Senior Project Controls Specialist — Capital Projects & EPC

Parsons; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

401(k)

Life insurance

Flexible work schedules

Holidays

Job summary

Parsons in the United States is seeking an experienced Project Controls professional to administer cost reporting, forecasting, earned value analysis, and KPI tracking on large capital construction programs. You will monitor budget performance and variances, and support updates to the performance baseline approved by the client.

You will develop executive-level dashboards and detailed analyses, collaborate with project controls and finance teams to forecast cost and schedule impacts, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, finance, business, or related field, or equivalent and 10+ years of related work experience.
• Experience in project controls on large capital construction programs.
• Strong knowledge of cost reporting, forecasting, earned value, KPI tracking, and variance analysis.
• Ability to develop executive-level dashboards and detailed supporting analysis.
• Strong Excel and project controls systems experience.

Responsibilities

• Administer project controls systems and processes and support monitoring of budget performance, commitments, and actual expenditures.
• Analyze cost and schedule variances and maintain a performance measurement baseline approved by client.
• Work with project controls and financial teams to support accurate forecasting, assess the fiscal impact of changes, and recommend cost and performance optimization actions.
• Prepare standardized project controls reports that may include earned value analysis, cost-at-completion forecasting, schedule performance metrics, productivity indicators, variance explanations, KPI dashboards, and trend analysis.
• Present project controls reports and supporting detail to project leadership as requested.
• Maintain contingency drawdown logs, performance trend logs, and forecast variance registers.
• Prepare contingency adequacy assessments that evaluate remaining contingency against risks, projected cost exposure, earned value trends, schedule trends, and KPI performance.
• Recommend adjustments to contingency, forecasts, or performance management actions based on changing project conditions.

Skills

Cost reporting

Forecasting

Earned value

KPI tracking

Variance analysis

Executive dashboards

Excel

Education

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

Tools

Project controls software

Excel

Job description

Parsons in the United States is seeking an experienced Project Controls professional to administer cost reporting, forecasting, earned value analysis, and KPI tracking on large capital construction programs. You will monitor budget performance and variances, and support updates to the performance baseline approved by the client.

You will develop executive-level dashboards and detailed analyses, collaborate with project controls and finance teams to forecast cost and schedule impacts, and