Project Controls Manager

WSP; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement Savings

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Vacation

Paid Parental Leave

Bereavement Leave

Voting Leave

Naturalization Leave

Job summary

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

You will develop the integrated master schedule, manage risk, and lead cost/schedule risk assessment efforts, coordinating with commercial teams and technology for PMIS modules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in financial controls, finance/accounting, and scheduling on large transportation programs.
• Project management experience; PMP or equivalent preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of EVM, cost/schedule risk assessment, and integrated master scheduling.
• Familiarity with state DOT programming processes is a plus.
• Experience with Power BI, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and direct program controls for large transportation programs.
• Coordinate across projects (cost engineering, estimating, risk, doc control, data/technology, scheduling).
• Develop integrated master schedule, risk register, and spend forecast.
• Lead cost and schedule risk assessments and translate estimates for DOT processes.
• Interpret reports and trends to assess cost exposure and delivery.
• Lead monthly program reporting with cost/schedule narratives to leadership.

Skills

Earned value management

Cost/schedule risk assessment

Integrated master scheduling

PMP or equivalent

Power BI

Microsoft Project

Education

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

Tools

PMIS: e-Builder

PMIS: Primavera P6

PMIS: Oracle EBS

PMIS: Procore

PMIS: Kahua

Microsoft Project

Job description

This Opportunity

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-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:

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): $185,000-205,000/yr

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.