Senior Program Controls Manager – Transit & Rail

HDR, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Paid time away

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Retirement plan with employer match

Employee referral bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Program Controls Manager in the Seattle area to support Sound Transit’s major capital delivery programs. This client-facing role will provide leadership across integrated cost, schedule, risk, change, forecasting, reporting, document controls, and PMIS functions for rail, bus rapid transit, facilities, and state-of-good-repair investments.

The successful candidate will establish and strengthen practical program controls frameworks that give Sound Transit leadership timely,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 7+ years in project controls on engineering/construction.
• Experience on engineering/construction projects; planning, forecasting, scheduling, cost/control.
• Ability to manage proposals, contract review and client relationships for large EPC projects.
• Strong decision-making, leadership, organization and communication skills.
• Sponsorship (visa) not available now or in the future for this position.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Sound Transit program and project leadership on integrated program controls, PMIS adoption, portfolio reporting, governance, and delivery performance.
• Lead multidisciplinary project controls staff supporting a major corridor, program, or portfolio of projects.
• Develop, implement, and maintain integrated controls plans, procedures, calendars, governance requirements, and business rules.
• Establish and maintain work breakdown structures, cost breakdown structures, coding standards, baselines, control accounts, progress measurement methods.
• Direct the development, update, integration, and quality review of schedules including critical path and recovery analysis.
• Oversee budgets, commitments, actual costs, accruals, forecasts, variances, and funding reporting.
• Lead risk management activities including risk identification, ownership, response planning, and escalation.
• Coordinate interfaces among planning, environmental, real estate, permitting, design, procurement, construction, and third-party stakeholders.
• Support PMIS implementation and continuous improvement with workflows, data structures, dashboards, and governance.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

PMIS

Risk management

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera Unifier

Kahua

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Power BI

Job description

HDR is seeking a Program Controls Manager in the Seattle area to support Sound Transit’s major capital delivery programs. This client-facing role will provide leadership across integrated cost, schedule, risk, change, forecasting, reporting, document controls, and PMIS functions for rail, bus rapid transit, facilities, and state-of-good-repair investments.

The successful candidate will establish and strengthen practical program controls frameworks that give Sound Transit leadership timely,