Project Controls Manager

WSP; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Manager to join our expanding Project Controls team. This role can be based out of any US office and requires leading cost, schedule, risk, and reporting activities across a large program.

You will develop and maintain program-wide controls processes, dashboards (Power BI), EVM, and financial reporting, and partner with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to optimize cost and schedule performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or equivalent.
• 7–10 years of combined field and office project controls experience on large-scale projects.
• Experience with dashboard reporting and Microsoft Excel.
• Extensive knowledge of cost estimating methodologies and schedule management best practices.
• Ability to interface with clients and participate in business development initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills in a high-pressure environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the project controls across the program, integrating cost, schedule, risk, and reporting.
• Lead development and improvement of program-wide controls processes, governance frameworks, and systems.
• Serve as primary contact for project controls with stakeholders.
• Develop dashboards (Power BI) to monitor cost, schedule, and KPIs.
• Establish cost control procedures across projects with forecasting and variance analysis.
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, construction to optimize cost-effectiveness.
• Integrate cost and schedule management with earned value management (EVM).
• Provide clear reports to senior leadership and the client.
• Lead project/program-level meetings on risk, change control, and planning.
• Maintain comprehensive financial reporting across work packages and funding.
• Monitor funding allocations and procurement plans.
• Manage change control processes and assess cost/schedule impacts.
• Oversee estimates, budgets, forecasts, ETC alignment.

Skills

Power BI

Excel

Cost estimating

EVM

Budgeting

Dashboards

Client interface

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering / Construction Management / PM

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Manager to join our growing Project Controls team. This individual can be based out of any office across the US.

Your Impact

Job Duties:

• Take ownership of the Project Controls function across the program, ensuring effective integration of cost, schedule, risk, and reporting disciplines to support program objectives.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of program-wide project controls processes, procedures, governance frameworks, and systems in collaboration with the client and Program Manager.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project controls matters, aligning closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure consistency and transparency in reporting and controls.
• Develop and oversee enterprise-level dashboards (e.g., Power BI) to monitor program cost, schedule, and performance health and provide real-time insights into key performance indicators (KPIs), risk exposure, trends, and variances.
• Establish and enforce robust cost control procedures across all projects and program elements, enabling proactive tracking of budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, and identification of cost optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to evaluate design and execution options, providing strategic recommendations to improve cost-effectiveness and value delivery.
• Integrate cost and schedule management practices, ensuring accurate earned value management (EVM), performance measurement, and predictive analytics across the program lifecycle.
• Provide clear, timely, and actionable reports and presentations on cost and schedule performance to senior leadership, stakeholders, and the client, enabling data-driven decision-making.
• Chair and contribute to project and program-level meetings focused on risk, change control, performance, and strategic planning, ensuring alignment with controls best practices.
• Lead the development and maintenance of comprehensive financial reporting across all work packages and subprojects, including roll-up reports, cash flow analysis, and funding status.
• Monitor funding allocations and procurement plans to ensure alignment with approved budgets and program funding strategies.
• Manage the program’s change control processes, including assessment of cost and schedule impacts of proposed changes, and provide guidance on mitigation strategies.
• Oversee the preparation and validation of program estimates, budgets, forecasts, cost trends, and estimates to complete (ETC), ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and funding profiles.

Who You Are

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or equivalent.
• Candidates with advanced degrees or professional certifications and accreditations in Engineering, Construction Management and related fields are preferred.
• 7-10years of combined field and office project controls experience involving large-scale projects
• Ability to work in a hybrid office/field environment and must be a self-starter.
• Experience with dashboard reporting
• Extensive knowledge of cost estimating methodologies, cost control techniques, and schedule management best practices.
• Ability to interface with clients and participate in business development initiatives.
• Expert ability with Microsoft Office Suite primarily Excel.
• Excellent communication skills, written, oral and interpersonal skills to deal with a high-pressure environment.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $130,000-175,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $130,000-175,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.