Project Controls Manager

WSP in the U.S.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coverage related to medical, dental, V

Retirement savings

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation (or other personal time)

Paid parental leave

Paid time off for bereavement, voting,

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Project Controls Manager to oversee and direct program controls for large transportation programs. This role can sit in Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA, or Vancouver, WA, and will guide cost engineering, scheduling, risk management, and reporting for complex projects.

You will develop integrated master schedules, risk registers, and spend forecasts, ensuring alignment between contract schedules and program milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
• 10+ years of experience in financial controls, finance/accounting, and scheduling on large-scale transportation and infrastructure programs.
• PMP or equivalent certification preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of earned value management (EVM), cost/schedule risk assessment, and integrated master scheduling.
• Familiarity with state DOT programming processes (STIP, legislative capital requests, transportation improvement programs) is a plus.
• Reporting & BI tools experience with Power BI, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• PMIS platforms (e.g., e-Builder, Primavera P6, Oracle EBS, Procore, Kahua) and Microsoft Project or similar scheduling software.
• Leadership: ability to direct multidisciplinary teams across cost engineering, scheduling, risk management, doc control, and data/tech functions.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; ability to present integrated cost/schedule narratives to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and direct program controls for large transportation programs.
• Coordinate cost engineering, estimating, risk management, document control, data/technology, and planning/scheduling activities.
• Develop the integrated master schedule, master risk register, and spend forecast.
• Lead cost and schedule risk assessment efforts and support capital cost translations for state DOT processes.
• Interpret cost reports and trends to assess delivery implications.
• Maintain program and project risk registers and support mitigation planning.
• Assist with change events and ensure forecast and reporting quality.
• Lead development of monthly program reporting and executive presentations.
• Collaborate with Technology on data management and PMIS modules for control disciplines.

Skills

Cost control

Scheduling

Earned Value Management

Leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Power BI

PMIS

PMP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent

Tools

e-Builder

Primavera P6

Oracle EBS

Procore

Kahua

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Description

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Manager to oversee and direct Program Controls for large transportation programs. This individual can sit in either Vancouver, OR, Seattle, WA , or San Francisco, CA.

Your Impact

• Oversee and direct program controls for large transportation programs, providing guidance to ensure adherence to strategic objectives set by executive leadership.
• Spearhead coordination across multiple projects within the program, managing cost engineering, cost estimating, cost analysis/control, risk management, document control, data/technology, and planning/scheduling activities.
• Develop the integrated master schedule, master risk register, and spend forecast using standard tools, ensuring alignment between contract-level schedules and program-level milestones, constraints, and interfaces.
• Lead cost and schedule risk assessment efforts for the program and support translation of capital cost estimates into state STIPs, legislative requests, and other DOT programming processes.
• Interpret cost reports, forecasts, and trends at the contract package level, analyzing budget movements, emerging trends, and potential cost exposure to assess delivery implications.
• Maintain and interpret program- and project-level risk registers, identifying emerging risks through trend analysis and supporting mitigation planning, contingency tracking, and confidence assessments.
• Assist with evaluation of change events and cost impacts in coordination with commercial teams; apply project controls quality standards and perform consistency/assurance checks across forecasts, schedules, risk logs, and reporting narratives.
• Lead development of monthly program reporting, delivering integrated cost and schedule narratives and presentations to program and executive leadership.
• Partner with the Technology team on data management strategy and on development/implementation of WSP-PMIS modules for change management, document control, risk management, and cost control.
• Serve as subject matter expert to senior management on schedule management, earned value management, tools, techniques, and industry best practices, preparing and delivering related reports and presentations.

Who You Are

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in financial controls, finance/accounting, and scheduling on large-scale transportation and infrastructure programs, including experience leading a team of professionals.
• Project management experience required; PMP or equivalent certification preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of earned value management (EVM), cost/schedule risk assessment, and integrated master scheduling.
• Familiarity with state DOT programming processes (STIP, legislative capital requests, transportation improvement programs) is a plus.
• Reporting & BI Tools: Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Power BI, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• PMIS/Scheduling: Experience with PMIS platforms (e.g., e-Builder, Primavera P6, Oracle EBS, Procore, Kahua) and Microsoft Project or similar scheduling software.
• Leadership: Proven ability to direct multidisciplinary teams across cost engineering, scheduling, risk management, document control, and data/technology functions.
• Outstanding analytical and communication skills, with the ability to present integrated cost and schedule narratives clearly to program and executive leadership .

WSP Benefits

• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• Retirement savings
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation (or other personal time)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $185,000-205,000/yr

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.