Manager, Project Controls (Planning), Project & Development Services
Richmond, VAJob$149–175K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Manager, Project Controls oversees controls delivery across multiple projects or a defined program, combining technical leadership with team oversight and client-facing accountability. The role manages schedules, resolves complex controls issues, reviews forecasts and reporting, leads client meetings, and mentors senior staff. It also coordinates third-party schedule components into a comprehensive cost plan and contributes to the assigned department’s or practice area’s strategic direction.
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Job Title
Manager, Project Controls (Planning), Project & Development Services
Job Description Summary
Oversees project controls delivery across multiple projects or a defined program. Balances hands-on technical leadership with team oversight and client-facing delivery accountability.
Job Description
Essential Job Duties
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Oversee schedule management across multiple projects.
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Act as escalation point for complex controls issues.
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Provide QA/QC review of forecasts, schedules, and reporting.
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Lead client meetings related to project controls.
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Manage and mentor Senior Project Controls staff.
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Support resourcing and staffing decisions.
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Coordinate and integrate all third-party plans schedule components into a comprehensive cost plan.
Education/Experience/Training
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Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration or related field.
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Master's degree preferred. Certification preferred.
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Ten or more years of related experience with 2 or more years of management experience required.
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Ability to contribute to the strategic direction of the assigned department or assigned practice area.
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Advanced project controls skills.
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Expert in client relations, client management and consulting.
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Highly organized with strong analytical skills.
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Expertise using schedule management software.
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Experience within life sciences or related technical field.
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Must possess exemplary communication skills – both oral and written.
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $ 148,750.00 - $175,000.00
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [email protected] . Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”
How this job compares
Set against the 3,012 open Project Controls jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$149–175K/yr
- Virginia median$95–158K/yr64 salary ranges
- US median$90–154K/yr2,194 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $162K, is 29% above the Virginia median midpoint ($126K) — in the middle half of Project Controls salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 89 open Project Controls jobs in Virginia and 3,012 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- CDM Smith24 open
- Jacobs11 open
- M. C. Dean7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Project Controls postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,796 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 732 of the 3,012 open Project Controls jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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