Lead Project Controls Specialist - 90396684 - Berlin

Lead Project Controls Specialist - Berlin

Date: Jun 10, 2026 Location: Berlin, CT, US, 06037 Company: Amtrak Your success is a train ride away! As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees. Are you ready to join our team? Our values of 'Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First' are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, 'Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security' are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

Job Summary

Play a pivotal role in the success of the Northeast Bridge Team portfolio on mega projects including the Connecticut River Bridge, Livingston Avenue Bridge, Pelham Bay Bridge, as well as other future projects. Individuals in this role will develop project schedules, dashboards, cost, and resource performance reports, to enable efficient and effective project delivery. This individual is responsible for using existing enterprise tools, systems, and work processes to drive effective planning and control within an integrated project scheduling system for a specific project. The successful candidate will help support the execution of challenging, signature bridge projects through both design and construction. This candidate shall deliver safe, on-time, cost-effective and high-quality projects for Amtrak.

Essential Functions

• Integrate cost and schedule data as well as information for vendors and external entities to facilitate risk, schedule, and budget performance reporting.
• Develop reporting mechanisms, dashboards and presentations about project performance indicators and feed this data to ensure a cohesive picture of the Project/program and/or portfolio.
• Work with the Project/Program team through risk, issue, and opportunity management. Maintain master Project/Program risk register.
• Perform monthly analysis and reporting of cost performance, providing detailed analysis to project team to improve project performance and forecasting as well as to Capital Finance team to support corporate reporting and grants management.
• Develop "bottom-up" forecasts quarterly to evaluate performance against Total Life of Project Cost and Schedule and other estimates as required to support evaluation of new scope or potential changes.
• Review and vet invoices, receive them into Amtrak's Ariba-on-Demand system and develop monthly accruals. Communicate with Finance on journal entries and corrections.
• Assist in development of annual operating plan, including working closely with project managers to estimate costs for upcoming fiscal year as well as out years. Work with Capital Finance to refine plan as necessary.
• Oversee administration of department budget, including managing off cycle reprogramming requests for new or adjusted funding on projects and preparation and/or approval of purchase requisitions.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. Plus 6 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. Plus 8 years of relevant work experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Must have excellent oral and written communication skills

The salary/hourly range is $94,300.00 $122,256.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee's assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee's base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation.

In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges.

Requisition ID: 165939 Work Arrangement: 06-Onsite 4/5 Days Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak. Relocation Offered: No Travel Requirements: Up to 25%