This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Project Controls Lead for our Glastonbury, CT office. Be involved in projects with our Project Controls & Technology Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Your Impact

Job Duties:

• Work under the direction of the Project Manager to support the planning, coordination, and evaluation of project financial reporting.

• Develop dashboards to visualize project health and key performance indicators.

• Develop and implement effective cost control procedures to track project expenses, analyze cost variances, and identify areas for cost-saving opportunities.

• Work closely with engineering and design teams to evaluate cost-saving options and recommend value-added changes to optimize project costs.

• Implement integrated project controls methodologies to effectively align cost and schedule management efforts.

• Communicate project status, cost performance, and schedule updates to stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making.

• Attend a variety of project meetings with project stakeholders to track and solve cost and schedule management issues. Maintain financial reports for individual project subtasks, and provide roll-up reports that summarize the subtasks.

• Review funding availability and procurement documentation to ensure conformance to approved project budgets.

• Manage change order processes and evaluations to assess the impact of proposed changes on project costs and schedules.

• Participate in development of project estimates, budgets, forecasts, estimates to complete, and cost trends.

Who You Are

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field

• Candidates with advanced degrees or professional certifications and accreditations in Engineering, Construction Management and related fields are preferred.

• 7-10 years of combined field and office project controls experience involving large-scale projects.

• Ability to work in a hybrid-type environment and must be a self-starter.

• Experience with dashboard reporting and Microsoft PowerBI

• Extensive knowledge of cost estimating methodologies, cost control techniques, and schedule management best practices.

• Ability to interface with clients and participate in business development initiatives.

• Expert ability with Microsoft Office Suite primarily Excel.

• Excellent communication skills, written, oral and interpersonal skills to deal with a high-pressure environment.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.