Senior Project Controls Manager — Heavy Civil

Luster National; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Luster National is seeking Project Controls Managers to support large, complex heavy civil infrastructure programs in the United States. You will defend costs and schedules, integrate WBS/CBS data, and lead controls analyses across highways, bridges, rail, aviation, and water projects.

The role emphasizes presenting data to program leadership, coordinating across multiple contracts, and mentoring junior analysts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, finance, or business, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of project controls experience for large, complex, 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 reviewing contractor cost and schedule submittals against contract requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the program’s integrated controls system to reconcile cost and schedule data.
• Review and validate contractor cost and schedule submittals against requirements.
• Analyze earned value, cost, and schedule performance indices to surface variances.
• Evaluate change proposals, delay claims, and time impact analyses for merit.
• Oversee the controls forecast, cash flow projection, and contingency positions.
• Coordinate risk register with baselines for forecast and contingency decisions.
• May lead monthly controls cycles and present to program leadership.
• Coordinate controls across contracts and interfaces to capture cross-package impacts.
• Lead and mentor controls analysts on analysis quality and escalation processes.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Multi-tasking

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Education

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

10+ years project controls experience

Experience with cost and schedule data integration

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Oracle Unifier

EcoSys

e-Builder

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Luster National is seeking Project Controls Managers to support large, complex heavy civil infrastructure programs in the United States. You will defend costs and schedules, integrate WBS/CBS data, and lead controls analyses across highways, bridges, rail, aviation, and water projects.

The role emphasizes presenting data to program leadership, coordinating across multiple contracts, and mentoring junior analysts.