Director of Project Controls / HPM

Job Summary:
The HPM Director of Project Controls is responsible for the leadership and management of the Project Controls group and the services provided to internal and external clients. These services shall consist of a set of tools, processes and people skills that are used together to support project clients with delivering project/programs on schedule and within budget. The latest technologies will be employed to capture and analyze data, and to leverage this data by developing insightful trends and forecasts that informs decision-making and increases likelihood for success. Provides leadership and project controls expertise. Works closely with internal project managers, external clients, subconsultants, project stakeholders and regional leaders to successfully lead all aspects of project controls. Provides leadership, training and development and serves as a resource to project controls staff. Serves as a project controls resource for the company.

 Establishes and manages a multi-skilled, interdisciplinary project controls staff capable of delivering an innovative set of services, including planning and scheduling, cost management, scope and change management, document control, risk management, data analytics, and reporting functions. In this role you may be required to travel up to 40% of the time

Responsibilities:

• Planning, Risk Management, and Communication: Participate in early planning efforts to define the necessary level of project controls for each project/program and provide implementation plans for these processes and systems to be established in contract documents.
• Coordinate/assist with the implementation of a strategic and operational Risk Management process for projects/programs across the company.
• Provide weekly updates regarding the status of projects, initiatives, and staffing, and propose solutions and obtain approval and agreement from company leadership.
• Leverage the established data analytics program to analyze real-time data (structured and unstructured) against performance thresholds to identify trends, deviations, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for early identification of potential issues. Recommends corrective courses of action. Recommends solutions or recovery plans for schedule/cost impacts or delays. Communicates to project management the root causes of variances based on relevant analyses.
• Supervises the Document Control efforts of the project or program including the administration, filing, and archiving of design, procurement, and construction documents, reports, deliverables, invoices, and other business policies and procedures. Oversees the development and administration of the document control system for the project. Manages the initial configuration and data maintenance of the Project’s chosen document control, cost and scheduling systems.
• Schedule Management: Supervises the schedule control efforts of the project/program to include guidance and oversight of the schedule management system, preparation of schedule report templates, and issue of monthly schedule report deliverables. Validates and reports on schedule performance against the baseline schedule.
• Assesses the impact(s) of design/construction changes and schedule slippages and assists project staff in developing work-around and schedule recovery plans.
• Supervises the scheduling efforts for the project to include the preparation and analysis of schedule baseline, progress schedules, specialty schedules, schedule analysis and project progress reporting. Assists in or directs the preparation of specialty schedules, project labor forecasts, and cash flows.
• Oversees process for analyzing contractor schedule data for early detection of risks and potential problems that could jeopardize timely completion of the work, and development of appropriate mitigation plans.
• Supervises and assists in the analysis of claims related to schedule, which at times may involve engaging third party resources.
• Cost Management: Supervises the cost control efforts of the project/program to include guidance and oversight of the cost management system, preparation of cost report templates, and issue of monthly Cost and Change Management report deliverables. Validates and reports on cost performance against the baseline estimate.
• Reviews, analyzes, and assists project teams with reconciliation of project cost to ensure accuracy of project cost reporting.
• Oversees tracking activities around unsecured revenue and project contingencies.
• Oversees tracking of over/under billing to monitor, control and forecast project cash flow.
• Oversees support delivered to project teams to manage the owner budget, including setup of the budget in the management system, maintenance of budget, commitment and actual costs, review, and processing of pay applications and