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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Project Controls Specialist

WSP Saint Louis, MO Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$103,500-$150,200 per year

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Description

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls team. This role can be based in either St. Louis, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, or Fort Mill. This is a hybrid role.

The successful candidate will be responsible for schedule management to support Power and Energy projects. Key responsibilities include:

  • Establishing baseline schedules including durations, critical path, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, and resource histograms
  • Loading resources and costs into the schedule
  • Updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for major programs
  • Integrating contractor schedules into the program master schedule
  • Organizing and facilitating monthly schedule review meetings with the client team
  • Facilitating bi-weekly schedule update calls with different discipline leads
  • Developing and updating project progress monthly
  • Reviewing subcontractor schedules and monitoring their performance
  • Managing schedule changes
  • Performing time impact analyses (TIA) to determine the extent of impacts of potential delays and providing recommendations for schedule recovery
  • Assessing and providing recommendations to resolve scope changes or delays to the Project Team and Executive Management

Requirements include:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of experience in developing and managing project schedules
  • Experience in civil infrastructure or energy/transmission distribution markets
  • Experience supporting large mega projects
  • Proficiency with critical path method analysis/technique using Primavera
  • Project financial forecasting skills
  • Change Order and Extension of Time analysis experience
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams and within large and challenging client programs
  • Effective reporting and communication skills
  • Experience in preparing project reports and documentation

WSP offers a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings.

The expected salary range for this position is $103,500-$150,200.

Skills

Required

  • Primavera
  • critical path method analysis
  • project financial forecasting
  • Change Order analysis
  • Extension of Time analysis
  • team collaboration
  • reporting
  • communication

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/89418

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