Senior Project Controls Manager – Heavy Civil Infra

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

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Paid holidays

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company contribution

Job summary

Luster National is seeking Project Controls Managers to support large heavy civil infrastructure programs across highways, bridges, transit, aviation, and water/wastewater projects. You will defend numbers in front of contractors and leadership, ensuring data reconciliation across cost and schedule baselines.

The role involves leading controls analyses, coordinating risk, and mentoring analysts in a dynamic program environment with traditional and alternative delivery methods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, finance, or business, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of project controls experience for large (> $500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience integrating cost and schedule data on a common work breakdown and cost breakdown structure, including baseline management and change control.
• Experience applying earned value methods and critical path schedule analysis to evaluate program performance and forecast outcomes.
• Experience reviewing contractor cost and schedule submittals against contract requirements and verified progress.
• Experience leading or directing project controls staff on a capital program.
• Proficiency with industry standard scheduling and program cost controls software (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Oracle Unifier, EcoSys, e-Builder, etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Oversee the program’s integrated controls system, including the work breakdown and cost breakdown structures, coding standards, and baseline change procedures, so cost and schedule data reconcile to the same source.
• Review and validate contractor cost and schedule submittals, including baseline schedules, monthly updates, progress payments, and contingency drawdown requests, against contract requirements and verified field progress.
• Analyze earned value, cost and schedule performance indices, and productivity trends, and surface the variances that will move the forecast before they show up in a monthly report.
• Evaluate change proposals, delay claims, and time impact analyses for cost and schedule merit, and recommend a position to program leadership.
• Oversee the program forecast, cash flow projection, and contingency and reserve position, and test the assumptions behind each of them.
• Coordinate the risk register with the cost and schedule baselines so quantified exposure carries into the forecast and into contingency decisions.
• May lead the monthly controls cycle, presenting cost and schedule status, trends, and recommended corrective action to program leadership.

Skills

Earned value methods

Critical path analysis

Cost control

Contract/submittals review

Leadership

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management/engineering/finance/business

Master’s degree (preferred)

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 heavy civil infrastructure programs across highways, bridges, transit, aviation, and water/wastewater projects. You will defend numbers in front of contractors and leadership, ensuring data reconciliation across cost and schedule baselines.

The role involves leading controls analyses, coordinating risk, and mentoring analysts in a dynamic program environment with traditional and alternative delivery methods.