Manager/Director of Project Controls (HVDC)

Location: NYC, San Francisco or Remote, United States

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage, venture-backed company building an industrial electric grid for the United States through advanced HVDC transmission systems serving large industrial loads, including AI datacenters, automated manufacturing, refineries, and mines.

What you will do

• Build and maintain integrated master schedules and scheduling standards in Oracle Primavera P6, including baselines, progress updates, cost loading, and schedule approvals.
• Administer Asana as the day-to-day execution layer, aligning task structures and workflows with P6 activities and enabling two-way schedule updates.
• Own the project risk register, define scoring and ownership, and lead monthly risk reviews.
• Run monthly schedule updates, including status reviews, slip analysis, re-forecasting, approvals, and publication of approved changes.
• Review and integrate OEM and EPC schedules, including XER files, logic, float, critical paths, owner-side delay analysis, and contractor schedule specifications.
• Prepare project controls packages for financing and determine when to add Senior Planner/Scheduler and Cost and Risk Analyst capacity.

Requirements

• 10+ years of project controls experience on large energy, transmission, or infrastructure projects.
• Expert command of Primavera P6, including XER exchange, multiple baselines, cost loading, and forensic delay analysis.
• Experience reviewing and integrating contractor and OEM schedules.
• Experience leading controls for a project or program while continuing to build schedules personally.
• Clear written communication with executives, lenders, and contractors.

Nice to have

• Owner or developer experience on utility-scale transmission, generation, or HVDC projects.
• Project controls experience at an EPC such as Kiewit, Quanta, or Burns & McDonnell.
• Experience supporting project finance diligence with lenders and independent engineers.
• PMP and/or AACE PSP or DRMP certification.
• Comfort working in an AI-forward team that automates reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on role in a small, experienced team of approximately 20 people, with active projects across the United States.
• Competitive compensation package including salary and equity, commensurate with experience.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including 75% coverage for dependents and spouses.
• Up to $300 per month for gym and wellness expenses, or Bay Club membership for San Francisco-based employees.
• Daily lunch when working from an office, unlimited PTO with manager approval, and company-wide office closures during the July 4 week and one week in December.
• Laptop of choice, San Francisco office near public transit, pre-tax transit benefit, and employee contribution 401(k) program.