Project Controls Specialist II

HNTB Corporation; Nashville, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation in Nashville, TN is seeking a Project Controls Specialist II to lead scheduling and cost control efforts for large infrastructure projects. The role involves maintaining master schedules, preparing budget and cost reports, and ensuring PMCS and document controls are effectively used to support project delivery.

You will partner with schedulers and project teams to drive on-time performance and cost discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or related field.
• 10 years' relevant experience, or 6 years' relevant direct contractor experience

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze master project schedules and progress reports.
• Provide schedule updates and recovery plans for deviations.
• Develop cost estimates and change orders.
• Maintain PMCS and document controls systems.
• Generate budget and cost reports and forecasts.
• Communicate risks, trends, and deviations to project leadership.
• Assist in developing workarounds and schedule recovery plans.
• Assist in client and PM meetings with reports and documentation.

Skills

Scheduling

Cost control

Risk management

Document control

PMIS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or related field

10 years' relevant experience or 6 years' relevant direct contractor experience

Job description

What We're Looking For

Serve as Controls Task Lead 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 for multiple project controls functions including but not limited to: scheduling, estimating, cost control, risk management, document control, and project management information systems. The Project Controls Specialist II reports on schedule and cost control for projects involving cost and schedule work breakdown structures and metrics, analyzing data and presenting results, updating and maintaining the project controls system, and ensuring work processes are used according to procedures. 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.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare and analyze master project/program schedule, baseline schedules, progress schedules, specialty schedules, schedules analysis and project progress reporting.
• Works with schedulers, as appropriate, to perform schedule duties as defined.
• Provide or review schedule updates, produce exception reports of schedule deviations, and recommend recovery plans.
• Develop cost estimates, including conceptual estimates, change order estimates, and other estimates as defined.
• Develop cost report templates, as needed.
• Prepare and issue budget/cost and change management reports.
• Produce regular budget/cost reports, including current status, forecast at completion, and variance versus baseline budget.
• Oversee and maintain project management control system (PMCS) and/or document controls system, as relevant.
• Oversee document control resources and/or perform document controls responsibilities for engineering, procurement and construction documentation.
• Establish and/or maintain project controls procedures for projects, including cost estimating, budget/cost management, scheduling, document control, reporting, risk management and claims analysis functions.
• Assess the cost and schedule impacts of design/construction changes and assist project leadership / staff in developing workarounds and schedule recovery plans.
• Identify trends and deviations and recommend corrective measures to be implemented.
• Regularly communicate to project management regarding deviations, risks, and trends that are, or may, impact project cost and schedule.
• Analyze issues to determine root causes of variances and make recommendations for correcting deviations to maintain cost and schedule targets.
• Develop and produce reports for client and project management (PM) staff to monitor progress and status of project.
• Prepares PM for internal and external meetings by providing reports, analysis, and backup documentation to assist in the management of the project and dissemination of information/ reports/ deliverables to the PM, client, and stakeholders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or related field and 6 years' relevant experience
• In lieu of education, 10 years' relevant experience, or 6 years' relevant direct contractor experience

What We Prefer

• Experience with transportation.
• Project Controls experience in three or more 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 with 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.
• Preference for location in or ability to relocate to the Nashville area.

Locations: Nashville, TN (City Center)

Equal Opportunity Employer HNTB is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other status protected by law. We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability where appropriate.

Work Authorization In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, we will only employ qualified individuals legally authorized to work in the United States (if the position is or will be one which is subject to U.S. law). Verification of employment eligibility will be required. HNTB participates in E-Verify Know your rights: Right to Work