Senior Project Controls Specialist

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.

This position is an in-office position at the Utah Transit Authority's Frontline Headquarters located at 669 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT and/or at UTA's Jordan River Rail Service Center. Although the position is with HNTB, the position will be serving as an extension of staff for UTA with a team of Project Controls Specialists consisting of both HNTB and UTA employees.

This position has three major areas of responsibility: project controls for individual projects; project financial reporting for Capital Projects department; and use of UTA’s project control systems, including Procore. Manages all project control activities associated with the planning and distribution of resources from federal, state, local and UTA sources for various capital projects, including but not limited to Street Car, Light Rail, Commuter Rail, Bus Rapid Transit, UTA facilities, Information Technology, Safety, Security, Mobility Management, Real Estate, Transit Oriented Development and Planning projects. Oversees multiple design and construction schedules and budgets to ensure necessary resources are forecast and available for each project. Prepares staffing plans including contractor and consultant requirements for all projects and coordinates budgeting activities for multiple projects concurrently according to UTA and Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) project requirements. Oversees and reviews project schedules using Primavera P6 to monitor progress for each project. Regularly updates records and prepares multiple status reports, documenting the cost status for all projects. Monitors procurement schedules for purchasing to allocate staff, contractor/consultant, and other costs to proper projects and grants. Coordinates project control activities with project management teams, consultant schedulers, contract administrators and UTA Accounting department. Provides grant support and administration services for multiple UTA departments including reviewing MPR’s and FFR’s for consistency before they are submitted to FTA.

1. Plans and coordinates project controls for multiple construction projects in coordination with schedulers and accounting, grant administrators, procurement, legal and subcontractors.
1.1 Assists project managers in the preparation of project budgets ensuring they are consistent with requirements in the Project Control User Manual for UTA, UTA’s qualified Program Management Plan for FTA, and other UTA policies concerning Grants, Procurement, Legal, Environmental, Accounting, FTA and other State and Local Government requirements.
1.2 Maintains clear understanding of the project’s contractual obligations with contractors, the Federal Transit Authority and Inter-Local Governments.
1.2.1 Works with the Project Managers, Grant Administrators, Contract Specialists and Accounting Personnel to set-up effective tracking of project activities and cost.
1.2.2 Attends project meetings in order to understand the needs and process of the individual projects.
1.3 Sets Project Budget with the Standard Cost Code structure in accordance with federal grants, state and local requirements for cost and grant draw downs.
1.4 Coordinates setting up of the codes in UTA's accounting system, JD Edwards’s (JDE), chart of accounts with accounting, grant administrators and procurement.
1.5 Monitors contract compliance in budgets, resources and materials.
1.6 Monitors expenditures and revenues including grants, local funding, and funding from other sources to ensure the project is within the approved budget.
1.7 Collaborates with project managers, accounting, and contracts personnel on cost, budget, procurement and contracting issues.
1.8 Monitors project costs, budgets and obligations for Capital Projects department and prepares monthly project cost update reports for all UTA capital projects. Reconciles IPCS projects against accounting records in JDE to ensure contract obligations, change orders and project expenditures are appropriately accounted for in the project budgets.
1.9 Coordinates with Procurement & Contracts Specialists and Accounting to ensure the contract obligations have been processed.
1.10 Works with project managers, consultants, and other staff to obtain independent cost estimates for scope changes as well as new procurements for projects.
1.11 Reviews, understands, and implements project documents (bonds, insurance, schedules, DBE requirements, and quality plans), contracts, change orders, cost, contractual requirements and funding.
1.12 Prepares