CMiC Team Member Spotlight: Seth Knight

As we put together our CMiC Core Team, we recognized the importance of selecting members with a wide range of skills and experiences, knowing that CMiC will impact team members in every department and business unit across the company. Seth Knight, Director of Project Controls, is a key member of the team, responsible for helping guide our operational groups through the implementation process and leading decision-making on new processes, standards, and workflows.

Seth graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering in 2010 and began his construction career full-time at the Illinois Department of Transportation as an Engineer Tech. He then transitioned to White Construction where he served as a Project Engineer, assisting in project management for the construction of wind farms, providing support to superintendents and subcontractors with scheduling & production. He also helped with maintaining cost control, document control, change orders, earned value, production, forecast, and billings for assigned projects. In 2015, Seth joined the Keeley family as a Project Manager, working on projects across Missouri and Illinois. He was quickly promoted to Project Controls Manager where he developed a project controls program for the Civil Group. He revamped & managed the job cost review to bring enhanced information to leadership, instituted the MFR process to create visibility into the risk in major projects, and developed & managed a procurement process to reduce risk in subcontracted work and purchasing. He also implemented a new cost code format for better cost control & production tracking, and managed the forecast, business unit scorecard, and opportunities to drive accountability. After serving in this role for four years, Seth was promoted to his current position as Director of Project Controls. Seth and the Project Controls team within each business unit are focused on standardizing processes across the company, maintaining accountability in operational financial reporting & forecasting, leading analytics around KPI development & reporting, driving risk awareness in operations, and providing expertise in applying our business processes to software tool selection and implementation.

In his role on the CMiC Core Team, Seth serves as a trusted liaison between the Core Team and Operations. His experience from both the operational and financial sides of the business will allow him to ensure all processes are fully implemented, standardized, and streamlined as they are built out within CMiC.

“CMiC will provide a whole new level of visibility and standardization in our organization.  With everyone providing the same information in the same place, we will be able to provide metrics at every level of the organization to make business decisions at a faster pace than we can today.  The increased efficiency will show in our bottom line as we become more proactive and accountable around the risk in our business.”

Seth’s construction operations experience and project controls expertise will pave the way for a successful implementation and rollout of CMiC that all Keeley’ns can be proud of. If you have any questions or want to learn more about the process and what it means for you and your team, you can reach out to Seth directly at sknight@keeleyconstruction.com