Who We Are

Hargrove supplies unparalleled services in engineering, procurement, construction management, and technical services in the industrial, commercial, and government sectors. With over 2,700 Teammates in 19 offices domestically and internationally, we build long-term support relationships in the energy generation, manufacturing, research and development, and process-heavy industry in on-site support arrangements, in plant-level small projects and consulting roles, and in larger capital projects.

Hargrove’s key operating principle is to provide the Right People, in the Right Place, at the Right Time. We believe that relationships and partnering together provide the best results and long-term benefits for our clients.

Work-life balance and flexibility are important areas of focus for Hargrove. We’re happy to discuss flexible working hours, patterns, and locations to suit you and the business.

Hargrove Engineers is looking for a Project Controls Department Manager to lead our Concord team. Experience with cost and scheduling required.

What You'll Be Doing

Job Scope: Generally responsible for supervision and technical direction over a team of project controls professionals. Work at this level requires extensive progressive experience in engineering and management. This work will be performed under minimal supervision.  

Primary responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Leading, training and mentoring project controls professionals for skills development.

• Reviewing and approving all project controls deliverables.

• Performing advanced cost control work serving as a technical specialist for complex engineering assignments.

• Distributing Office Earnings Reports, updating with current information, redistributing for approval and participating in the review of the final reports.

• Assisting Accounting and Management in developing and tracking office budgets.

• Validating professional services and construction estimates at the onset of projects and tracking changes as projects progress.

• Producing professional service estimates in accordance with the department standards for project deliverables, project studies and estimates, change notices and for the development of new work through proposal efforts.

• Maintaining and reviewing estimating software regularly by keeping current and accurate information for the estimate basis.

• Developing cost studies as necessary to determine the simplest, most efficient approach to solving engineering tasks at hand.

• Ensuring that any requirements for permitting have been established and communicated to the project team.

• Working knowledge of scope and deliverables. Initiating timely change notices when deviation is made from the scope, affecting schedule, deliverables or cost of the work.

• Planning and organizing the work of the project controls team. Communicating the plan to the team, project leadership and the client.

• Maintaining control of projects by tracking and maintaining discipline performance budget progress, schedule commitments, and quality standards. Understanding and utilizing project tools which are in place for project control.

• Delegating work to the project controls team in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality.

• Knowledge of the skills and experience required to perform engineering and design functions.

• Participating in the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of staff.

• Establishing a safe work environment and communicating the Company commitment to safety to teammates and clients.

• Familiarity with and utilization of office standards.

• Developing and maintaining relationships with current and new clients.

• Promoting continuing relationships with the company clients.

• Setting the guidelines for the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of teammates.

• Embracing and utilizing technology to set the example for the team.

Below is the range that we in good faith believe is the potential compensation for this role at the time of this posting and is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California.  The typical base salary range for this position is just one component of Hargrove’s total compensation package for Teammates.  Actual compen