Project Controls Specialist
Description
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join their Project Controls team in Cleveland, OH.
Your Impact
- Monitor project 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 (EcoSys, Autodesk Forma, or similar); track acquisition packages for reimbursement and support invoice review and processing.
- Produce regular cost 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 EVM 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.
5-7 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 EcoSys, Autodesk Forma, 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.
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