Project Controls Engineer

Overview

Manage project finances, budgets, change orders, and reporting for WMATA projects

Key Responsibilities

• budget oversight
• cost reconciliation
• change order
• schedule review
• procore upload
• variance reporting

Tasks

-Assists WMATA in the oversight of the project(s) budget. -Document project contingency use, align with Construction Change Order Management System data and project forecasts. -Review and update project management and controls processes and procedures; -Review project overall schedule performance, coordinate with integrated master schedule; -Provide technical support for change order management; -Analyze all relevant project documents in regular reconciliation of proposed versus actual costs against the project budget; -Assist in the development and preparation of cost estimates, change notices, and contract modification packages; -Report on scope changes, total project budgets versus forecasts, and schedule variances. Reports to include project and portfolio key performance indicators (KPIs) and variance narratives of projects; -Monitors all payroll reports and compares against field reports for accuracy of information. Prepares variance report and submits to project management team members; -Establishes and maintains all financial records for the project, uploads any files into WMATAs record keeping management system (Procore); -Coordinate addenda to the Project Charter and/or Project Statement; -Assist in the monitoring of project activities, claims and change orders, progress reporting, payments, and other contract administration functions; and

Requirements

• bachelor's
• change order
• wmata processes
• 6 years
• power bi
• pmp

What You Bring

-Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, finance, or related field; -Experienced in change order management; -Familiarity with WMATA standard processes and procedures -A minimum of six (6) years of project financial and portfolio management experience; -Experience developing reports from financial and project systems. -Maintains full familiarity with plans, specifications, construction schedules, and contractor's plans on assigned contracts, the Project Management Plan, and current safety regulations to be knowledgeable of the project team (i.e., WMATA, consultants, and multiple contractors) responsibilities; -Experience with Microsoft 365® applications, specifically Power BI, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint; and -PMP Certification is desirable but not required -PMP Certification is desirable but not required• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, finance, or related field;

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Benefits

Salary Range: $116,000 to $140,000 YR

About Cornerstone Concilium, Inc.

-Privately held and based in San Francisco (with offices in Washington D.C.), the company manages multimillion‑dollar capital projects nationwide. -Typical engagements include planning, design oversight, construction management, value engineering, cost estimating and project close‑out. -Specializes in infrastructure across sectors such as airports, transit and roadways, utilities, water/wastewater, storm drainage and sanitary systems. -Delivers community and municipal facilities projects—especially in education, healthcare, housing and professional training centers. -Combines engineering, construction program management and IT consulting to support smart‑building and complex intelligent system integration.

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