Project Controls Manager

Hill international • San Diego, CA

13h • $180,000 - $210,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Hill International is seeking a Project Controls Manager in San Diego, California. The role provides professional guidance and specialized direction to project teams on project controls, including work breakdown structures, budgets, schedules, resource forecasts, risk registers, progress reporting, and standardized reporting. The manager monitors project financial and schedule data, performs quality checks, supports proposals and contract amendments, manages subconsultant processes and purchase orders, and oversees project change management. The role also supports earned value management and collaborates with project managers, engineers, invoicing and accounting teams, project controls teammates, and client stakeholders. The position follows a hybrid work schedule in San Diego, CA. The salary range is $180,000–$210,000; the offered salary depends on qualifications, education, experience, and work location.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of increasingly responsible experience in the engineering, project controls, or program management industry.
• A Certified Cost Professional (CCP) credential from AACE International, or CAPM or PMP certification from PMI, or another equivalent certification relevant to management.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, construction management, or a related field.
• Experience with a variety of PMIS software solutions and ability to guide a client through selection, procurement, and implementation.
• Demonstrated experience developing program and project dashboards using a variety of software, including PMIS, and data from internal and external sources.
• Strong command of Excel and Office applications.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with engineering projects.
• Working knowledge of the project design process and configuration management.
• Ability to read and understand project schedules.
• Experience with SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Guide and support project teams in developing project WBS structures, budgets, schedules, resource forecasts, risk registers, progress reports, and standardized reporting.
• Provide specialized direction and recommendations to project and management teams to resolve project issues.
• Compile, monitor, and report project financial and schedule data, including planned and actual spend, estimates to complete, budget trends, project costs, and PMI standard KPIs.
• Attend and/or facilitate monthly project controls meetings with key project personnel.
• Validate project expenses, invoices, and reports and perform quality checks.
• Support fee proposals, profitability analysis, and staffing-plan development.
• Manage contract amendments, assist with submittal documents, and collect or develop necessary inputs.
• Perform subconsultant management, including quality checking and facilitating invoice processing, tracking progress against budgets, and facilitating budget reallocations across firms on major projects.
• Initiate and manage purchase orders.
• Create and manage change orders and oversee their submittal, negotiation, and approval processes.
• Facilitate development of scope and cost documents with internal and external project teams and client stakeholders.
• Perform commercial reviews of the financial impacts of project change orders as required.
• Work with project managers on earned value management: develop budget/planned value from contract scope, determine actual value of work completed, calculate earned value, and analyze schedule and cost variances using measures such as SPI and CPI.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports for distribution.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, invoicing and accounting teams to address project needs and resolve issues.
• Communicate with and collaborate with project controls teammates as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Business travel accident insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible spending account, health savings account, and dependent care flexible spending account.
• Commuter benefits.
• Legal assistance and identity theft protection.
• Pet insurance, auto and home insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, and voluntary life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employee referral program.
• Professional certification incentive program.
• Hill University learning and development.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee assistance program.
• Years of service awards program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior