Provide hands-on project financial control for engineering projects: plan and monitor schedules, budgets, and costs; track committed vs. actuals; analyze variances; produce cost and schedule reports; support corrective and recovery planning.
Project Controller
(Hybrid)
What We're Looking For:
Michael Baker International is seeking a Project Controller to provide hands-on support to our projects.
What You'll Do:
- Assist with project planning, development and monitoring of schedules, budgets/costs, status reports, and progress using project management software
- Track committed and actuals, reconciling actuals with estimated cost, developing cost forecast, analyzing variations against baselines
- Investigate cost inconsistencies and booked charges as required
- Develop reports on cost and schedule variances against baselines
- Assist project managers in developing and reviewing costs, schedule and budget corrective action and recovery plans
- Establish and maintain project progress measurement systems for assigned projects
What You'll Need to Succeed:
- 10 + years of related financial experience
- Background in the engineering field
Compensation:
The approximate compensation range for this position $110,000 - $130,000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.
Why Choose Us:
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability
- Professional and personal development
- Generous paid time off
- Commuter and wellness benefits
Based in Pittsburgh and with over 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.
We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.
We Make a Difference.
Michael Baker International is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, familial status, pregnancy or childbirth, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, status with regard to public assistance, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or any other legally protected status.
EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.
*It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
*There is no current application deadline. Michael Baker will continue to accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or no longer needed.
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