Project Controls Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. in the United States (Washington/Seattle area) seeks a Project Controls Manager to lead program controls for major transportation programs across multiple sites.

You will direct cost engineering, risk management, and scheduling with executive-level reporting. The role requires 10+ years in financial controls for transportation projects, expertise in EVM and PMIS tools (Primavera P6, Procore), and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent.
• 10+ years in financial controls, finance/accounting, and scheduling on large transportation/infrastructure programs.
• PMP or equivalent certification preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of EVM, cost/schedule risk, and integrated master scheduling.
• Familiarity with state DOT programming processes (STIP, legislative capital requests).
• Experience with Power BI, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with PMIS platforms (e-Builder, Primavera P6, Oracle EBS, Procore, Kahua) and scheduling software.
• Leadership to direct multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong analytical and communication skills to present cost/schedule narratives.

Responsibilities

• Oversee program controls for large transportation programs.
• Coordinate cost engineering, estimating, risk management, and planning across projects.
• Develop integrated master schedule, master risk register, and spend forecast.
• Lead cost and schedule risk assessments and translate costs into DOT processes.
• Interpret cost reports, forecasts, and trends to assess delivery impact.
• Maintain program risk registers and support mitigation and contingency planning.
• Evaluate change events and cost impacts with commercial teams; ensure quality across forecasts and reports.
• Lead monthly program reporting with integrated cost/schedule narratives for leadership.
• Partner with Technology on data management and PMIS modules for controls.
• Serve as SME to senior management on scheduling and earned value management.

Skills

Earned value management

Cost/schedule risk assessment

Integrated master scheduling

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management)

Tools

e-Builder

Primavera P6

Oracle EBS

Procore

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.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:

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.

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