Change Manager - Civil Infrastructure Programs

Luster National; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Career planning and development

Professional development stipend

Wellness stipend

Company cell phone reimbursement

Meal planning and nutrition support

Personal financial planning services

Employee assistance program

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

Luster National is seeking experienced Change Managers to support major heavy civil infrastructure programs including highways, bridges, transit, aviation, and water projects. You will manage change control, entitlement testing, pricing, and time impact analyses, coordinating with estimators, schedulers, and analysts to deliver defensible positions for program leadership.

Responsibilities span from initial change identification to executed change orders, with focus on accurate baselines, proper

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, construction engineering, or business administration, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of construction change control, change order, or claims experience for large (> $500M), complex heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading the change control process on a construction contract package, including change identification, entitlement determination, pricing, change orders, and coordinating support teams.
• Experience evaluating change proposals, requests for equitable adjustment, or claims for entitlement, cost, and schedule impact, and recommending a position to the owner.
• Experience developing or reviewing independent cost estimates and time impact analyses that test contractor-submitted pricing and delay claims.
• Experience preparing change board or governance packages and presenting recommendations to owner decision-makers.
• Working knowledge of public works contract provisions governing changes, differing site conditions, delays, and notice and claim requirements.
• Master’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or related field (preferred).
• Active certifications CCM, PMP, CCP or CFCC (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Support the program’s change control process from early identification through entitlement determination, pricing, negotiation, and executed change order.
• Track every change notice and open change item in the log to a documented decision within contract timeframes.
• Evaluate change proposals, requests for equitable adjustment, and claims for entitlement, and recommend a position supported by contract language and the factual record.
• Develop and review independent cost estimates and time impact analyses that test contractor-submitted pricing and delay claims.
• Coordinate with estimators, schedulers, and analysts supporting change evaluation, applying a consistent analysis approach.
• Prepare change board packages with recommendations, independent analyses, funding source, and consequences, and present to decision-makers.
• Support negotiation of change order value and time extensions with contracting officers, documenting agreements.
• Process approved change orders through the contract, and update value, baseline schedule, budget, and drawings/specifications.
• Coordinate evaluation with engineering, inspection, right of way, and operations groups.
• Evaluate impacts to active operations and facilities before approval.
• Analyze differing site conditions, design changes, and third-party changes; separate what is covered by contract from what is not.
• Report trends and open exposures to leadership to manage cost and schedule risk.
• Maintain configuration control of change records and technical documentation with version histories and audit trails.
• Keep entitlement decisions, pricing bases, and correspondence retrievable for audits, funding reviews, and disputes.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal comms

Interpersonal skills

Multi-tasking

Organizational skills

Collaborative mindset

Curiosity and problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, construction engineering, or business administration

10+ years of construction change control, change order, or claims experience on large heavy-civil projects

Experience leading the change control process on a construction contract package

Experience evaluating change proposals and claims with entitlement, cost, and schedule impacts

Experience developing or reviewing independent cost estimates and time impact analyses

Experience preparing change board/gov packages for owner decisions

Knowledge of public works contract provisions for changes, delays, notices

Master’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or related field

Active professional certifications (CCM, PMP, CCP, CFCC)

Tools

MS Project

Unifier

Kahua

e-Builder

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Luster National is seeking experienced Change Managers to support major heavy civil infrastructure programs including highways, bridges, transit, aviation, and water projects. You will manage change control, entitlement testing, pricing, and time impact analyses, coordinating with estimators, schedulers, and analysts to deliver defensible positions for program leadership.

Responsibilities span from initial change identification to executed change orders, with focus on accurate baselines, proper