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Project Controls Manager

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In-Office
New York, NY, USA
188K-301K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
New York, NY, USA
188K-301K Annually
Senior level
Leads project controls for infrastructure and capital projects, overseeing scheduling, cost estimating, budget control, document control, risk management, claims analysis, reporting, and project controls systems. Supervises project controls staff, analyzes cost and schedule variances, develops recovery plans, supports change negotiations, and provides project leadership with forecasts and performance reports. May recruit, develop, and manage a project controls department.
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What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails leading project controls for assigned project(s) and ensures 4 for 4 – quality work, on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction. Provides leadership and project controls expertise. Closely works with project manager/director, clients, sub-consultants, project stakeholders and office/district/division leaders to successfully lead all aspects of project controls. Serves as a project controls resource for the offices and districts. May support the office/division in related areas to ensure successful, profitable project execution and completion. The number of employees directly and indirectly supervised by the Project Controls Manager is at least 5 but typically 7-10 or more or the Project Controls Manager is typically responsible for managing project controls functions on small to medium sized (e.g., up to $250M in construction costs) and/or simple to moderately complex capital projects.

What You’ll Do:

  • Establishes and manages the project controls staff assigned to the project, including budget/cost estimating, scheduling, document control and information systems, risk management and claims analysis functions.
  • Creates, edits, and publishes guidelines, manuals, and documents for use by Project staff including the Project Management Plan, Project Controls Manual and Monthly Project Progress Reports.
  • Develops and maintains relevant project controls procedures and work instructions.
  • Supervises the scheduling efforts for the project to include the preparation and analysis of schedule baseline, progress schedules, specialty schedules, schedule analysis and project progress reporting.
  • Assists in or directs the preparation of specialty schedules, project labor forecasts, and cash flows.
  • Supervises the cost efforts of the project to include guidance and oversight of the cost management system, preparation of cost report templates, and issue of monthly Cost and Change Management report deliverables.
  • Analyzes variances in cost and schedule performance and design/construction changes against the baseline estimate and schedule, communicates reasons for variances to relevant management entities. Identifies trends and deviations and recommends corrective courses of action. Recommends solutions or recovery plans for schedule/cost impacts or delays.
  • Manages and maintains the implementation and utilization of project controls systems necessary to support the project including but not limited to; PMCS, doc control, cost and scheduling systems.
  • Develops and maintains a cost estimating capability and supervises the estimating efforts for the project to include developing construction estimates, preparing independent cost estimates, and supporting scenario analysis.
  • Oversees development and maintenance of an automated system that allows for the efficient capturing, storing, retrieval, and reporting of technical and business information including cost and schedule status.
  • Supervises the Document Control efforts of the project including the administration, filing, and archiving of engineering, procurement, and construction documents, reports, deliverables, invoices, and other business policies and procedures.
  • Develops and produces weekly, monthly and special reports in a timely manner for the client and PM staff to monitor progress and status of the project, including input from contractor.
  • Prepares PM for internal and external meetings by providing reports, analysis, and backup documentation to assist in the management of the project and dissemination of information/reports/deliverables to the PM, client, and stakeholders.
  • May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession for a small to medium size project controls section or department within an office

What You’ll Need:

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field and 8 years of relevant experience, or
  • In lieu of education, 12 years of relevant experience

What We Prefer:

  • 5 years Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) or Architecture & Engineering (A&E) project controls experience including two or more of the following: scheduling, cost estimating/budget control, and document control
  • One or more of following AACE certifications: PSP, EVP, CCP, CEP, DRMP
  • Project Controls experience in two or more phases of project lifecycle (e.g., predesign, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction phases)
  • Project Controls experience working as client's PM/CM agent (e.g., providing program management/construction management services), or as part of design-build contractor (or equivalent design and construction experience)
  • Cost estimating and management: Conceptual through construction estimates for transportation, infrastructure, and building projects.
  • Change management and negotiations: Change order estimating, contractor proposal review, and negotiations on behalf of owners.
  • Scheduling and project controls: Primavera P6/P3 scheduling, time impact analysis, WBS development, and cost and schedule monitoring.
  • Budget and financial analysis: Budget-to-scope reconciliation, cash flow forecasting, and life cycle and maintenance cost analysis.
  • Value engineering and constructability: Design reviews, scope coordination, and evaluation of cost-saving opportunities.
  • Transportation and infrastructure: Major rail projects, MTA station and ADA upgrades, bridge security, marine construction, and flood resiliency.
  • Civil and geotechnical engineering: Utility and drainage design, roadway improvements, subsurface investigations, foundation support, and construction monitoring.
  • Team leadership: Oversight of estimating teams and coordination across designers, contractors, and technical disciplines.

Additional Information

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The approximate pay range for New York is $188,125.20 - $300,511.68. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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