Director, Project Controls & Assurance

Role Summary

Director, Project Controls & Assurance at Johnson & Johnson Services Inc., Wilson, North Carolina. Full-time on-site role within Engineering & Property Services, part of the Global Project Controls & Assurance team. Responsible for ensuring compliance with Worldwide Procedures and implementing scalable Project Controls tools, guidelines, and best practices throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on Front End Loading / early estimating to define project definitions, scope, and priorities, ensuring resources, capabilities, and processes are in place.
• Support the IDEA Project Delivery Process with focus on cost and schedule objectives, risk mitigation, and adherence to financial procedures.
• Develop and align Capital Appropriation Request estimates, cost accounting, and detailed schedules for seamless project approvals.
• Track project deliverables, monitor progress, and provide status reports; ensure change control processes are efficient.
• Implement key risk processes across the IDEA project delivery process (cost & schedule risk assessments).
• Attend engineering and construction meetings; evaluate AE, CM, and C&Q firm performance on cost control and change management.
• Support cost evaluation, change orders, and forecasts; review construction estimate trends prior to GMA contract establishment.
• Assist with development and review of project estimates, including scope, unit rates, subcontractor costs, fees, and indirect costs.
• Evaluate subcontract procurement plans and track performance against target dates; review subcontract costs and schedules prior to award.
• Evaluate contingency budgets and monitor usage; review payment applications for compliance with contracts.
• Maintain and update 21-Tab / ESR to reflect funding status, milestones, cashflow, and safety statistics.
• Manage overall schedule development and integration across engineering, design, procurement, construction, IT-automation, commissioning, and validation; perform hands-on schedule development and reporting.
• Ensure schedule integration with focus on critical and near-critical paths; review timelines and logics to establish a true baseline.
• Support teams to develop programmatic / project-specific procurement strategies.
• Identify opportunities and risks and recommend actions to optimize schedule performance and inform the owner with timely information.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent; preferred in Business, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field.
• Required Experience & Skills: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience; project controls leading complex capital projects > $500MM in regulated industries; proven project management experience; extensive knowledge of engineering, construction, and project controls; experience in estimating, cost and schedule development/integration, and risk control; ability to translate complex business needs into clear project objectives; strong communication and leadership skills with experience interacting with senior leaders.
• Preferred: Familiarity with J&J Project Management approaches (FPX or IDEA); PMP or equivalent certification; Primavera P6 and/or MS Project scheduling; Monte Carlo risk analysis; experience with web-based PM systems (OpenText, POET, Livelink); experience in FDA-regulated industry.

Skills

• Agile Decision Making
• Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Scheduling and Controls
• Risk Management
• Cost and Schedule Forecasting
• Stakeholder Management
• Contract and Change Management

Education

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree or equivalent; focus areas as listed in Qualifications

Additional Requirements

• Requires up to 50% domestic and/or international travel