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WSP is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls team. This role can be based in either St. Louis, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, or Fort Mill. This is a hybrid role.
Your Impact
Job Duties:
- Responsible for schedule management to support Power and Energy projects.
- Establish baseline schedule: durations, critical path, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms.
- Responsible for resource and cost loading of the schedule.
- Responsible for updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for major programs.
- Review and integrate contractor schedules into the program master schedule.
- Organize and facilitate monthly schedule review meeting with client team.
- Facilitate bi-weekly schedule update calls with different discipline leads.
- Develop and update project progress monthly.
- Review subcontractor’s schedules and monitor their performance.
- Manage Schedule Changes.
- Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to determine the extent of the impacts of potential delays and provide recommendations for schedule recovery.
- Assess and provide recommendations to resolve scope changes or delays to the Project Team and Executive Management.
Who You Are
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience in developing and managing project schedules.
- Civil infrastructure or energy/transmission distribution market experience.
- Experience supporting large mega projects.
- Experienced with critical path method analysis/technique with Primavera.
- Project financial forecasting skills.
- Change Order and Extension of Time analysis.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams.
- Experience working within large and challenging client programs with one or more project teams.
- Effective reporting and communication skills.
- Experience in preparing project reports and documentation.
- Building construction and or project management experience.
- Team player and strong communication skills.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $103,500-$150,200
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls team. This role can be based in either St. Louis, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, or Fort Mill. This is a hybrid role.
Your Impact
Job Duties:
- Responsible for schedule management to support Power and Energy projects.
- Establish baseline schedule: durations, critical path, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms.
- Responsible for resource and cost loading of the schedule.
- Responsible for updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for major programs.
- Review and integrate contractor schedules into the program master schedule.
- Organize and facilitate monthly schedule review meeting with client team.
- Facilitate bi-weekly schedule update calls with different discipline leads.
- Develop and update project progress monthly.
- Review subcontractor’s schedules and monitor their performance.
- Manage Schedule Changes.
- Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to determine the extent of the impacts of potential delays and provide recommendations for schedule recovery.
- Assess and provide recommendations to resolve scope changes or delays to the Project Team and Executive Management.
Who You Are
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience in developing and managing project schedules.
- Civil infrastructure or energy/transmission distribution market experience.
- Experience supporting large mega projects.
- Experienced with critical path method analysis/technique with Primavera.
- Project financial forecasting skills.
- Change Order and Extension of Time analysis.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams.
- Experience working within large and challenging client programs with one or more project teams.
- Effective reporting and communication skills.
- Experience in preparing project reports and documentation.
- Building construction and or project management experience.
- Team player and strong communication skills.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $103,500-$150,200
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding WSP H-1B Jobs
Target WSP's core technical disciplines
WSP's H-1B sponsorship is concentrated in engineering, environmental consulting, and advisory roles. Focus your applications on positions that align with WSP's project-driven service lines, where demand for specialized technical talent is highest and sponsorship is most common.
Engage with WSP's campus and early-career programs
WSP actively recruits through university partnerships and internship pipelines. Connecting early through F-1 CPT or OPT roles can position you as a known candidate when H-1B sponsorship conversations begin, giving you a significant advantage over external applicants.
Understand WSP's project-based hiring rhythm
Consulting firms like WSP often hire in response to project wins and contract starts. Timing your application to align with WSP's project pipeline, not just open requisitions, increases your chances of landing a role where H-1B sponsorship is already budgeted and expected.
Verify sponsorship history before applying
Not every consulting firm sponsors at the same rate across all roles. Migrate Mate surfaces verified sponsors so you can filter by real sponsorship history, helping you confirm WSP's track record before investing time in a full application.
Prepare your credentials for a specialty occupation case
H-1B approval at WSP, like all consulting employers, depends on demonstrating that your role qualifies as a specialty occupation. Have your degree credentials evaluated and be ready to show how your specific field of study directly relates to the engineering or advisory role offered.
Communicate sponsorship needs early and clearly
WSP's recruiting teams work with immigration counsel on H-1B cases. Raising your visa status clearly in early screening conversations, rather than late in the offer stage, allows WSP's HR and legal teams to plan the petition timeline without surprises.
WSP H-1B Visa Sponsorship: Frequently Asked Questions
Does WSP sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes, WSP sponsors H-1B visas for qualifying roles across its U.S. operations. The company has an established sponsorship program and works with immigration counsel to support international hires in engineering, environmental consulting, and technical advisory positions. Sponsorship is most common for specialized roles where degree-level expertise in a specific field is required.
Which roles and departments at WSP are most likely to receive H-1B sponsorship?
H-1B sponsorship at WSP is most frequently associated with technical and engineering disciplines, including civil, structural, environmental, and geotechnical engineering, as well as advisory and project management roles requiring specialized credentials. Corporate and administrative functions are less commonly sponsored, as those positions are less likely to meet the specialty occupation standard USCIS applies.
How does the H-1B application process work at WSP?
Once WSP extends a job offer to a candidate requiring H-1B sponsorship, their immigration legal team files a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor and then submits the H-1B petition to USCIS. The process requires documentation of the role's specialty occupation status, your qualifying degree, and the prevailing wage. WSP coordinates this process internally, so your role is primarily to supply accurate credential and employment documentation.
How long does the H-1B sponsorship timeline take at WSP?
The standard H-1B timeline runs from initial filing in early April to an October 1 start date for cap-subject petitions, assuming lottery selection. Premium processing can reduce USCIS adjudication to a matter of weeks once a petition is filed. If you're already on OPT or another status, WSP may be able to begin your employment before the H-1B is fully adjudicated through a cap-gap or concurrent filing strategy.
How do I improve my chances of getting H-1B sponsorship at WSP?
Positioning yourself within WSP's core technical service lines gives you the strongest foundation, since those roles carry the clearest specialty occupation arguments. Using Migrate Mate to identify and apply to WSP's verified H-1B-eligible openings helps you focus your effort on roles where sponsorship is a realistic outcome. Engaging WSP's recruiting team early and being transparent about your visa situation from the first conversation also removes friction later in the hiring process.
What is the prevailing wage for H-1B jobs at WSP?
H-1B employers must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is determined when they file the Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor. The rate is based on the role, location, and experience level, and ensures international hires are paid comparably to U.S. workers in the same position. You can look up prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the DOL's OFLC Wage Search tool.