Project Controls Manager

About the Role

HDR is looking for a Project Controls Manager to join our team. The primary role of this position is to develop and maintain project controls practices on assigned projects, with the goal to meet scope, schedule, and budget performance. This role will work alongside the Program and Project Managers to establish a project controls approach and, when necessary, manage a project controls team to actively monitor performance and identify deficiencies. Projects span industrial facilities, pipelines and terminals, substations and transmission lines, renewable resources, power generation, and waste facilities, and the role will assist the Program Manager in assessing program health and KPIs. • Develop project controls processes and procedures to manage scope, budget, and schedule across workstreams (schedule, cost, change, risk, document management). • Lead a team of project and document controls specialists to implement the project controls plan. • Coordinate with corporate project controls director and business group lead to ensure consistent approach. • Collaborate with project manager, accountants, and team leads to create work breakdown and cost breakdown structures. • Create, update, and analyze CPM schedules, including variance analysis. • Facilitate multi‑stakeholder planning sessions such as schedule workshops. • Interface with owners, permitting, real estate, engineering, construction, and commissioning teams regarding schedule coordination. • Review and oversee contractor schedules for assigned scope. • Recommend schedule work‑arounds and mitigation strategies. • Develop earned value management method and integrate with schedule updates. • Communicate project status to management through regular meetings and reports. • Support project manager in monthly reporting and meetings. • Interact with engineering discipline leads and construction managers to resolve schedule issues. • Establish cost control methods for the project or program. • Assist in preparing and implementing change management procedures. • Work with PMIS team to recommend technology solutions for data management and stakeholder communication.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸schedule management
• ▸cost control
• ▸earned value
• ▸change management
• ▸team leadership
• ▸reporting

What You Bring

Preferred qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, engineering management, accounting, business administration or a related field, and at least 10 years of experience serving as a project controls manager on infrastructure projects with contracts exceeding $300 million. Candidates should be proficient with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and familiar with delivery methods such as DBB, DB, EPCM, PDB, IPD, or CMAR. Experience with additional PMIS software such as eBuilder, ProCore, QuickBase, InEight, Kahua, or PMWeb is strongly desired, alongside strong interpersonal skills and a “can‑do” attitude. Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 10 years’ experience in project controls work on engineering and construction projects, covering planning, estimating, forecasting, scheduling, cost control, schedule control, and reporting. Candidates must be able to manage proposal preparation, contract review, negotiation, client relationships, and win strategy for medium to large EPC projects, and demonstrate strong decision‑making, leadership, organizational, analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills. An active commitment to HDR’s employee‑owned culture is required, and sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available. • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, engineering management, accounting, business administration, or related field. • 10+ years as a project controls manager on infrastructure projects with contracts > $300 million or programs totaling > $300 million. • Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and other scheduling software. • Experience with delivery methods such as DBB, DB, EPCM, PDB, IPD, and CMAR. • Familiarity with additional PMIS platforms (eBuilder, ProCore, QuickBase, InEight, Kahua, PMWeb) strongly desired. • Strong interpersonal skills and a “can‑do” attitude. • Minimum 10 years of project controls experience on engineering and construction projects. • Expertise in planning, estimating, forecasting, scheduling, cost control, schedule control, and reporting. • Ability to manage proposal preparation, contract review, negotiation, client relationships, and win strategy for medium to large EPC projects. • Strong decision‑making, leadership, organizational, analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills. • No visa sponsorship available for US employment authorization.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor’s
• ▸10+ years
• ▸primavera p6
• ▸microsoft project
• ▸pmis
• ▸can‑do

Benefits

Our commitment as employee owners is to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work every day, supported by eight Employee Network Groups that foster belonging and engagement.

Work Environment

Hybrid