Project Controls Specialist

WSP•Houston, TX

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join its Project Controls team in Houston, Texas. This is a hybrid role supporting energy projects, with responsibility for project schedule management and analysis. The specialist establishes and maintains baseline and execution schedules, integrates contractor schedules into the program master schedule, and leads scheduling activities and reviews with client teams and discipline leads. The role also covers progress reporting, subcontractor schedule monitoring, earned value analysis, schedule change management, time impact analysis, and recommendations for addressing scope changes, delays, and schedule recovery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
At least 7 years of experience developing and managing project schedules.
Civil infrastructure or energy/transmission and distribution market experience.
Experience supporting large mega projects.
Experience with critical path method analysis or techniques using Primavera.
Project financial forecasting skills.
Change order and extension-of-time analysis experience.
Experience working with cross-functional teams.
Experience working within large, challenging client programs involving one or more project teams.
Effective reporting and communication skills.
Experience preparing project reports and documentation.
Building construction and/or project management experience.
Team-player approach and strong communication skills.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

Manage project schedules in support of energy projects.
Establish baseline schedules, including durations, critical path, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, and resource histograms.
Update and analyze detailed execution schedules for major programs.
Review and integrate contractor schedules into the program master schedule monthly.
Lead the project scheduling team.
Organize and chair monthly schedule review meetings with the client team.
Chair bi-weekly schedule update calls with discipline leads.
Develop and update monthly project progress information.
Review subcontractor schedules and monitor subcontractor performance.
Prepare earned value analysis reports.
Manage schedule changes.
Perform time impact analyses to assess potential delay impacts and recommend schedule recovery actions.
Assess scope changes or delays and recommend resolutions to the Project Team and Executive Management.