Senior Project Controls Specialist: Cost, Schedule & Risk

Parsons; Virginia; Remote; USD 104,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

ESOP

401(k)

Life insurance

Flexible work schedules

Holidays

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join our team in Virginia. You will support transparent tracking of cost, schedule, progress, productivity, risk, contingency, and performance metrics across selected projects.

You will administer project controls systems, analyze variances, and forecast financial impacts while collaborating with project controls and finance teams. Strong Excel and 10+ years of related experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of related work experience.
• 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 and forecasting

Earned value tracking

Variance analysis

Excel advanced

Project controls systems

Education

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

Job description

Parsons is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join our team in Virginia. You will support transparent tracking of cost, schedule, progress, productivity, risk, contingency, and performance metrics across selected projects.

You will administer project controls systems, analyze variances, and forecast financial impacts while collaborating with project controls and finance teams. Strong Excel and 10+ years of related experience are required.