
Director, Project Controls, Life Science, Project and Development Services
Cushman & Wakefield U.S., Inc.
Mount Laurel, NJ · HybridFull-time$166–195K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Director, Project Controls, Life Science, Project and Development Services oversees a portfolio of project controls consulting assignments, primarily in the United States. The role develops cost estimates and schedules, establishes cost and work breakdown structures, and manages earned value, risk, change, progress reporting, and project closeout. The position is based at the Mount Laurel office, may be performed remotely from home, and requires domestic travel to client offices.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
10 years
Minimum Education Required
bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent
Compensation
$165,750.00 - $195,000.00 / Yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Shift
First Shift (Day)
Job Description
Director, Project Controls, Life Science, Project and Development Services for Cushman & Wakefield U.S., Inc’s at its Mount Laurel, NJ office. May work remotely from home. Must be willing to travel domestically to various client offices (25-50%).
The Director, Project Controls, Life Science, Project and Development Services will provide oversight for a portfolio of project controls consulting assignments primarily in the United States.
Primary duties and responsibilities will include the following:
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Support the development of cost and schedule models utilizing detailed engineering design documents, equipment vendor shop drawings and P&ID sets.
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Implement the Cost Engineering Scope: Define the project scope, time period, phases to be estimated, communication channels, and establish any boundaries for estimates or project requirements.
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Develop the project Cost Breakdown Structure: Identify all project scope that impacts project costs.
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Finalize the Project Cost Estimate: Finalize the cost estimate summarized by the established Cost Breakdown Structure.
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Develop a Work Breakdown Structure and baseline project schedule for all engineering, construction and commissioning scopes.
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Establish and oversee an Earned Value Management programs for the engineering and construction scope.
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Track progress of the engineering and construction activities and scope milestones: Collect and monitor data, manage risks, track and control changes and communication. Measure and report on progress status.
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Implement a risk and change management process. Work with process engineers and site team to ensure scope and changes align with project objectives.
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Develop and implement requirements for cost recording, reporting, and analyzing engineering standards, programs, and reports.
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Provide documentation for each cost engineering element, indicating sources of data, assumptions used and any other methodology or analysis.
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Develop project closeout documentation. Ensure that all project costs have been accurately captured and reported for site engineering use.
Employer requires Bachelor’s Degree or foreign equivalent in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration or other directly related field of study; plus 10 years of experience in the offered position or other closely related positions. Alternatively, employer will accept Master's Degree or foreign equivalent in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration or other directly related field of study; plus 8 years of experience in the offered position or closely related positions. Experience may be concurrent. May work remotely from home. Must be willing to travel domestically to various client offices (25-50%).
Place of Work
Hybrid
Requisition ID
R341250
Job Type
Full Time
Application Instructions
Apply online at https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-states/careers
How this job compares
Set against the 2,665 open Project Controls jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$166–195K/yr
- New Jersey median$90–159K/yr35 salary ranges
- US median$90–159K/yr1,992 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $180K, is 51% above the New Jersey median midpoint ($120K) — in the top quarter of Project Controls salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 40 open Project Controls jobs in New Jersey and 2,665 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Project Controls postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,394 postings).
- Education
- 803 of the 2,665 open Project Controls jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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