Water Business Group Project Controls Business Class Lead

HDR is seeking a Project Controls Business Class Lead to join our Water Business Group team. The primary objective of this role is to develop and implement project controls practices on projects and programs to meet scope, schedule, and budget performance. This role will engage in projects ranging from wastewater, dams and levees, drinking water, and other water-based projects and will serve as a central asset to HDR’s Program Manager(s) in assessing program performance.

• Implementation of continuous improvement and quality into the project controls practice in alignment with the Quality Management System.
• Assume leadership responsibilities to introduce effective and efficient project controls approach and technologies in projects across market sectors in the Water Business Group.
• Work closely with other Business Group Directors of Project Controls and Program Management to align best practices, provide directions to program teams related to project controls and prioritize project controls initiatives.
• Coordinate and assist in identification and assignment of appropriate project controls staffing for projects, during both pursuit and execution phases.
• Monitor performance of staff and projects, and assist in implementing measures to drive successful project performance and support maintaining positive client relations.
• Support career development for project controls personnel through mentoring and identification of training opportunities.
• Strengthen the project controls practice across all business groups through knowledge sharing and fostering a community of practice across teams.
• Coordinate with other Regional Project Controls Leads and the broader project controls practice for workshare and knowledge sharing.
• Support the recruitment and onboarding process for new project controls personnel.
• Network with corporate Project Delivery Services to leverage best practices, skillsets, and resources from other business groups.
• Work with other project team members, including technical staff, cross-sector staff, field services, and commissioning services to identify where project controls services are required.
• Develop and maintain a project controls practice group within WBG and consult with corporate project controls director to disseminate relevant lessons learned and best practices.
• Serve as a knowledge central for project controls trends and tools that are being used to make project controls more versatile and efficient.
• Grow Water Business Group project controls practice bench strength by recruiting or identifying strategic partners.
• Identify and mentor young professionals with an interest in project controls.
• Provide webinar and outreach to internal staff to elevate WBG’s project controls acumen.
• Support Pursuit teams for Program Management and Construction Management.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Serve as a Senior Project Controls Business Class Lead for program management projects to set up a framework to manage scope, budget, and schedule, including schedule management, cost management, change management, risk management, and document management.
• Manage and direct a team of project controls specialists and document controls specialists to implement a project controls plan for the program.
• Collaborate with program manager and client to provide a project control plan that is right sized for the execution and size of the program.
• Work closely with the PMIS team to recommend technology solutions to manage data and information that the program will receive, generate, analyze, consume, and communicate to stakeholders.
• Counsel Program Manager and the rest of the team on trends of the program, deficiencies, and recommendations on how to mitigate.
• Provide a comprehensive…