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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 energy projects.
- Establish baseline schedule: durations, critical path, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms.
- Responsible for updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for major programs.
- On monthly basis, review and integrate contractor schedules into the program master schedule.
- Act as the lead to manage scheduling team for the project.
- Organize and chair monthly schedule review meeting with client team.
- Chair bi-weekly schedule update calls with different discipline leads.
- Develop and update project progress monthly.
- Review subcontractor’s schedules and monitor their performance.
- Perform Earned Value analysis reports.
- Schedule Change Management.
- 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.
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.
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 energy projects.
- Establish baseline schedule: durations, critical path, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms.
- Responsible for updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for major programs.
- On monthly basis, review and integrate contractor schedules into the program master schedule.
- Act as the lead to manage scheduling team for the project.
- Organize and chair monthly schedule review meeting with client team.
- Chair bi-weekly schedule update calls with different discipline leads.
- Develop and update project progress monthly.
- Review subcontractor’s schedules and monitor their performance.
- Perform Earned Value analysis reports.
- Schedule Change Management.
- 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.
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.
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Align your credentials to WSP's project delivery model
WSP structures Project Specialist roles around specific practice areas like transportation, environment, or buildings. Tailor your resume to the vertical you're targeting, showing technical deliverables and client project experience rather than general coordination skills.
Target WSP's regional offices with open requisitions
WSP's sponsorship activity is distributed across its U.S. offices, not centralized. Focus your applications on regions with active Project Specialist postings, since hiring managers in those offices are already budgeted and authorized to sponsor.
Identify which visa category fits your background
WSP sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN, F-1 OPT, and Green Card pathways for Project Specialists. Your nationality and degree field determine which route applies. Clarify your category before interviews so you can speak to the process confidently when sponsorship comes up.
Time your OPT application to align with offer timing
If you're on F-1 status, USCIS recommends filing your OPT EAD at least 90 days before your program end date. Coordinating your WSP offer timeline with your OPT window avoids a gap between graduation and your start date.
Use Migrate Mate to filter live WSP Project Specialist roles
Filtering by visa type and employer is the fastest way to find positions where sponsorship is confirmed. Migrate Mate lets you browse open Project Specialist roles at WSP specifically, filtered by the visa categories the company actively files.
Ask about LCA filing during the offer stage
Before your H-1B or E-3 petition can be filed, WSP's HR team must submit a Labor Condition Application to DOL certifying your offered wage meets prevailing wage standards. Asking about this step early confirms the internal process is moving and helps you set a realistic start date.
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Find Project Specialist at WSP JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does WSP sponsor H-1B visas for Project Specialists?
Yes, WSP sponsors H-1B visas for Project Specialist roles. The process requires your employer to file a Labor Condition Application with DOL and then submit an H-1B petition to USCIS on your behalf. For cap-subject H-1B cases, sponsorship needs to be confirmed well before the April lottery registration window opens.
How do I apply for Project Specialist jobs at WSP?
Applications go through WSP's careers portal, where roles are listed by practice area and location. Migrate Mate also aggregates WSP's open Project Specialist positions and lets you filter by visa type so you can identify roles where sponsorship is actively supported. Tailor your application to the specific infrastructure or consulting discipline the posting references.
Which visa types does WSP commonly use for Project Specialist roles?
WSP files across several nonimmigrant and immigrant categories for this function, including H-1B, E-3 for Australian citizens, TN for Canadian and Mexican nationals, and F-1 OPT and CPT for students. For longer-term pathways, WSP also supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card sponsorship, which typically involves PERM labor certification through DOL.
What qualifications does WSP look for in Project Specialist candidates?
WSP typically hires Project Specialists with a bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, planning, or a related technical field, depending on the practice area. Relevant project coordination experience, familiarity with consulting workflows, and demonstrated ability to manage deliverables and client relationships are consistently emphasized across postings in this role family.
How do I understand the visa sponsorship timeline for a WSP Project Specialist offer?
Timeline depends on your visa category. E-3 and TN cases can move within weeks of an offer. H-1B cap-subject cases follow USCIS's annual lottery cycle, with a target start date of October 1. OPT extensions bridge the gap for F-1 candidates while an H-1B petition is pending. Aligning your expected start date to these windows early avoids delays.
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