Vice President, Project Controls Manager

Overview

Manage and improve project controls for large transit/rail programs.

Key Responsibilities

• earned value
• project controls
• cost control
• change control
• dashboards
• financial reporting

Tasks

-Integrate cost and schedule management practices, ensuring accurate earned value management (EVM), performance measurement, and predictive analytics across the program lifecycle. -Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of program-wide project controls processes, procedures, governance frameworks, and systems in collaboration with the client and PM. -Contribute to project and program-level meetings focused on risk, change control, performance, and strategic planning, ensuring alignment with controls best practices. -Provide clear, timely, and actionable reports and presentations on cost and schedule performance to senior leadership, stakeholders, and the client, enabling data-driven decision-making. -Monitor funding allocations and procurement plans to ensure alignment with approved budgets and program funding strategies. -Oversee the preparation and validation of program estimates, budgets, forecasts, cost trends, and estimates to complete (ETC), ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and funding profiles. -Ensure effective integration of cost, schedule, risk, and reporting disciplines to support program objectives. -Manage the program’s change control processes, including assessment of cost and schedule impacts of proposed changes, and provide guidance on mitigation strategies. -Oversee enterprise-level dashboards to monitor program health and provide real-time insights into key performance indicators (KPIs), risk exposure, trends, and variances. -Establish and enforce robust cost control procedures across all projects and program elements, enabling proactive tracking of budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, and identification of cost optimization opportunities. -Serve as the primary point of contact for all project controls matters, aligning closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure consistency and transparency in reporting and controls. -Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to evaluate design and execution options, providing strategic recommendations to improve cost-effectiveness and value delivery. -Lead the development and maintenance of comprehensive financial reporting across all work packages and subprojects, including roll-up reports, cash flow analysis, and funding status.

Requirements

• bachelor's
• communication
• 12 years
• project controls
• cost estimating
• transit rail

What You Bring

-Ability to interface with clients and participate in business development initiatives. -Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or related field (or equivalent) -Excellent communication skills, written, oral and interpersonal skills to deal with a high-pressure environment. -12 years of combined field and office project controls experience involving large-scale mega projects, especially with transit/rail background -Extensive knowledge of cost estimating methodologies, cost control techniques, and schedule management best practices.

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About Wsp

-Partners with clients to create sustainable, efficient, and resilient solutions. -Known for iconic projects like the One World Trade Center and London's Crossrail. -Provides cutting-edge services in transportation, energy, water, and commercial developments. -Blends technical expertise with deep industry knowledge to solve complex challenges globally.

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