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Project Controls Specialist - #2672.08

Wade Trim
Pittsburgh, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Jul 2025

About the role

What We Offer: Our excellent salary and benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, education reimbursement, 401(k), performance bonuses, and an employee stock program. Employee Resource Groups and Programs offered include the Young Professionals Group, Women at Wade Trim, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professional Development, Leadership Development, Rotation Program, Mentor Program, Sustainability Program, and Wellness Program.
Position Description:
We are looking for a Project Control Specialist to join ICE Team to improve infrastructure in our offices. The candidate must have a bachelor's degree, and five years of related experience. The candidate must also be self-motivated, work well with others, and have excellent writing, organizational, and communication skills. A flexible hybrid-remote work schedule is available after 30 days of employment.

Typical responsibilities include:

  • Leads/assists a team of individuals focused on project and cost controls support activities spanning a variety of public infrastructure, specialty industrial construction projects.
  • Establishes corporate and internal project controls and operating policies that standardize analysis, reporting, and mitigation strategies for risk factors that could impact project successes.
  • Manages/assists and oversees project controls for engineering, construction, and other projects, on a project-by-project basis.
  • Responsible for developing a reporting structure and process to share project information with project stakeholders. Develop customized schedule reports as per project needs (i.e., two-week look ahead, variance reports, progress reports, milestone reports as needed ).
  • Ensures project control report documents are produced and clearly reflect the schedule and timeline status, cost or budget considerations, changes, performance, and other risk levels.
  • Prepares project controls plan for assigned project/program. Provides leadership and guidance for development of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), tracking of project progress, analysis of bottlenecks, trends and critical path, and development/maintenance of cashflow.
  • Work with project managers to ensure the proper resource management plan is in place
  • Provides guidance and consultation to project managers, including regular briefings on project financials, schedule status, resource plans, issues, and concerns
  • True first level manager and manages associate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs.
  • Establishes risk management protocols which includes identification, documentation, mitigation and tracking of potential risks on the project.
  • Mentors and led staff of project controls team members, including ensure project is staffed appropriately, conduct regular staff performance reviews, and manage any staffing issues that may arise.
  • Maintain a safe work environment.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or equivalent fields

Skills/Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a leadership role in project controls; 1 to 3 years in a supervisory role is beneficial. 
  • Strong understanding and competency in using Oracle Primavera and Microsoft Project products. Application and understanding of best practices for design engineering and capital construction projects is preferred.
  • Certification in Cost Control CCC/CCE or Scheduling (PSP) is an advantage.
  • Experienced setting up and monitoring complex project schedules.
  • Leadership ability and strong management skills.
  • Skilled in oral and written communication, with demonstrated ability to present Project Controls information to management/client.
  • Strong analytical skills, and ability to multi-task in a high paced project environment.
  • Experience with cost control including project estimating, forecasting and cost management including reporting.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 including Teams, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Understanding of accounting functions and systems. Experience with consulting engineering financial systems, BST10 or equivalent is preferred.
  • Thorough knowledge of and demonstrated working experience with cost control, earned value management, budgets, estimating, resource planning, change management, forecasting, reporting progress and performance.
  • Work approach establishes and manages project schedule development, review, and update processes and to ensure accuracy and alignment with the overall master schedule. Uses baseline vs actual comparative process for cost, schedule, and progress, and ensures project-specific systems are implemented according to client and/or company standards and procedures.
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