HNTB
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Sr Project Controls Specialist

Location
Nashville, TN (City Center) · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Lead / Staff
Experience
9+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
14 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • Project controls (scheduling, estimation, budgeting, risk, change management)
  • Material, labor, and equipment cost estimating
  • Schedule and budget development
  • Risk register development and mitigation planning
  • Project controls reporting and dashboards

Also useful

  • Project controls experience on large public infrastructure programs
  • Capital Project Management System implementation
  • Independent Cost Estimate (ICE) development
  • Claims support experience
  • Mentoring junior project controls staff

What We're Looking For

  • At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us.
  • For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country.
  • With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
  • The Sr Project Controls Specialist serves as task lead for project controls in support of HNTB's efforts for the Metro Nashville Choose How You Move (CHYM) program.
  • CHYM is Nashville's multi-billion-dollar voter-approved plan to modernize transportation and give everyone safer, more reliable ways to get around.
  • Implementation is underway, delivering practical investments in safety, reliability, and access that work for everyone, whether you walk, roll, ride, bike, or drive.

This opportunity entails being responsible for providing technical support and consultation for multiple project controls functions including scheduling, estimation, risk management, change management, document controls, budget tracking, reporting, and supporting implementation of a Capital Project Management System.

The Sr Project Controls Specialist applies advanced techniques and serves in a technical advisor capacity. May mentor, direct, and oversee the work of earlier career staff.

What You'll Do

  • Prepares material, labor, and equipment cost estimates for concept designs, design development documents, bid documents and change orders.
  • Develops conceptual estimates reflecting the potential budget of a project at a highly preliminary stage of design development and assists in the development of Independent Cost Estimates (ICE) to support the change management process for active projects.
  • Assists in the creation, maintenance and control of budgets and schedules from design concept through project completion. Utilizes the detailed cost estimate to support and develop schedules reflective of the labor hours generated to input schedule activity durations and resource needs.
  • Oversees and coordinates the creation of program/project management plans and procedures for several project controls activities.
  • Participates in the review and assessment of the project team or contractor monthly progress schedule updates on active projects and provides advisory input to the project manager or client/owner of the proposed disposition of the progress schedule update.
  • Develops costs forecasts and trends and analyzes accrual of actual costs. Evaluates and documents historical cost data to maintain current estimating standards and databases
  • Consults with the project team or client/owner related to potential claims, claims avoidance, and claims support.
  • Prepares reports and performance dashboards for a variety of project controls metrics, analyzes data and creates and/or participates in client presentations.
  • Develops and maintains project risk register. Escalates project risks and partners with the project team to create and propose mitigation plans.
  • Recommend appropriate technology solutions to support requirements of a program/project.
  • Supports project controls technology and project management control systems (PMCS). May recommend technology solutions to meet the requirements of a program or project and assist in the implementation of an appropriate (PMCS) solution.
  • May participate in negotiations on behalf of the client including providing support in price negotiations, contacting vendors to obtain quotes for materials and services, and leading change order negotiations as needed.
  • Mentors Project Controls Specialists I and II if applicable and may serve as technical lead.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or related field and 9 years' relevant experience, or
  • In lieu of education, 13 years' relevant experience OR 9 years' relevant direct contractor experience

What We Prefer

  • Project Controls experience in all phases of project lifecycle (e.g., predesign, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction phases)
  • Project Controls experience working as client's PM/CM agent (e.g., providing program management/construction management services), or as part of 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 successfully discover and deliver client needs by listening well.
  • Collaborative approach to partnering with teammates and the client to deliver a multi-discipline program.

Benefits

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  • Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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