Project Controls Lead - Multi-Prime Infrastructure & Site Integration

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

The Project Controls Lead – Multi-Prime Infrastructure & Site Integration plays a critical role in supporting integrated project controls execution across large-scale capital projects and mega-project programs with complex multi-prime contractor environments. This role is responsible for coordinating project controls activities related to infrastructure, site development, utilities, logistics, schedule integration, cost tracking, forecasting, and contractor performance management across concurrent workstreams.

Working closely with project leadership, contractors, schedulers, cost teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, this position supports the consolidation and validation of project controls data across multiple contractors and delivery teams to ensure consistency in reporting, forecasting, schedule alignment, and performance measurement. The role is heavily focused on interface management, schedule coordination, progress tracking, and integration of disparate project controls systems and reporting structures.

The ideal candidate possesses strong experience supporting industrial, infrastructure, semiconductor, energy, or EPC mega-project environments, with expertise in project controls, contractor coordination, schedule integration, forecasting, and multi-prime project delivery.

Note: This opportunity is available at multiple levels. Final placement will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, skills, and alignment with business needs. We are committed to providing fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

Organizational Responsibilities

Project Controls & Multi-Prime Integration

• Support and lead integrated project controls activities across complex multi-prime contractor and infrastructure project environments.
• Coordinate project controls efforts related to site development, infrastructure, utilities, logistics, and concurrent construction workstreams.
• Develop, maintain, and validate integrated schedules, forecasts, cost reports, and project controls data across multiple contractors and project teams.
• Ensure contractor schedules, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), progress measurement systems, and reporting structures align with established project controls standards and baseline requirements.
• Review and analyze contractor schedule updates, resource loading, progress reporting, and forecasting information to identify risks, delays, interface impacts, and corrective actions.
• Monitor contractor performance, schedule interfaces, and physical handoffs between work packages to identify potential spatial clashes, sequencing conflicts, and schedule impacts.
• Consolidate and standardize project controls data from multiple contractor systems into unified reporting and forecasting structures.
• Support forecasting, trend analysis, Estimate at Completion (EAC) reporting, cash flow analysis, and project performance evaluations.
• Perform schedule integration reviews, what-if scenario analysis, and project controls audits to support proactive decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Review contractor change orders, schedule impacts, and cost adjustments related to infrastructure and site support scopes.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate coordination meetings with project teams, contractors, consultants, and stakeholders to support alignment across schedules, interfaces, reporting requirements, and project controls processes.
• Prepare project controls reports, dashboards, and executive summaries related to schedule performance, forecasting, contractor coordination, and project status.
• Communicate complex project controls data, risks, and performance trends clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support collaboration across scheduling, cost controls, construction management, procurement, and project delivery teams.

Leadership & Operational Support

• Provide mentorship and support to junior project controls personnel and project teams.
• Promote project controls best practices, reporting consistency, and continuous improvement initiatives across multi-disciplinary project environments.
• Support implementation and optimization of project controls systems, reporting tools, and governance processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Controls, or a related technical field required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in project controls, scheduling, cost controls, infrastructure coordination, or related functions supporting large-scale capital projects.
• Experience supporting semiconductor, industrial, infrastructure, energy, oil & gas, EPC, or mega-project environments strongly preferred.
• Strong experience supporting multi-prime contractor environments, infrastructure/site development projects, and integrated project delivery.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, project controls systems, forecasting tools, reporting platforms, and advanced Excel.
• Experience supporting schedule integration, forecasting, contractor coordination, cost tracking, and performance reporting across multiple project teams and contractors.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to support coordination across complex matrix organizations.
• Experience with project management and document control systems such as Procore, Aconex, or similar platforms preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in fast-paced project environments while supporting multiple concurrent priorities.

The salary range for this position is $131,853 to $154,927.

A hired employee will be placed within this salary range based on a variety of legitimate business reasons, including but not limited to the individual’s scope of relevant experience and geographic location.

Location and Commitments

• Overtime work may be required occasionally to ensure certain deliverables are completed on time.
• Weekend work is rare but occasionally may be necessary.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please note that physical requirements may vary based on client needs.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office environment including the use of stairs.
• Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen.
• Must communicate frequently with other departments and employees both verbally and in writing.
• May need to lift and carry up to 15 pounds and/or position the body to reach items on the floor/below knee level or overhead.

About PMA

At PMA, employee well-being is a daily priority. We offer a combination of workplace options that include a PMA office location; work-from-home; or a client site. Wherever we work, we openly share knowledge as we believe that collaboration with peers improves our work product and that pursuing subject matter expertise is a lifelong endeavor.

 

We are committed to a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion. We affirm and respect diverse backgrounds and opinions because we believe they yield the best solutions for our clients. We promote emotional intelligence and trust by nurturing these values within our new hires.

 

We encourage staff to develop rewarding, long-term careers at PMA, and we implement formal leadership development programs that help you attain your goals. At PMA, shared success is a core value. Every employee who contributes is recognized, celebrated, and rewarded. We look for self-driven candidates eager to assume responsibility and join a community of respect founded on collaboration and accountability, not titles. If you aim to transform the project management practice toward continuous improvement of project outcomes, the profession, and yourself, PMA looks forward to warmly welcoming you to our team.

 

We offer competitive pay and benefits, wellness programs for you and your family, and career development opportunities to advance your professional goals.

 

As a PMA professional, you will be empowered to make timely and effective decisions and significant daily contributions to complex facets of project delivery. Join a team that has achieved a world-class reputation in the construction industry and has been voted a “Best Place to Work.” 

 

PMA offers competitive wages and comprehensive benefits, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, time off with pay, 401(k) with company match, life, disability, and professional development reimbursement for qualifying employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), disability, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. Qualified female and minority applicants are encouraged to apply.

 

EOE, including persons with disabilities and veterans.

 

VEVRAA federal contractor.