At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.
Job Description:
Parsons is a leader in engineering, technical services, and project management, delivering innovative solutions to complex challenges. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment that values diversity, excellence, and innovation.
We are seeking a Project Controls Specialist with a strong focus on Cost & Scheduling Management to join our dynamic team. This role requires expertise in project controls, cost forecasting, contract management, and invoice review. The ideal candidate will have excellent analytical skills, proficiency in Excel, and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple lines of business. This position offers a hybrid work environment with occasional on-site meetings. We are supporting several locations throughout Northern and Central California.
Role Overview
- Develop, update, and maintain detailed project schedules (primarily in Primavera P6).
- Establish and track cost control baselines and budgets for multi-phase projects.
- Perform earned value analysis, variance analysis, and forecasting for schedule and cost.
- Prepare regular progress reports and dashboards for internal leadership and client stakeholders.
- Collaborate with project managers, discipline leads, and finance teams to ensure alignment of scope, schedule, and budget.
- Assist with risk identification, mitigation planning, and what-if schedule/cost analyses.
- Support change management, including evaluation of change orders and impacts to schedule and cost.
- Contribute to claims support and time-impact analyses as needed.
Qualifications
- Extensive hands-on experience in project controls with a strong focus on scheduling and cost management for large, complex engineering or construction programs.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6; experience with additional project controls and cost management tools is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate schedule and cost data for comprehensive project performance tracking.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; able to present complex data clearly.
- Experience on infrastructure, transportation, water/wastewater, or other capital projects preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, finance, or a related field preferred (or equivalent relevant experience).
- Ability to travel to and support various project and client locations throughout Northern and Central California.
- Comfortable working with geographically dispersed teams and in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Construction Management or related field (or equivalent work experience) and typically 5+ years of related work experience.
Security Clearance Requirement:
NoneThis position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!Salary Range: $74,800.00 - $130,900.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Extensive hands-on experience in project controls with strong focus on scheduling and cost management for large, complex engineering or construction programs.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate schedule and cost data for comprehensive project performance tracking.
- Experience performing earned value analysis, variance analysis, and forecasting for schedule and cost.
- Ability to prepare regular progress reports and dashboards and present complex data clearly to stakeholders.
- Experience on infrastructure, transportation, water/wastewater, or other capital projects.
- Experience with additional project controls and cost management tools (beyond Primavera P6).
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, finance, or related field (or equivalent relevant experience) and typically 5+ years related work experience.
- Ability to travel to and support various project and client locations throughout Northern and Central California.
- Comfortable working with geographically dispersed teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parsons Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Parsons Corporation.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
-
Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
Parsons Corporation Insights
What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
