Project Controls Lead

Mace; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a Project Controls professional in New York to support the Gateway Program, including the critical Hudson Tunnel Project. This role involves analyzing schedule performance and advising on impacts related to changes and delays to ensure project success.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and experience in major infrastructure projects. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, as well as a proven ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams.

The estimated starting salary for this position is $170,000, with flexible working options available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or Project Management.
• Experience with major infrastructure or transportation projects.
• Proven ability in cost analysis, forecasting, and risk management.
• Strong communication skills for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work with package-level schedulers to analyze schedule performance.
• Perform critical path and variance analysis.
• Advise on schedule impacts from changes and delays.
• Support Delivery Managers with cost translations.
• Maintain the contract-level risk register.

Skills

Analytical capability

Attention to detail

Schedule interpretation

Risk identification and management

Clear written communication

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe.

The Project

Mace, as part of the MPA delivery partner joint venture of Mace-Parsons-Arcadis, has been selected as the Gateway Development Commission’s partner of choice to support the GDC across the Gateway Program in New York, including the Hudson Tunnel Project. The busiest rail connection between New York, New Jersey, and the Northeast Corridor, the Hudson Tunnel Project will improve capacity, reliability, and resiliency of commuter and intercity rail transit serving 800,000 daily passengers from Washington, D.C. to New York and New England. A milestone project supported by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the project is slated to receive nearly $12 billion in federal funding, the largest investment in a mass transit project in modern history.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Work closely with package-level schedulers to interpret schedule performance, key drivers, risks, and delivery implications.
• Perform critical path, float, and variance analysis to support Delivery Managers’ understanding of schedule health.
• Advise on schedule impacts related to changes, delays, mitigation strategies, and resequencing.
• Support schedule narratives and time impact analyses from a controls assurance and decision-support perspective.
• Ensure alignment between contract-level schedules and program-level milestones, constraints, and interfaces.
• Interpret cost reports, forecasts, and trends at the contract package level to assess delivery implications.
• Analyze budget and forecast movements, emerging trends, and potential cost exposure.
• Support Delivery Managers by translating cost data into forward-looking, risk-informd insights.
• Assist with evaluation of change events and cost impacts in coordination with commercial teams.
• Provide integrated cost and schedule narratives to support leadership decision-making.
• Maintain and interpret the contract-level risk register, with a focus on cost and schedule exposure.
• Identify emerging risks through trend analysis and delivery intelligence.
• Support development and tracking of mitigation strategies.
• Support contingency usage discussions and confidence assessments as required.
• Apply project controls quality standards to cost, schedule, and risk information produced by delivery teams and functional support groups.
• Perform consistency and assurance checks across forecasts, schedules, risk logs, and reporting narratives.
• Ensure compliance with the Project Management Plan (PMP), contract requirements, and program controls governance.
• Support audit readiness and responses related to project controls processes.

You’ll Need To Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
• Experience supporting major infrastructure or transportation projects, preferably at the contract or package level.
• Strong analytical capability and attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills suitable for senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with delivery managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in schedule interpretation and critical path analysis; cost analysis, forecasting, and trend interpretation; risk identification and management.

Note: The estimated starting salary for this position is $170k. Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills and qualifications.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.