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Project Controls Manager

TYLin

Washington, DCFull-time$154–230K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$154–230K/yr
Location
Washington, DC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

PMI, PSP, Or CCP CertificationBachelor's degree

Job overview

TYLin seeks a Project Controls Manager to support rail and transit projects by leading cost, schedule, and resource management. The role oversees project controls across capital project lifecycle phases, including estimating, budgeting, scheduling, and performance monitoring. The manager collaborates with project personnel, clients, and consultants, and uses Primavera P6 for schedule planning and review.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cost EstimatingBudgetingCost ManagementSchedulingConfiguration ManagementProject ReportingScheduling ProcessesPrimavera P6Oral CommunicationWritten CommunicationMS OfficeClient FocusCollaboration

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or Related Field10+ Years Project Controls Experience5+ Years Project Controls Management ExperiencePMI, PSP, or CCP Certification

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

US | DC | Washington - 1053 31st Street Northwest

Full time

6649

TYLin is a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructible designs for the global infrastructure market. With over 3,000 employees throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe, the firm provides support on projects of varying size and complexity. Together, we enhance conventional designs with smarter, more resilient systems. We provide people with better mobility. We steward precious resources by finding more sustainable solutions.

Job Summary

Join TYLin as a Project Controls Manager and help deliver transformative rail and transit projects. You’ll lead cost, schedule, and resource management while collaborating with a diverse team to ensure projects meet the highest standards. At TYLin, you’ll find opportunities for growth, technical excellence, and work that makes a lasting impact on communities.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Responsibilities:

  • Manages project control activities and resources in engineering through all capital project lifecycle phases on client capital projects.

  • Oversees all cost estimating, budgeting, cost management and control, scheduling, configuration management, and management information system and reporting activities within a rail or transit project/program.

  • Establishes, maintains, implements, and audits cost and schedule management activities for projects to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and plans.

  • Reviews, analyzes, and interprets project design budgets, schedules, and costs to ensure conformance with authorized scope, time, and financial requirements.

  • Reviews, analyzes, and monitors actual project performance related to cost and schedule management activities.

  • Participate in logistical and delivery and work force planning with project personnel, and incorporate into a CPM schedule using Primavera P6 Software.

  • Review and provide comment on contractor prepared baseline, update and recovery schedules using Primavera P6 Software.

  • Attend project progress and schedule meetings.

  • Accurately track contractor work progress related to schedule.

  • Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all project stages.

  • Identify improvements for schedule procedures, templates and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager

Qualifications:

  • BS in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field.

  • 10-15 years of project controls experience.

  • 5+ years of project controls management experience.

  • Understanding of scheduling processes preferred

  • Familiarity with and knowledge of Primavera P6 preferred.

  • Certifications with PMI, PSP, or CCP.

  • Strong oral and written communication skills required.

  • Proficiency with MS Office programs required.

  • Client focused, always striving to give clients the best solutions.

  • Demonstrated experience of collaboration in a diverse and inclusive team, working together toward technical excellence.

Additional Information

TYLin is committed to pay equity. As part of that commitment, we have provided the base compensation range of $153,600- $230,400 annually for this position and local market. We recognize that each candidate brings a unique set of skills, experience, education and competencies to the table that will be reflected in our offer. TYLin is proud to offer exciting career development opportunities.

TYLin offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Our benefits may include extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage, continuing education benefits, paid time off, employee assistance program and a retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.

We encourage all candidates to explore our total rewards offering.

Collaboration, mission-driven focus, discipline, and leadership skills developed through military service benefit us all. Whether you are a Veteran, Guardsman or Reservist, a Military Spouse or you are planning to transition to civilian life in the near future, we welcome and value your application.

TYLin is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, provincial, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The company and its employees are required to comply with all local health authority, legal or lawful client requirements.

Our Global Infrastructure team, including TYLin (http://www.tylin.com/) , Introba (http://www.introba.com/) , Landrum & Brown (http://landrumbrown.com/en/) form the Infrastructure division of Sidara (http://www.dargroup.com/) .

Sidara is a leading, privately-owned professional services group with a diverse history and a global presence.

Sidara world-class planning, design, engineering, and project management firms are dedicated to achieving our clients’ ambitions and supporting sustainable communities worldwide.

The Global Infrastructure division is comprised of 5,000 people operating in 21 countries.

How this job compares

Set against the 14,799 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$154–230K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$104–186K/yr138 salary ranges
  • US median$102–166K/yr9,626 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $192K, is 30% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($148K) — in the top quarter of Project Management salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 175 open Project Management jobs in Washington, D.C. and 14,799 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 11,861 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,644 of the 14,799 open Project Management jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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