Project Controls Manager — Heavy Civil EV & Forecasting

Lusternational; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with employer contributions

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Luster is seeking Project Controls Managers to support large heavy civil infrastructure programs including highways, bridges, transit, airports, and water projects. These roles focus on defending numbers in front of contractors and leadership, ensuring cost, schedule, risk, and change align in every monthly forecast.

Work spans baselines, forecasts, contingency, and program interfaces across roadway, structures, and trackwork packages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field with 10+ years of project controls experience on large heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience integrating cost and schedule data on a common WBS and CBS, including baseline management and change control.
• Experience applying earned value methods and critical path schedule analysis to forecast outcomes.
• Experience leading or directing project controls staff on a capital program.
• Proficiency with industry standard scheduling and program cost controls software and MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the program’s integrated controls system, including WBS/CBS, coding standards, and baseline change procedures.
• Review and validate contractor cost and schedule submittals against contract requirements and field progress.
• Analyze earned value, cost and schedule performance indices, and surface variances before monthly reports.
• Evaluate change proposals, delay claims, and time impact analyses for cost and schedule merit.
• Oversee the program forecast, cash flow projection, and contingency positioning.

Skills

Cost control

Schedule analysis

Earned value management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, finance, or business

Master’s degree in construction management, engineering, finance, or business

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Oracle Unifier

EcoSys

e-Builder

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Luster is seeking Project Controls Managers to support large heavy civil infrastructure programs including highways, bridges, transit, airports, and water projects. These roles focus on defending numbers in front of contractors and leadership, ensuring cost, schedule, risk, and change align in every monthly forecast.

Work spans baselines, forecasts, contingency, and program interfaces across roadway, structures, and trackwork packages.