Project Controls Specialist II

HNTB Corporation•Nashville, TN

About The Position

The Project Controls Specialist II serves as Controls Task Lead supporting HNTB’s work on the Metro Nashville Choose How You Move (CHYM) program, a voter-approved transportation modernization initiative. The role provides technical support across project controls functions, including scheduling, estimating, cost control, risk management, document control, and project management information systems. It reports on schedule and cost control for projects, analyzes and presents project data, maintains project controls systems, and ensures procedures are followed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field and 6 years of relevant experience.
In lieu of the education requirement, 10 years of relevant experience, or 6 years of relevant direct contractor experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with transportation.
Project controls experience in three or more project lifecycle phases, such as predesign, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction.
Project controls experience working as a client's PM/CM agent, providing program or construction management services, or experience as part of a design-build contractor or equivalent design and construction experience.
Proven experience with 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 attentive listening.
A collaborative approach to partnering with teammates and the client to deliver a multi-discipline program.
Preference for being located in or being able to relocate to the Nashville area.

Responsibilities

Prepare and analyze master program schedules, baseline schedules, progress schedules, specialty schedules, schedule analyses, and project progress reports.
Work with schedulers to perform schedule duties as appropriate.
Provide or review schedule updates, produce reports on schedule deviations, and recommend recovery plans.
Develop conceptual estimates, change order estimates, and other cost estimates.
Develop cost report templates as needed.
Prepare and issue budget, cost, and change management reports.
Produce regular budget and cost reports covering current status, forecast at completion, and variance against baseline budget.
Oversee and maintain the project management control system and/or document control system, as relevant.
Oversee document control resources and/or handle document control responsibilities for engineering, procurement, and construction documentation.
Establish and/or maintain project controls procedures, including procedures for estimating, budget and cost management, scheduling, document control, reporting, risk management, and claims analysis.
Assess cost and schedule impacts of design and construction changes, and assist project leadership and staff in developing workarounds and schedule recovery plans.
Identify trends and deviations and recommend corrective measures.
Communicate regularly with project management about deviations, risks, and trends that may affect project cost and schedule.
Analyze issues to identify root causes of variances and recommend corrective actions to maintain cost and schedule targets.
Develop and produce reports for client and project management staff to monitor project progress and status.
Prepare project managers for internal and external meetings by providing reports, analysis, and supporting documentation.
Support dissemination of information, reports, and deliverables to the project manager, client, and stakeholders.
Perform other duties as assigned.