Project Controls Manager

HDR, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is looking for a Project Controls Manager in Phoenix, Arizona to develop and manage project controls practices. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in leading project controls teams for major infrastructure projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget adherence.

With responsibilities ranging from developing control processes to collaborating with diverse teams, this role is pivotal in successful project delivery. A Bachelor's degree in related fields and at least 10 years of relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in project controls work.
• Strong decision-making and leadership skills are essential.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Develop project controls processes for assigned projects.
• Manage a team of project controls specialists.
• Collaborate with project managers to develop work breakdown structures.

Skills

Project controls management

Cost control

Schedule management

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering, construction management, or closely related fields

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Projects

eBuilder

ProCore

PMIS software

Job description

Project Controls Manager

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 project controls approach for the project and, where necessary, manage a project controls team to actively monitor project performance plan and identify deficiencies if necessary. The type of projects this role will engage in ranges from industrial facilities, pipelines and terminals, substations and transmission lines, renewable resources, power generation, and waste facilities. This role is expected to play a central role in program delivery and assist the Program Manager in assessing program's health and KPIs. Depending on the size of the project or program, this role may manage a team of project controls specialists from schedule, cost, risk, earned value, document control, and PMIS (Project Management Information System) when executing program work.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop project controls processes and procedures for assigned programs/projects to set up a framework to manage scope, budget and schedule. The workstreams under project controls include schedule management, cost management, change management, risk management, and document management.
• Manage and direct a team of project controls specialists and document controls specialists to implement project controls plan for the program.
• Collaborate with corporate project controls director and business group business class lead for consistent project controls approach.
• Work with project manager, accountants and other team leads to develop work breakdown structure and cost breakdown structure.
• Develop, update, and analyze CPM schedules for projects including variance analysis.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholders interactive planning sessions such as schedule workshop.
• Coordinate with teams regarding the interface with owner's activities, permitting, real estates, engineering, construction and commissioning schedule.
• Review and oversight of contractor's schedules for assigned work scope.
• Recommend schedule work-around and mitigation efforts to the team.
• Develop earned value method and coordinate such system with schedule update.
• Communicate project status to management regularly via formal meeting and report.
• Assist project manager in monthly reporting and meeting.
• Interact with engineering discipline leads & construction managers to understand issues and conflicts impacting schedule.
• Establish cost control method for the assigned project or program.
• Support Project and Program Managers in preparing and implementing change management procedure.
• Work closely with the PMIS team to recommend technology solutions to manage data and information that the program will receive, generate, analyze, consume and communicate to stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, engineering management, accounting, business administration or closely related fields.
• 10+ years serving as project controls manager for infrastructure projects each with contract values of more than $300 million, or a program with interrelated projects with combined values of $300 millions or more.
• 10+ years working knowledge of and proficient at project controls and scheduling software packages such as Primavera P6, and Microsoft Projects.
• Familiar with variation of project controls role using various delivery methods including traditional design bid build (DBB), design-build (DB), EPCm, progressive design build (PDB), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and/or construction management at-risk (CMAR).
• Experience with additional PMIS software (eBuilder, ProCore, QuickBase, InEight, Kahua, PMWeb, etc.) strongly desired.
• Strong interpersonal skills and "can-do" attitude.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience in project controls work on engineering and construction projects, including planning, estimating, forecasting, scheduling, cost control, schedule control, and project reports.
• Ability to manage proposal preparation, contract review and negotiation, client relationship and win strategy for medium to large EPC Projects.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to coordinate and prioritize multiple long- and short-term tasks simultaneously.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.
• Sponsorship (visa) for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.

Location

United States - Arizona - Phoenix

Industry

Power

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Power Generation

Job Posted

Apr 9, 2026