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As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?\nWatch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'\nEach and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.\nHDR 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 project controls approach for the project and, and when necessary, manage a project controls team to actively monitor project performance plan and identify deficiencies if necessary. The type of projects this role will engage in ranges from 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 program’s health and KPIs. Depending on the size of the project or program, this role may manage a team of project controls specialists from schedule, cost, risk, earned value, document control, and PMIS (Project Management Information System) when executing program work.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nDevelop project controls processes and procedures for assigned programs/projects to set up a framework to manage scope, budget and schedule. The workstreams under project controls include schedule management, cost management, change management, risk management, and document management.\nManage and direct a team of project controls specialists and document controls specialists to implement project controls plan for the program.\nCollaborate with corporate project controls director and business group business class lead for consistent project controls approach.\nWork with project manager, accountants and other team leads to develop work breakdown structure and cost breakdown structure.\nDevelop, update, and analyze CPM schedules for projects including variance analysis.\nFacilitates multi-stakeholders interactive planning sessions such as schedule workshop.\nCoordinate with teams regarding the interface with owner’s activities, permitting, real estates, engineering, construction and commissioning schedule.\nReview and oversight of contractor's schedules for assigned work scope.\nRecommends schedule work-around and mitigation efforts to the team.\nDevelops earned value method and coordinates such system with schedule update.\nCommunicates project status to management regularly via formal meeting and report.\nAssist project manager in monthly reporting and meeting.\nInteract with engineering discipline leads & construction managers to understand issues and conflicts impacting schedule.\nEstablishes cost control method for the assigned project or program.\nSupport Project and Program Managers in preparing and implementing change management procedure.\nWork 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.\nPerform other duties as needed.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, engineering management, accounting, business administration or closely related fields.\n10+ years serving as project controls manager for infrastructure projects each with contract values of more than $300 million, or a program with interrelated projects with combined values of $300 millions or more.\n10+ years working knowledge of and proficient at project controls and scheduling software packages such as Primavera P6, and Microsoft Projects.\nFamiliar with variation of project controls role using various delivery methods including traditional design bid build (DBB), design-build (DB), EPCm, progressive design build (PDB), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and/or construction management at-risk (CMAR).\nExperience with additional PMIS software (eBuilder, ProCore, QuickBase, InEight, Kahua, PMWeb, etc.) strongly desired.\nStrong interpersonal skills and “can-do” attitude.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree\nA minimum of 10 years' experience in project controls work on engineering and construction projects, including planning, estimating, forecasting, scheduling, cost control, schedule control, and project reports\nAbility to manage proposal preparation, contract review and negotiation, client relationship and win strategy for medium to large EPC Projects\nStrong decision-making skills\nStrong interpersonal and leadership skills\nAbility to coordinate and prioritize multiple long- and short-term tasks simultaneously\nStrong organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities\nStrong oral and written communication skills\nAn attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must\nSponsorship (visa) for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position\nWhat We Believe\nHDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.\nOur Commitment\nAs employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.\nOur eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. 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