Project Controls Manager

HNTB Corporation•Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Project Controls Manager leads all aspects of project controls for HNTB’s work on the Metro Nashville Choose How You Move (CHYM) program, a voter-approved transportation modernization plan. The role oversees controls to help ensure quality work, on-time and on-budget delivery, and client satisfaction. The manager works closely with the Program Director, Deputy Directors, subconsultants, the client, and stakeholders on scheduling, estimating, risk and change management, document controls, budget tracking, reporting, and implementation of a Capital Project Management System. The position establishes and manages project controls staff and systems; develops project controls procedures, work instructions, manuals, guidelines, and reports; supervises scheduling, cost management, estimating, and document control; analyzes performance variances and recommends corrective or recovery actions; and provides timely project information and analysis to the client and project management staff. The role may also lead recruitment, hiring, development, and retention for a small- to medium-sized project controls section or department.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Five years of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) or Architecture & Engineering (A&E) project controls experience, including two or more of scheduling, cost estimating/budget control, and document control.
Project controls experience in two or more project lifecycle phases, such as predesign, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction.
Project controls experience as a client’s PM/CM agent, such as providing program or construction management services, or as part of a design-build contractor (or equivalent design and construction experience).
Proven experience leading the full suite of project controls disciplines on a major program management or general engineering consultant contract.
Proven experience coordinating with client leadership to discover and deliver client needs through effective listening.
Collaborative approach to partnering with teammates and the client to deliver a multidisciplinary program.
Preference for location in or ability to relocate to the Nashville area.

Responsibilities

Establish and manage project controls staff, including budget and cost estimating, scheduling, document control and information systems, risk management, and claims analysis functions.
Create, edit, and publish project guidelines, manuals, and documents, including the Project Management Plan, Project Controls Manual, and Monthly Project Progress Reports.
Develop and maintain project controls procedures and work instructions.
Supervise scheduling, including preparation and analysis of baseline, progress, and specialty schedules, schedule analysis, and progress reporting.
Assist with or direct preparation of specialty schedules, project labor forecasts, and cash flows.
Oversee cost management systems, cost report templates, and monthly Cost and Change Management report deliverables.
Analyze cost and schedule variances and design or construction changes against baseline estimates and schedules, and communicate reasons for variances to relevant management entities.
Identify trends and deviations and recommend corrective actions or recovery plans for cost and schedule impacts or delays.
Manage and maintain project controls systems, including PMCS, document control, cost, and scheduling systems.
Develop cost-estimating capability and supervise construction estimates, independent cost estimates, and scenario analysis.
Oversee an automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, and reporting technical and business information, including cost and schedule status.
Supervise document control, including administration, filing, and archiving of engineering, procurement, and construction documents, reports, deliverables, invoices, and other business materials.
Prepare weekly, monthly, and special reports for the client and project management staff, including contractor input.
Prepare project management staff for internal and external meetings with reports, analysis, and supporting documentation, and assist with dissemination of project information and deliverables.
May recruit, hire, develop, and retain staff, and develop plans for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.