Explore Opportunities as a Project Controls Specialist

A Project Controls Specialist is a professional who oversees and manages project costs and schedules, ensuring projects are completed within budget and timeframe. They play a critical role in coordinating project activities, assessing risks, and implementing mitigation strategies.

Roles and Responsibilities

Project Controls Specialists are responsible for preparing project budgets, evaluating timelines, monitoring project progress and implementing changes when necessary. They liaise with different project stakeholders and bring about timely completion of projects.

Career Growth and Opportunities

With a wide range of industries reliant on project managers, opportunities in this profession are vast and lucrative, particularly for Project Controls Specialists. Industries such as construction, engineering, IT and healthcare are some of the sectors with high demand for these specialists.

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$80K - $100K *

Manage and optimize project controls in energy and utility sectors, ensuring adherence to schedules and budgets. Collaborate across teams to enhance project performance and governance while delivering...

3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$100K - $120K *

Develop and implement project controls processes to support project execution. Oversee cost analysis, scheduling, and reporting while ensuring adherence to established baselines. Collaborate with proj...

3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$100K - $120K *

Elevate project execution through robust controls and reporting, ensuring accurate cost and schedule management to support project delivery and stakeholder alignment. Lead a team to promote continuous...

3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Business Services

$120K - $135K *

Manage project schedules and costs for complex utility projects. Drive collaboration across teams to ensure project success, maintain baseline management, analyze performance, and provide valuable ins...

Yesterday

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$120K - $135K *

Unlock potential by managing and optimizing project schedules and costs, ensuring seamless execution across diverse teams. Drive excellence in financial forecasting and reporting to enhance operationa...

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$100K - $130K *

Unlock project excellence by integrating cost control and scheduling into a cohesive framework. Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-impact construction projects on time and within budget, us...

Ottawa, ONIn-Person

Reposted 3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$85K - $100K *

Shape project success through expert scheduling and cost management, ensuring timely delivery and high standards. Collaborate with stakeholders to refine processes, mentor staff, and facilitate impact...

3 days ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$79K - $106K *

Manage Project Controls for small-to-medium projects, ensuring integration of cost, schedule, and risk management for successful outcomes while fostering collaboration within project teams and communi...

5 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$88K - $117K *

Empower project success by leading Project Controls on diverse projects. Oversee cost, schedule, risk, and change management while collaborating with teams to ensure informed decision-making and optim...

5 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$75K - $125K *

Support your career growth by managing project controls, developing detailed GMPs, and ensuring financial accuracy across operations while collaborating with teams for project success and risk managem...

3 weeks ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$88K - $117K *

Join our team to optimize project controls on diverse assignments. Lead day-to-day operations, integrate financial and scheduling components, and work collaboratively to enhance project success throug...

3 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$79K - $106K *

Shape project success as a Project Controls Specialist, leading the execution of control systems and ensuring integrity across cost, schedule, and performance metrics for projects of varying complexit...

3 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$88K - $117K *

Pioneer project control strategies to ensure effective planning, scheduling, and cost management, partnering with teams to drive success and mitigate risks in dynamic, fast-paced environments...

4 weeks ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$117K - $145K *

Drive success through expert project controls, ensuring delivery of capital projects on time and within budget. Collaborate with diverse teams to generate schedules, cost estimates, and performance re...

1 week ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$80K - $95K *

Lead the charge in project controls for the U.S. Army Corps, overseeing a team, ensuring accurate data management, and supporting project performance through effective cost and schedule analysis and r...

Yesterday

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Aerospace & Defense

$85K - $100K *

Unlock potential in project controls by driving cost, schedule, and change management activities in a dynamic refining and chemical environment, while collaborating with stakeholders to enhance projec...

Yesterday

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$110K - $130K *

Transform projects by leading controls in cost forecasting, budgeting, and reporting. Leverage your expertise independently within complex environments, fostering collaboration and continuous improvem...

Yesterday

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$100K - $120K *

Join our Project Controls team to oversee cost management, forecasting, and scheduling for construction projects. Leverage your expertise to ensure accuracy, maintain reporting timelines, and facilita...

Calgary, ABIn-Person

2 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$95K - $130K *

Take ownership of project controls on transit and transportation initiatives, ensuring effective CPM scheduling, cost management, and earned value reporting through all project phases, from planning t...

3 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Transportation

$108K - $152K *

Engage with a dynamic team to implement project controls across multiple sectors, providing vital scheduling, cost control, and risk management support while collaborating closely with project manager...

Markham, ONIn-Person

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Real Estate & Construction

$80K - $95K *

Transform project execution by collaborating with managers and teams to enhance schedules and communications, ensuring all goals are met effectively. Leverage your organizational expertise to support...

1 week ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Aerospace & Defense

$150K - $175K *

Support project controls for multiple weapons programs, ensuring cost and scheduling accuracy while providing vital analysis and innovative solutions in a high-stakes environment. Collaborate with tea...

Reposted 1 month ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Aerospace & Defense

$80K - $95K *

Collaborate to assist project management teams by developing and monitoring project estimates and schedules. Utilize best practices to ensure efficient execution and provide credible information for s...

Today

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$130K - $150K *

Champion project controls excellence by leading cost, schedule, and resource management for major energy projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, institute best practices, and facilitate eff...

1 week ago

  •   11 - 15 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$112K - $168K *

Shape the future of transportation projects by leading project controls to ensure effective planning, scheduling, and financial oversight for successful execution and decision-making across diverse ma...

3 weeks ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Transportation

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • What is the role of a Project Controls Specialist?question toggle

    A Project Controls Specialist oversees and manages project costs and schedules, ensuring projects are completed within the set budget and timeframe.

  • What industries hire Project Controls Specialists?question toggle

    Industries such as construction, engineering, IT and healthcare have a high demand for Project Controls Specialists.

  • What skills do I need to be a Project Controls Specialist?question toggle

    Important skills for a Project Controls Specialist include proficiency in project management software, strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and exceptional problem-solving abilities.

  • How can I find high-paying Project Controls Specialist jobs?question toggle

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