WSP

Project Controls Specialist

WSP$130K — $159K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or Construction Management.
  • 7+ years in cost controls and scheduling on large-scale projects.
  • Expert in earned value management (EVM) and cost forecasting.
  • Proficient with PMIS platforms (e-Builder, Procore, etc.) and scheduling tools (Primavera P6, MS Project).
  • Familiarity with Power BI and data reporting integration.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and multitasking skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder updates.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain project schedules and monitor contractor timelines.
  • Prepare cost estimates, budgets, forecasts, and financial projections.
  • Track and control project costs and manage change orders.
  • Monitor schedule performance and coordinate with contractors to address variances.
  • Administer cost management systems and support invoice processing.
  • Produce regular cost and schedule progress reports for management.
  • Integrate cost and schedule data with Power BI for reporting accuracy.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Disability and life insurance for security.
  • Retirement savings plans for future stability.
  • Paid sick leave and vacation time for work-life balance.
  • Paid parental leave and time off for bereavement or civic duties.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join their Project Controls team. This individual can sit in our WSP locations in either Texas, Utah, Tennessee, or Nevada.

Your Impact
  • Build and maintain program/project schedules; monitor contractor and consultant schedules, identifying cost and scheduling issues and recommending resolutions to the Program Manager.
  • Prepare cost estimates, budgets, forecasts, cash flows, and financial projections; support earned value management (EVM) tracking and reporting.
  • Track and control project costs, including change management, cost coding, commitments, and accruals across active projects.
  • Monitor schedule performance, critical path changes, and float, coordinating with contractors and consultants to resolve variances.
  • Administer cost management/PMIS platforms (e.g., e-Builder, Procore, or similar); track acquisition packages for reimbursement and support invoice review and processing.
  • Produce regular cost and schedule progress reports for the Program Manager and PMO, ensuring data feeding into Power BI dashboards is accurate and up to date.
  • Support integration of cost and schedule data with Power BI reporting tools, coordinating with reporting/BI staff to ensure dashboards reflect current project data.
  • Support vendor selection, contractor progress tracking, change order management, and project close-out reporting.

Who You Are

Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent.
  • 7+ years of experience in cost controls and scheduling on large-scale capital projects.
  • Strong working knowledge of earned value management (EVM), cost forecasting, and schedule management practices.
  • PMIS/Scheduling: Experience with PMIS platforms such as e-Builder, Procore, or Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
  • Familiarity with Power BI and data reporting concepts sufficient to collaborate with reporting/BI teams and ensure accurate data integration.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate cost and schedule data into clear updates for project teams and stakeholders.


WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $130,000-159,000/yr

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
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