Sr. Program Controls Engineer
Berkeley Heights, NJFull-time$145–175K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Program Controls Engineer provides technical leadership for engineering and project controls on large-scale public infrastructure and heavy civil construction projects. The role applies civil engineering principles to cost estimating, scheduling, contract administration, reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis, while coordinating multidisciplinary teams. Work takes place at client sites throughout the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, with travel required at least 50% of the time.
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Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
6 years
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's
Compensation
$145,000.00 - $175,000.00 / Yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Job Description
Sr. Program Controls Engineer at Enovate Consulting, LLC (Berkeley Heights, NJ; and New York, NY)
Employment will occur at various client sites throughout the NJ metropolitan area, including NJ & NY, involving short & long-term assignments. Responsible for providing technical leadership for engineering & project controls activities on large-scale public infrastructure & heavy civil construction projects. Applies civil engineering principles to oversee cost estimating, scheduling, contract administration, project controls reporting, forecasting, & project performance analysis. Coordinates w/ multidisciplinary teams to support the planning & delivery of construction projects.
Requires a Bachelor’s degree, in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Construction Engineering, a closely related field or foreign equivalent, plus six (6) years of progressive experience in construction management and project controls including scheduling, engineering, cost tracking systems, project reporting, and estimating.
Must have at least four (4) years of experience in each of the following skill(s):
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Project controls, estimating, scheduling and construction management software (such as Bluebeam, RSMeans, Primavera P6, AutoCAD, or BIM technology software);
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Analyzing and interpreting construction drawings, specifications, survey reports, maps, blueprints, topographic and geologic data, and related design specifications, and plans;
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Working with New York and New Jersey state and local agencies and their contracting and project controls requirements, specifically Port authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC);
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Contract administration, change order, project controls, estimating or construction management on multi-million projects including complex large-scale public infrastructure projects and heavy civil projects such as suspension bridge, highway, transit projects);
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Managing subcontractors and project submittals, including review of project schedules, cost estimates, drawings, specifications, contract documents, and related project documentation; and
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Working on heavy civil, public works, or other public infrastructure construction projects.
Part-time telecommuting is permitted. Travel required at least 50% of the time throughout the NJ and NY metropolitan area.
Wage Range: $145,000 to $175,000. EOE.
CV to [email protected], Ref. MR26
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
MR26
Job Type
Full Time
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How this job compares
Set against the 5,086 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$145–175K/yr
- New Jersey median$91–132K/yr90 salary ranges
- US median$91–143K/yr2,817 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $160K, is 34% above the New Jersey median midpoint ($120K) — in the top quarter of Civil Engineer salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 109 open Civil Engineer jobs in New Jersey and 5,086 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- CDM Smith10 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (4,111 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,874 of the 5,086 open Civil Engineer jobs (76%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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