Project Controller - Washington State Ferries

State of Washington • King County - Seattle – Belltown, WA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Washington State Ferries (WSF), a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), is seeking a Project Controller to support delivery of terminal design and engineering projects. Working with the terminal design engineering manager and project managers, the Project Controller aligns project agreements, schedules, and financial plans to help keep projects on time and within budget. The role supports WSF’s transformation to decarbonize its system and helps advance the agency’s strategic priorities and values.

The Project Controller develops and maintains critical-path schedules, analyzes project progress and financial performance, identifies trends and risks, and provides actionable analysis to support project decisions and coordination. The role also provides expertise and administrative support for project controls systems, including Primavera P6, Oracle Unifier, SharePoint, and Power BI. Flexible/hybrid remote work options are available.

Requirements

• Demonstrated commitment to learning and growth.
• Willingness to take action to meet the needs of others.
• Ability to develop, maintain, and coordinate complex critical-path, resource-loaded schedules for multiple Terminal Engineering projects.
• Ability to integrate approved scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, funding, planned expenditures, and delivery requirements into schedules and budgets.
• Knowledge of project-controls principles and ability to maintain accurate project baselines and performance information throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ability to assess schedule and budget performance data, identify trends and risks, and support timely corrective action.
• Ability to develop and evaluate “what-if” scenarios and alternative strategies and recommend practical solutions for risk management and project delivery.
• Technical expertise in Primavera P6, Oracle Unifier, SharePoint, Microsoft Power BI dashboards, and other project scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and reporting systems.
• Ability to establish project files, configure user access and permissions, and administer project-controls systems.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering, project management staff, IT, and Headquarters to resolve system issues and support data accuracy and system reliability.
• Ability to communicate complex project-controls information and provide actionable analysis and recommendations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience integrating schedules across internal and external teams and disciplines to show timing, resource dependencies, and coordination requirements across a project portfolio.
• Experience assembling data from project scheduling, finance and accounting, and other project management systems to support executive decision-making.
• Knowledge or experience with project design processes, contract and advertisement, procurement requirements, and basic construction principles in a public agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain critical-path schedules and delivery-method templates for Terminal Engineering projects.
• Analyze and report project progress, schedule rollups, workforce projections, variances, and change impacts.
• Identify delivery trends and risks and develop “what-if” scenarios for risk planning.
• Develop and monitor baseline and control budgets, forecast costs, analyze variances, and communicate recommendations.
• Provide project-controls expertise in PRI, Primavera P6, and Oracle Unifier for E-CON, and coordinate resolution of scheduling-system issues.
• Manage system profiles and permissions, establish initial project files, and administer SharePoint sites and Power BI dashboards.
• Conduct special projects and research, and perform other assigned duties.
• Attend required training, project site visits, and WSDOT meetings.
• Develop and coordinate complex critical-path, resource-loaded schedules for multiple Terminal Engineering projects.
• Ensure schedules and budgets reflect approved scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, funding, planned expenditures, and delivery requirements.
• Maintain accurate and reliable project baselines and baseline performance information throughout the project lifecycle.
• Evaluate schedule and budget data to identify trends, variances, delays, risks, and impacts, enabling timely corrective action.
• Develop schedule, cost, and risk scenarios; evaluate possible outcomes; and recommend practical solutions.
• Provide technical guidance to project managers and Terminal Engineering staff on project scheduling, budgeting, risk management, reporting, and related systems.
• Configure project-system user access and permissions and support consistent administration and use of project management and controls systems.
• Collaborate with engineering, project management staff, IT, and Headquarters to troubleshoot systems, improve data accuracy, and maintain system reliability.
• Communicate schedule, budget, cost, risk, forecast, and project-controls information to project engineers, managers, and stakeholders.
• Provide analysis and recommendations to support decisions, project coordination, and accurate, consistent, timely project delivery.
• Uphold WSF’s strategic priorities and values through leadership actions.

Benefits

• Work-life balance commitment.
• Up to 25 paid vacation days per year for full-time employees.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Tuition assistance options for permanent employees, including tuition reimbursement programs and government discounts at participating colleges.
• Eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness.
• Comprehensive benefits package with healthcare options.
• Choice of state retirement programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed