Director, Project Controls

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Johnson & Johnson Services Inc., a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Director, Project Controls & Assurance . This position will be located in Horsham, Pennsylvania  or New Brunswick, New Jersey  and will require full time on-site support.

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At Engineering & Property Services (E&PS) we take care of all J&J buildings around the world providing end to end services from Real Estate, Engineering & Strategic Project Delivery, to Facilities Management. We have a profound influence on the entire J&J Enterprise, providing innovative workplaces where our employees can collaborate and grow, and delivering flexible site solutions which enable our business to best serve our important customers and patients.

As part of the Global Project Controls & Assurance team, the Director is responsible for ensuring compliance with J&J Worldwide Procedures and implementing scalable E&PS Project Controls tools, guidelines, and industry best practices throughout the lifecycle of the project. They are responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of the program ensuring consistency with business strategy, commitments, and goals.

This includes defining, identifying, and securing appropriate internal and external resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and/or third-party contractors / consultants to deliver projects according to plan. In addition, this role ensures that the program stays on plan by resolving resource conflicts and removing obstacles, which may involve negotiations with senior stakeholders.

The Director is accountable to drive standardization, through the ideation, definition, execution and assessment phases; including, but not limited to managing detailed cost and schedule metrics, reporting, implementing Risk Management processes and communicating best practices. In addition, they will support the Project Leader to deliver early estimating efforts and business case alignment, align on execution approach, ensure project progress and reporting throughout the project phases and implement lessons learned.

Key relationships include working relationships with the J&J Project Delivery team, cross-functional business teams, external partners, key stakeholders, and business leaders. This role will also ensure alignment with key E&PS functional partners (Global Finance, Project Management, CCFS and Facilities Management).

• Provide guidance on Front End Loading / early estimating supporting the Capital investment by obtaining agreement on project definitions, scope, and priorities, and ensures that resources, capabilities, and processes are in place.
• Supports the implementation of the IDEA Project Delivery Process, ensuring focus on cost and schedule objectives, identify and mitigate risk and are adhering to key financial procedures.
• Work with team to develop & align Capital Appropriation Request(s) estimates, cost accounting and detailed schedule to ensure seamless integration of project approval.
• Ensure key tools and processes are in place to track project deliverables. Monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders and provides status reports defining project progress, problems and solutions. Ensure proper change control processes are in place and efficient.
• Ensures that projects are implementing key Risk processes at all stages of the IDEA project delivery process (Cost & Schedule Risks assessments)
• Attend meetings during the engineering and construction phases.
• Evaluate the AE, Construction Management (CM) and C&Q firm's performance with respect to cost control and change management.
• Support project management in evaluating cost and analyzing change orders and forecasts.
• Review construction estimate trend reports prior to establishment of GMA contract with contractor.
• Assist with development and review of project estimates. Review will include analysis of scope definition, inclusions and exclusions, unit rates, subcontractor costs, fees and markups, and indirect costs including general conditions.
• Evaluate subcontract procurement plan, track performance against target dates.
• Review costs and schedules for subcontracts prior to award, validate against project budget.
• Evaluate project contingency budgets and monitor usage throughout the duration of the project.
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