Hybrid Project Controls and Scheduling Manager

at Accenture

• Job title: Project Controls and Scheduling Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $140,000 - $200,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Irvine, United States

About the role

• Project Controls and Scheduling Manager at Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects. Leading development and maintenance of detailed project schedules for public infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• You’ll develop, review, and maintain detailed CPM schedules (Primavera P6 and/or MS Project) for multiple concurrent projects
• You’ll Perform schedule logic reviews, critical path analysis, and schedule risk assessments
• You’ll Support baseline schedule development, updates, and recovery schedules and review contractor schedules for compliance, logic integrity, and constructability and provide schedule impact analysis related to changes, delays, and claims
• You’ll Support project cost tracking, forecasting, and earned value analysis (as applicable) and assist PMs with progress measurement, cash flow projections, and performance metrics
• You’ll Develop and standardize dashboards and executive-level reporting across projects
• You’ll Support change management, trend logs, and variance analysis
• You’ll Act as an “on-call” project controls resource across multiple projects and programs
• You’ll Step in to support projects experiencing schedule, cost, or reporting challenges and help establish consistent project controls standards, templates, and best practices
• You’ll Interface with clients, contractors, and subconsultants on scheduling and controls topics and mentor junior schedulers or project controls staff as needed
• You’ll Support client meetings, progress reviews, and executive briefings and partner with PMs to proactively identify risks and mitigation strategies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• 8–12+ years of experience in project controls with a strong emphasis on scheduling
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Primavera P6 (required); MS Project experience preferred
• Minimum 8 years of experience with CPM scheduling, critical path, and schedule risk
• Minimum 8 years of experience on public-sector infrastructure or capital projects (transportation, municipal, utilities, vertical, or similar) and supporting multiple projects concurrently

Benefits

• Flexible