Project Controls Manager
Arcadis
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $140,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Develops, maintains, and monitors detailed project schedules using tools such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and other scheduling software.
- Prepares look-ahead schedules, updates project baselines, and creates recovery plans to mitigate delays and ensure timely project delivery.
- Perform critical path analysis, time‑impact analyses (TIA), and delay matrices.
- Lead progress reporting, schedule variance, and performance monitoring against baseline.
- Conduct quantity takeoffs, apply unit rates, and prepare cost estimates aligned with bridge/transit scope.
- Manage cost forecasts, budget vs actuals, cash flow and Earned Value Management (EVM) analyses.
- Assist in bid preparation, developing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), cost coding, and change order documentation.
- Supports the project payment process including invoice analysis, prepares and analyzes cost estimates for various applications, supports change/work order management and tracking, supports and leads the team in analyzing and responding to claims, disputes, and other similar activities.
- Develops and oversees standardized processes for cost and schedule assessment, including forecasting, corrective action reviews, progress measurement, performance reporting, and productivity analysis.
- Provides oversight of internal and project budgets, ensuring accuracy, alignment with project goals, and adherence to financial controls.
Requirements
- Minimum of 15 years of Project Controls experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
- Demonstrated experience in a similar role on complex transportation projects (highway/bridge or transit).
- Experience with Primavera 6.
- Experience with estimating principles and software.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- EAP
- 401K
- STD
- LTD
- AD&D
- life insurance
- paid parental leave
- reward & recognition program
- optional benefits including wellbeing benefits
- adoption assistance
- tuition reimbursement
- nine paid holidays
- 20 days PTO that accrue per year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project schedulingcritical path analysistime-impact analysisdelay matricescost estimationbudget managementEarned Value ManagementWork Breakdown Structuresquantity takeoffscost coding
Soft skills
leadershipperformance monitoringcommunicationteam collaborationproblem-solving