Project Controls Manager

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HDR is looking for a Project Controls Manager to join our team. The primary role of this position is to develop and maintain project controls practices on assigned projects, with the goal to meet scope, schedule, and budget performance. This role will work alongside the Program and Project Managers to establish a project controls approach for the project and, when necessary, manage a project controls team to actively monitor project performance, plan and identify deficiencies.

The projects span industrial facilities, pipelines and terminals, substations and transmission lines, renewable resources, power generation, and waste facilities. This role is expected to play a central role in program delivery and assist the Program Manager in assessing the program’s health and KPIs. Depending on the size of the project or program, this role may manage a team of project controls specialists in schedule, cost, risk, earned value, document control, and PMIS when executing program work.

• Develop project controls processes and procedures for assigned programs/projects to set up a framework to manage scope, budget and schedule. Work streams include 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 the project controls plan for the program.
• Collaborate with the corporate project controls director and business class lead for a consistent project controls approach.
• Work with the project manager, accountants and other team leads to develop the work breakdown structure and cost breakdown structure.
• Develop, update, and analyze CPM schedules for projects including variance analysis.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder interactive planning sessions such as schedule workshops.
• Coordinate with teams regarding interfaces with owner’s activities, permitting, real estate, engineering, construction and commissioning schedules.
• Review and oversight of contractor schedules for assigned work scope.
• Recommend schedule work-arounds and mitigation efforts to the team.
• Develop earned value method and coordinate such systems with schedule updates.
• Communicate project status to management regularly via formal meetings and reports.
• Assist project manager in monthly reporting and meetings.
• Interact with engineering discipline leads and construction managers to understand issues and conflicts impacting schedule.
• Establish cost control methods for the assigned project or program.
• Support Project and Program Managers in preparing and implementing change management procedures.
• 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.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• A minimum of 10 years of project controls experience on engineering and construction projects, including planning, estimating, forecasting, scheduling, cost control, schedule control, and project reports
• Ability to manage proposal preparation, contract review and negotiation, client relationships and win strategy for medium to large EPC projects
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to coordinate and prioritize multiple long- and short-term tasks simultaneously
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant in our employee-owned culture
• Sponsorship (visa) for US employment…