with Finance and project teams.
• Change management: Review and administer change requests, assessing scope, cost, schedule, and budget impacts; maintain approved baselines and change documentation under governance standards.
• Payment review: Review contractor invoices, payment applications, and spend data against progress and contract terms to identify discrepancies and prevent cost leakage.
• Risk & claims: Perform cost risk assessments and flag emerging cost exposure to Project Managers and program leadership; analyze delay and claims events and their cost impacts.
• Contingency management: Track contingency and allowance drawdown, and flag emerging cost risks and opportunities to project leadership.
• Close-out: Support commercial close-out, including final cost reconciliation, outstanding claims and change resolution, and closure of commitments.
• Cost–schedule integration: Apply EVM (CPI, SPI, PV, EV, AC, EAC) and maintain integrated schedules in Primavera P6/Unifier to connect cost and schedule performance.
• Reporting tools: Developed project controls dashboards and executive reports in advanced Excel that reduced manual reporting and saved several hours each month.
• Collaboration & mentoring: Work with Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Finance, contractors, and Project Managers to resolve cost and schedule issues; mentor junior team members and analysts on cost control and forecasting.
• Scope: Led integrated planning, scheduling, cost control, and project controls for pharmaceutical and healthcare capital projects exceeding $100M; supported $500M+ programs.
• Matrix leadership: Coordinated multidisciplinary teams in a matrix organization using Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) principles.
• Governance & change: Evaluated scope changes, validated budget revisions, and maintained baseline integrity through governance approvals; standardized controls processes and strengthened governance.
• Recovery & executive reporting: Performed delay, claims, critical path, and schedule compression analysis to support recovery planning and contractor negotiations; presented forecast accuracy, budget status, and risk mitigation to executive leadership.
• Mentoring & automation: Mentored project team members and automated executive dashboards and KPI reporting.
• Developed and updated integrated CPM schedules in Primavera P6 and MS Project aligned to the WBS, supporting active projects and proposals.
• Assisted project managers in maintaining schedules, updating progress, and developing detailed resource allocations to enhance project tracking.
• Analyzed and prioritized purchase orders and material requisitions, ensuring accurate activity durations and logical workflow for project execution.
Coordinated weekly progress reporting across procurement, construction, engineering, IT, and design teams
Budget Development & Cost Tracking Forecasting & Cash Flow Commitments, Actuals & Accruals Change Order Evaluation Payment Application Review Claims & Delay Analysis Cost Risk Assessment Contingency Tracking Project Close-Out Earned Value (CPI/SPI/EAC) EHS & Compliance Awareness (OSHA 10) Scheduling & Cost Controls
SYSTEMS & TOOLS
Oracle Unifier Primavera P6 MS Project Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) SAP Procore Aconex SharePoint EVM (CPI, SPI, EAC) Executive dashboards & KPI reporting Executive Reporting & Dashboards Contractor & Stakeholder Management