Senior Project Controls Manager

Arcadis • Boston, MA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
Arcadis is seeking a Project Controls Manager to support our team and projects in Boston. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader, leveraging your expertise to support and drive the success of major transportation infrastructure projects. This role does not support remote work.

Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of Project Controls experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Ensures consistent reporting of contract, cost, and schedule metrics, incorporating trend forecasting and variance analysis as needed.
• Provides oversight of internal and project budgets, ensuring accuracy, alignment with project goals, and adherence to financial controls.
• Manages key project control functions, including document control, schedule management, and cost tracking.
• Interfaces with the project development processes and supports by preparing contract time determination reports, performing constructability reviews, and other similar support type applications.

Benefits

• Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year.
• The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $175,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior