Project Controls Analyst Jobs in Illinois

Job Title

Senior Project Controls Analyst, Project & Development Services

Job Description Summary

The Risk & Change Management Lead is responsible for establishing, governing, and executing the integrated risk and change management framework for a large-scale capital project in the life sciences sector. This role ensures proactive identification, assessment, mitigation, and reporting of project risks, while maintaining rigorous control of scope, schedule, and cost changes across the project lifecycle. The role will require partnering with Project Directors, Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) teams, Quality, Validation, and commercial stakeholders to safeguard project outcomes in a highly regulated environment.

Job Description

Risk Management

• Develop and implement the project-wide Risk Management Plan aligned with industry best practices and company standards
• Establish and maintain the project risk register, ensuring clear ownership, categorization, and prioritization of risks
• Lead risk identification workshops across all project phases (design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and qualification/validation)
• Facilitate qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, including Monte Carlo simulations for cost and schedule risk exposure (as applicable)
• Drive mitigation and contingency planning, ensuring alignment with project controls and budget provisions
• Provide regular risk reporting to senior leadership, including risk heat maps, trend analysis, and key risk indicators (KRIs)
• Integrate risk management with safety, quality, and regulatory compliance frameworks

Change Management

• Establish and manage the Project Change Management Process, including governance, procedures, and approval workflows
• Ensure all changes to scope, cost, and schedule are captured, evaluated, and controlled through a formal change control system
• Lead cross-functional change review boards (CRBs), ensuring appropriate stakeholder engagement and decision-making
• Evaluate change impacts on project baselines, including cost estimates, schedule delays, resource allocation, and regulatory implications
• Ensure accurate documentation and traceability of all approved and rejected changes
• Monitor cumulative change impact and provide early warnings on scope creep and budget erosion

Integration with Project Controls

• Collaborate closely with Planning, Cost Control, and Commercial teams to align risk and change outputs with:
• Cost forecasts and contingency drawdown
• Schedule updates and progress tracking
• Contractual claims and dispute avoidance/resolution
• Support development of project baseline and ongoing performance measurement
• Ensure risk and change data are embedded into project reporting systems and tools

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $148,750.00 - $175,000.00

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email Accommodations@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.