Project Controls Manager

About the Positions

Were seeking Project Controls Managers to support large complex heavy civil infrastructure programs including highways roads bridges transit (bus and rail) aviation (international airports) and water/wastewater projects delivered through both traditional and alternative delivery methods. These roles sit where cost schedule risk and change come together so the baseline the forecast and the performance a program reports all tell the same story. We are looking for people who can defend a number in front of a contractor and in front of program leadership on the same day.

This post is for future roles and not for a specific opportunity that is available right now. We accept applications and conduct interviews in advance of upcoming hiring needs. When a candidate is selected their profile is activated in our talent pool for this specialty area. We notify our talent pool candidates first whenever we have a project need.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee the programs integrated controls system including the work breakdown and cost breakdown structures coding standards and baseline change procedures so cost and schedule data reconcile to the same source.
• Review and validate contractor cost and schedule submittals including baseline schedules monthly updates progress payments and contingency drawdown requests against contract requirements and verified field progress.
• Analyze earned value cost and schedule performance indices and productivity trends and surface the variances that will move the forecast before they show up in a monthly report.
• Evaluate change proposals delay claims and time impact analyses for cost and schedule merit and recommend a position to program leadership.
• Oversee the program forecast cash flow projection and contingency and reserve position and test the assumptions behind each of them.
• Coordinate the risk register with the cost and schedule baselines so quantified exposure carries into the forecast and into contingency decisions.
• May lead the monthly controls cycle presenting cost and schedule status trends and recommended corrective action to program leadership.
• Coordinate controls across adjacent contracts and program interfaces so impacts that cross package boundaries are captured before they land in a claim.
• Coordinate that work across roadway and structures packages systems and trackwork contracts airfield phasing and water and utility relocation work.
• Coordinate across estimating scheduling engineering contracts document control and finance so one set of numbers supports program decisions.
• Oversee the controls data in the programs management information systems and verify that cost schedule and change records are complete correctly coded and traceable for funding agency reporting and external audit.
• May lead and mentor controls analysts and specialists setting expectations for analysis quality turnaround and how findings get escalated.

Attributes

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork trust and positive relationships.
• Natural curiosity problem-solving abilities and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in construction management engineering finance or business or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10 years of project controls experience for large (>$500M) complex heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience integrating cost and schedule data on a common work breakdown and cost breakdown structure including baseline management and change control.
• Experience applying earned value methods and critical path schedule analysis to evaluate program performance and forecast outcomes.
• Experience reviewing contractor cost and schedule submittals against contract requirements and verified progress.
• Experience leading or directing project controls staff on a capital program.
• Proficiency with industry standard scheduling and program cost controls software (e.g. Primavera P6 Microsoft Project Oracle Unifier EcoSys e-Builder etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g. Outlook Teams Word PowerPoint etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in construction management engineering finance or business.
• Active professional certifications such as CCP PSP or EVP (AACE) and/or PMP (PMI).
• Experience leading the owners project controls function on a highway bridge transit and rail aviation or water and wastewater capital program exceeding $1B in construction value.
• Experience standing up a project controls function on a new program including procedures coding structures reporting cycle and staffing plan.
• Experience integrating a quantitative cost or schedule risk model with the program baselines to set and defend a contingency position.
• Experience supporting claims delay analysis or dispute resolution with time-phased cost and schedule records on a program exceeding $1B in construction value.
• Experience configuring or administering the controls modules of a program management information system rather than only working inside one.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI Oracle Cloud Analytics or other dashboard KPI reporting software.

Compensation Details

Expected Salary: $130k-$205k/year ($63-$99/hour). Luster provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might offer for this position based on the successful candidates level and years of experience knowledge skills abilities education certifications licenses geographic location etc. Luster reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on circumstances not related to any status protected by local state and/or federal law.

Just LOOK at the Benefits We Offer!

• Unlimited flexible time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Health dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
• 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
• Formal career planning and development program
• $2500 annually toward professional development
• Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
• Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
• Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
• Free personal financial planning services
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Employee referral bonus

Specific plan details and coverage for each benefit noted above will be provided upon offer.