Senior Project Controller

Are you ready to join a company ranked by ENR #1 in Water related consulting services for over 20 years in a row?  Would you get excited about being part of a project and program management team that delivers some of the most complex water infrastructure projects in the world?  Does working with a multi-disciplinary team that plans, designs, and delivers multi-purpose projects for flood risk management, inland navigation, coastal and river restoration interest you?  If so, we want to hear from you now so that you can help us execute the work we have coming in through more than a billion dollars of federal, state, and local awarded contract capacity. 

Tetra Tech’s Water (WTR) group supports government and commercial clients by providing global planning and engineering services that lead with science and engineering innovation, solving some of the world’s most complex water-related issues. We’re looking for a Senior Project Controller to join our team in Seattle and/or Bellevue offices, Washington.

Discover your full potential. At Tetra Tech, we are collaborating with industry-leading experts for a sustainable future for our world. We combine consulting and engineering with advanced analytics and technology to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Our innovation hubs across the globe will enable you to share ideas and best practices while growing your professional network. Wherever you are in your career journey, you will benefit from working with world-class engineers, scientists, and technical specialists.

Apply today and join the company that is Leading with Science®.

Your Role:

As an experienced Project Controller, you will step in quickly to lead and execute the following:

Project Controls/Deputy Project Management

• Project scheduling and critical path network analysis
• Workplan development, progress tracking, and monitoring for financial impacts of deviations from workplan
• Earned value analysis
• Quality assurance/quality control documentation
• Scope change administration
• Risk management (register) profiling and tracking

Proposal and Project Delivery

• Contract review – assist in documenting the contract review process, ensuring that company review procedures are consistently followed
• Proposals – assist in proposal preparation and project management approach write-ups, ensuring corporate financial review procedures are followed and cost modelling is properly executed
• Project/proposal initiation – prepare forms, coordinate management review and Maxx setup by finance team
• Subcontracting – work closely with subcontractors for oversight and management of scope, schedule, and cost manage subcontract preparation, invoice review, insurance certificates, and administer compliance with health and safety prequalification process
• Project invoicing and collections – ensure all costs are invoiced in a timely manner and consistent with contract terms, interface with corporate billers, communicate with clients as needed for collections
• Provide project specific input to quarterly backlog analysis, load-levelling and utilization forecasting
• Other duties as assigned

Team Communication

• Maintains positive working relationships and open lines of communication with Project Managers, Office/Ops Managers, Finance team, technical and administrative staff
• Regularly attend project review meetings, communicate project specific action items, schedule/budget concerns, subcontracting actions, financial red flags, deviations from workplan, etc.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience exceeding expectations in all aspects of project controls and other tasks and deliverables for A/E projects
• Ability to be fully engaged from initial project set-up to project completion
• Experience in working closely with project managers and operational leadership to organize and execute a project management plan, including a work breakdown structure, chart of accounts, cost analysis, cash flow, detailed project schedule (with maintenance protocol), risk register, client progress report protocol, and change management procedures
• Significant experience in all aspects of change management and client facing communications for justification
• Experience with project closeouts and data management/archives
• Effective communication, mentoring and supervisory skills of project administration staff
• Communicates effectively with appropriate software tools project progress and deviations in scope, schedule, and cost
• Willingness to travel locally to regional offices to attend meetings or facilitate/attend training. 
• Experience with Project Wise a plus
• Project management certification a plus

What We Can Offer You:

• Working on industry leading programs and projects that enhance resiliency and sustainability
• Collaborative team atmosphere that values the contributions of all team members
• Excellence and achievement awards and performance bonuses for our highest performers
• Flexibility that allows our employees to balance quality work and their personal lives
• Competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities
• Career growth within the northwest, and opportunities to move around the US to one of our 26 offices within our single profit center business model

The salary range for this position is approximately $150,000 - 200,000 depending on education, qualifications, experience and work location.

Tetra Tech offers comprehensive benefit options that allow employees to design a plan based on individual needs and assists in planning for long-term financial security. Available benefits include health insurance, term life, disability, accidental death & dismemberment coverage, time off with pay (TOWP), 401k, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.