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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$72K - $88K *

Lead the execution of public-sector utility capital projects, managing multidisciplinary teams while ensuring quality, budget, and schedule adherence. Serve as the primary client liaison, driving proj...

Yesterday

  •   11 - 15 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$110K - $130K *

Lead the charge in managing large-scale industrial construction projects, ensuring compliance and stakeholder engagement through effective governance, process management, and strategic oversight while...

2 days ago

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

$140K - $170K *

Elevate your career by managing large-scale industrial construction projects. Collaborate with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure compliance and quality delivery, while driving best pra...

2 days ago

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

$140K - $170K *

Join a team that's dedicated to delivering high-quality industrial construction projects by managing stakeholders, tracking milestones, and ensuring compliance with best practices. Bring your expertis...

2 days ago

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

$140K - $170K *

Join a team that's managing critical construction projects, ensuring compliance and timely delivery while fostering strong relationships among stakeholders and optimizing best practices for project su...

2 days ago

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

$140K - $170K *

Lead the charge in managing large-scale industrial projects, ensuring compliance, governance, and effective stakeholder communication while driving project milestones and budget forecasts to meet clie...

2 days ago

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

$140K - $170K *

Manage large-scale industrial construction projects by collaborating with stakeholders, ensuring compliance, and driving project success through effective governance and tracking of milestones. Elevat...

1 month ago

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

$80K - $110K *

Play a key role in managing engineering projects and client partnerships, ensuring successful delivery, budget adherence, and high-quality outcomes while driving business growth and client satisfactio...

2 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Business Services

$70K - $95K *

Elevate quality standards by ensuring contract deliverables attain 98% accuracy and supporting modernization initiatives. Drive UAT and corrective actions, while collaborating with teams to enhance qu...

US-AnywhereRemote

2 weeks ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Business Services

$100K - $120K *

Accelerate project delivery by overseeing large-scale utility capital projects from inception to completion, ensuring stakeholder alignment and successful execution while managing diverse project team...

2 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$90K - $110K *

Champion project success by managing schedules, budgets, and multi-project coordination, ensuring effective collaboration among teams. Drive performance metrics and financial tracking while leading a...

Yesterday

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

$70K - $95K *

Lead impactful projects in Sewer Rehabilitation. Oversee budgets, schedules, and performance metrics while ensuring collaboration with teams. Drive results and profitability with strong leadership in...

1 week ago

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

$80K - $110K *

Accelerate progress at managing and coordinating projects, ensuring timely completion and resource allocation while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and overseeing personnel to meet project...

3 weeks ago

  •   5 - 7 years exp.  •   Education, Government & Non-Profit

$110K - $130K *

Support strategic program controls across large, complex projects, ensuring alignment with leadership goals. Manage scheduling, cost, and document control while driving efficiency and continuous impro...

1 week ago

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

$110K - $130K *

Lead the charge in program controls for complex projects, driving efficiency and strategic alignment across multiple disciplines in the East region to achieve optimal outcomes and stakeholder satisfac...

1 week ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Business Services

$85K - $100K *

Advance your career by managing projects worth $10M+ while ensuring safety and quality standards are met. Drive project success through effective leadership, coordination, and adherence to company goa...

Calgary, ABIn-Person

1 week ago

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

$99K - $113K *

Contribute to impactful transportation projects enhancing community connectivity through civil and transportation design. Collaborate with a dynamic team from planning to construction, ensuring high-q...

6 days ago

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

$99K - $113K *

Lead the charge in developing impactful transportation and civil design solutions, collaborating across teams to enhance multimodal infrastructure. Participate from planning to final design and suppor...

6 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Transportation

$110K - $140K *

Lead a team to innovate strategies for the Pickering Steam Generators Replacement program, ensuring project success through collaboration, adherence to safety and budget, and proactive risk management...

Pickering, ONIn-Person

6 days ago

  •   Less than 5 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$85K - $100K *

Join us to lead project execution while ensuring safety and profitability. Oversee projects exceeding $10M, manage teams, and ensure quality. Collaborate with stakeholders for the successful delivery...

Calgary, ABIn-Person

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

$90K - $120K *

Join a leading infrastructure team as a Project Manager, where you will oversee complex projects and ensure they meet budget, schedule, and quality targets while fostering collaboration and maintainin...

Calgary, ABIn-Person

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

$110K - $140K *

Pioneer innovative solutions in new build nuclear projects, collaborating with senior leadership to execute and advance strategies encompassing Small Modular and Gigawatt-scale reactors, ensuring succ...

Tiverton, ONIn-Person

Reposted 2 weeks ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Energy & Utilities

$120K - $150K *

Shape the future of infrastructure projects by leading teams to deliver complex constructions on budget and schedule while enhancing stakeholder relationships and ensuring top-quality standards...

North York, ONIn-Person

3 weeks ago

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

$130K - $180K *

Lead a team in the Functional Safety sector, driving strategic growth and operational excellence across Americas in autonomous operations. Cultivate client relationships and talent, while ensuring suc...

4 weeks ago

  •   8 - 10 years exp.  •   Technical Services

$100K - $120K *

Lead the charge in strategic project management to drive growth and cultivate client relationships. Oversee projects to ensure on-time, on-budget completion while mentoring teams and managing financia...

1 week ago

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

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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