Senior Project Controls Specialist - 16222

This Opportunity

WSP is one of the top ranked international design and construction firms by ENR magazine has a career opportunity for a Senior Project Controls Specialist in support of our US Earth & Environment projects. 

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with an established engineering consulting firm that values its employee’s enthusiasm and technical contributions?  We encourage you to apply for this opportunity.  We are dedicated to providing the atmosphere to allow individuals to grow their career.  We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated, and collaborative professionals.  Our ideal candidate is seeking challenging work and is committed to quality.

This position will support our construction and environmental remediation projects across a variety of business sectors. A successful candidate for this position will provide project planning, scheduling, cost management, and project progress reporting support. 

This position will report to the VP of Project Controls.

Primary responsibilities will be preparing and maintaining cost management and performance reports establishing the project WBS and Control Account structure, developing and managing the cost baseline and monthly cost analysis updates, performing earned value analysis, ensuring cost and schedule data is consistent with contract requirements, the statement of work, drawings, and specifications; development of staffing plans, estimates to complete, variance analysis; and other project controls related activities as required.

Location:  This individual can reside in any location in the Central or Eastern US and report to the closest WSP office.  Our preferred locations are Houston, TX, Charlotte, NC, Philadelphia, PA and Chantilly, VA.  After initial onboarding and orientation, this individual can work a remote hybrid schedule.

Your Impact

•    Work under the direction of the Project Manager to support the planning, coordination, and evaluation of project controls reporting.
•    Engage specifically in planning, staffing, budget management, quality control, safety, and coordination of subcontractors and Internal technical and support staff.
•    Strong collaborative cost forecasting and analysis.
•    Develop and implement monthly cost report updates and variance reports in accordance with processes and procedures.
•    Support cost analysis of potential delay claims and change orders.
•    Identify and support risk mitigation plans.
•    Develop and implement effective cost control procedures to track project expenses, analyze cost variances, and identify areas for cost-saving opportunities.
•    Work closely with design and construction teams to evaluate time and cost-saving options and recommend value-added changes to optimize project costs.
•    Attend a variety of project meetings with project stakeholders to track and solve cost, schedule, and risk management issues. 
•    Maintain financial reports for individual project subtasks and provide roll-up reports that summarize the subtasks. 
•    Review resource and funding availability and procurement documentation to ensure conformance to approved project budgets. 
•    Participate in development of project estimates, budgets, forecasts, estimates to complete, and cost trends. 

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field is required. 
•    7 years of combined field and office experience performing scheduling and cost control involving large-scale projects.
•    Experience with federal government projects. 
•    Proficiency in cost control/cost management methods and applications including earned value analysis and cost forecasting. 
•    Experience in Ares PRISM
•    Experience in Risk Management tools such as @Risk or Acumen Risk 
•    Excellent communication skills, written, oral and interpersonal skills to deal with a high-pressure environment. 
•    Must pass background check