Senior Project Controls Lead: Cost, Schedule & Risk

E Tech Group; Vacaville (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k + match + enrollment

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Paid time off & holidays

Training & education opportunities

Job summary

E Tech Group, a leading engineering and system integration firm in the United States, seeks a Project Controls Specialist to independently track project health and margins while upholding governance. You will ensure accuracy of cost and schedule data and act as an analytical partner to Project Managers.

Travel is possible to support project sites and meetings. The role emphasizes experience in cost performance, forecasting, and change impact analysis within engineering or automation projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of Project controls or project coordination experience, preferably in an engineering or automation environment.
• Experience in cost performance management, EAC/ETC forecasting, variance analysis, and change-order impacts for engineering, automation, or systems integration projects.
• Ability to turn complex metrics into clear status reports for all audiences.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Manager establish project scope, cost, and schedule baselines at kickoff; use CPM to identify schedule-driving activities and critical-path float.
• Use financial insight to diagnose budget, cost, and forecast variances and turn them into actionable corrections.
• Update project schedules, forecasts, and estimates at completion in project management systems.
• Work with PMs and client personnel on cost, schedule, billing, progress, and reporting; prepare client-specific reports as needed.
• Coordinate with PMs, subcontractors, and vendors on cost, schedule, billing, progress, and reporting to support performance monitoring and forecasting.
• Help identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, including probability and impact.
• Evaluate change impacts on budget and schedule and incorporate approved changes into updated baselines.
• Ensure project transactions comply with company financial policies and governance requirements.
• Identify manual or repetitive project controls tasks and recommend improvements to internal tools and dashboards.
• Complete required training on policies, safety, and quality, while staying current on project controls standards, tools, and trends.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Cost forecasting

Variance analysis

Change-order impacts

Project controls governance

Project management systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

E Tech Group, a leading engineering and system integration firm in the United States, seeks a Project Controls Specialist to independently track project health and margins while upholding governance. You will ensure accuracy of cost and schedule data and act as an analytical partner to Project Managers.

Travel is possible to support project sites and meetings. The role emphasizes experience in cost performance, forecasting, and change impact analysis within engineering or automation projects.