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About the Role

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Team Leader to join our Earth & Environment (E&E) Texas & Louisiana (TXLA) Regional Team. This role is critical in advancing regional strategic objectives and achieving business goals, combining operational leadership, people management, and project delivery responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Project Controls Team, overseeing project financial performance, scheduling, invoicing, and cash collection.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and professional development for the Project Controls Team.
• Establish and promote project controls best practices, processes, and performance standards across the region.
• Partner with project managers, technical leaders, and business leaders to improve project performance and operational efficiency.
• Monitor project financials, schedules, resource utilization, forecasting, and key performance indicators.
• Support strategic planning and business initiatives as a member of the Regional Leadership Team.
• Foster a high-performing culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and client-focused delivery.
• Ensure consistent implementation of project controls methodologies and compliance with WSP policies and procedures.
• Contribute to successful project delivery while maintaining strong client relationships and supporting business growth objectives.
• Develop, maintain, and oversee program and project schedules; review, monitor, and evaluate contractor and consultant schedules, identifying cost and schedule risks and recommending solutions.
• Establish and implement project controls standards, processes, and best practices, including change management, cost and schedule controls, forecasting, reporting, and performance measurement.
• Prepare and oversee project cost estimates, budgets, forecasts, cash flow analyses, financial models, and other performance projections; ensure effective project accounting and earned value management practices.
• Develop and implement analytics tools, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs) that provide actionable insights.
• Prepare and deliver project performance reports, executive summaries, client presentations, and other communications.
• Provide oversight of procurement and vendor management activities, including contractor performance, change order administration, punch list completion, project closeout, and contract compliance.
• Perform other duties as required and assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Environmental Science or similar with a background in environmental, science, or engineering.
• 7+ years of demonstrated post-education experience in financial controls, finance/accounting, scheduling, forecasting or related functions on capital projects, with demonstrated ability to guide teams and coordinate across disciplines.
• 3-5 years of demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, supervising, and developing multidisciplinary project controls professionals.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, manage conflicting priorities, and work well under pressure in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to learn processes quickly and prioritize client requirements.
• Strong team player, self-motivated, and proactive thinker with a flexible can-do attitude.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel (pivot tables, dashboards, and financial analysis), Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Adobe Acrobat, and Oracle based project management and financial systems.
• Ability to uphold and promote workplace safety and abide by WSP’s health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Ability and willingness to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Skills

• Financial controls
• Finance/accounting
• Scheduling
• Forecasting
• Project management principles
• Organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project)
• Power BI
• Adobe Acrobat
• Oracle based project management and financial systems
• Analytics tools
• Dashboards
• Key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Change management
• Cost controls
• Earned value management
• Procurement
• Vendor management
• Contract administration

Location

• Texas
• Louisiana

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 7+ years of demonstrated post-education experience
• 3-5 years of demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, supervising, and developing multidisciplinary project controls professionals

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Environmental Science or similar

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Disability
• Life
• Retirement savings

About the Company

• WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms.
• Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals.
• WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets.
• With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
• WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs.

Equal Opportunity

• WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.