Project Controls Specialist

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.

As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves : What is our impact on the world?

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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

General Overview of the Role

HDR is looking for a Project Controls Specialist to join our team. The primary role of this position is to support project controls practices on assigned projects, with the goal to meet scope, schedule, and budget performance.

This role will work alongside the Project Controls Managers to develop and maintain schedule, cost, and scope adherence.

Primary Responsibilities

Contribute to the development of project controls processes and procedures for assigned programs / projects to set up a framework to manage scope, budget and schedule.

The workstreams under project controls include schedule management, cost management, change management, risk management, and document management.

• Work with project manager, accountants and other team leads to develop work breakdown structure and / or cost breakdown structure.
• Develop, update, and analyze CPM schedules for projects including variance analysis.
• Participate in multi-stakeholder, interactive planning sessions such as schedule workshop.
• Maintain earned value metrics as part of the schedule update.
• Interact with engineering, environmental, ROW, etc. discipline leads & construction managers to understand issues and conflicts impacting schedule.
• Coordinate with necessary team members.
• Participate in project coordination meetings.
• Conduct project site visits if applicable.
• Conduct schedule baseline and schedule update reviews.
• Participate in development of cost estimates.
• The capability to actively progress knowledge in the areas of :
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Coordination and prioritization of multiple long and short-term tasks.
• Organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ideally 5 years of progressive experience in a project control function.
• Advanced Primavera, PERTMASTER, and expert Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to create complex graphs, pivot tables, and apply formulae.
• Preferred experience with Deltek Acumen Fuse, TILOS or other 4D scheduling tools.
• Experience with additional PMIS software (eBuilder, ProCore, QuickBase, InEight, Kahua, PMWeb, etc.) desired.
• Ability to travel to conduct site visits and attend offsite meetings.
• PMP.
• Previous experience in scheduling for projects in the power and industrial markets.
• Previous experience in implementing PMIS and dashboard reporting for a program or organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• The capability to actively progress knowledge in the areas of :
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Coordination and prioritization of multiple long and short-term tasks.
• Organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day.

This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

At HDR, the health and safety of our employees is of the utmost importance. In accordance with local safety, health, and environmental legislation, HDR is committed to developing, maintaining, and enforcing proactive safe work policies, procedures, and standards.

HDR is a certified Living Wage Employer in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta.

Primary Location

United States-Colorado-Denver

Other Locations

United States-Nebraska-Omaha, Canada-Alberta-Calgary

Industry

Administrative

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Project Controls

Job Posting

May 29, 2024

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