Trend & Change Manager

KBR•Newark, DE

About The Position

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) is seeking a Trend & Change Manager to lead early-warning, trend management, and formal change control for a major capital project. The role provides traceability from initial deviation through Project Deviation Notice assessment, governance, approval, and incorporation into the project’s budget, forecast, schedule, risk, and contingency positions. The manager develops and maintains the Trend and Change Management Plan in accordance with client work instructions and approved governance requirements. The role administers the Trend Register, coordinates multidisciplinary assessments, manages formal change workflows and audit trails, analyzes recurring change drivers, and supports contingency and funding evaluations. The manager also prepares governance reporting and coordinates with the Risk Manager and other Project Controls leads to keep project records and the controlled baseline aligned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, quantity surveying, business, finance, or a related discipline.
Minimum 15 years of relevant project controls, change management, commercial management, cost engineering, or major capital-project experience.
Demonstrated experience managing trends, change notices, impact assessments, contractor change submissions, and formal approval workflows.
Strong knowledge of cost, schedule, risk, estimating, contracts, contingency, and baseline-control interfaces.
Experience coordinating cost estimates and schedule Time Impact Analyses for complex project changes.
Ability to maintain complete auditability and communicate cumulative exposure and decision requirements to executive stakeholders.
Strong facilitation, negotiation, written communication, and governance discipline.

Nice To Haves

Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or other regulated manufacturing capital-project experience.
Owner’s Representative, PMC, EPCM, or IPMT delivery experience on projects exceeding $500 million TIC.
Experience with a change management system, EcoSys, Primavera P6, Power BI, or comparable change and project-controls platforms.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the Trend and Change Management Plan in accordance with client work instructions and approved governance requirements.
Administer the Trend Register and lead early identification of potential scope, cost, schedule, procurement, construction, and readiness impacts.
Coordinate multidisciplinary assessments of trends and deviations, including cost estimates, schedule impact analyses, risk exposure, and funding implications.
Manage formal change workflows, supporting documentation, approval routing, commercial records, and complete audit trails.
Apply approved root-cause classifications and analyze recurring change drivers, aging, approval cycle time, and cumulative exposure.
Coordinate contingency and funding-source evaluations and ensure approved changes are incorporated into budgets, forecasts, schedules, risk registers, and cash flow.
Prepare change dashboards, decision registers, and executive summaries for project governance and approval forums.
Coordinate with the Risk Manager and other Project Controls leads to maintain consistent linkage among the Risk Register, Trend Register, Change Log, and controlled baseline.