We're seeking Project Controls Analysts (Cost and Data Visualization) at multiple levels to support large, heavy-civil infrastructure programs. The roles sit at the intersection of project controls and modern data analytics, with responsibilities spanning cost control, financial tracking, and schedule awareness, combined with advanced data structuring and visualization capabilities.
Requirements
- Develop dashboards and reports that support cost, schedule, forecast, progress, change, and performance analysis
- Create reporting solutions for project teams, program leadership, and executive stakeholders
- Support analytics related to: budget versus actuals; forecast trends; cost and schedule variance; cash flow and commitments; change management; portfolio and program performance; risk and exposure indicators
- Monitor actual costs vs. budget and analyze variances across multiple funding sources
- Implement cost control procedures in compliance with federal and state regulations
- Prepare cost reports and documentation required by agencies such as the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and State DOTs
- Collaborate with scheduling, procurement, and engineering teams to align cost data with project milestones
- Support earned value management (EVM) and integrate cost and schedule performance metrics
- Interface with government clients, contractors, and internal teams to ensure transparency and accountability
- Participate in audits, reviews, and funding agency meetings
- Support reporting deliverables across multiple funding and delivery structures, including traditional and alternative methods
- Extract, organize, and validate data from client and internal systems, including PMIS platforms, ERP systems, scheduling systems, and operational/financial source systems
- Support the design and maintenance of data pipelines using SQL, APIs, and Python-based workflows
- Prepare data for reporting through cleansing, transformation, and modeling
- Contribute to scalable data structures that support repeatable reporting and analytics delivery
- Design and build user-friendly dashboards, reports, and visual analytics primarily in Power BI
- Develop views tailored to different audiences, including executive, management, and operational users
- Use wireframes and prototypes to align reporting design with stakeholder needs
- Incorporate best practices in layout, usability, filtering, navigation, and documentation
- Support paginated and presentation-ready reporting where required
- Gather and document business requirements from internal teams and external clients
- Facilitate conversations that clarify reporting goals, success criteria, and data availability
- Present reporting concepts, draft dashboards, and iterative updates for stakeholder review
- Provide clear communication to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Support user adoption through training, reference materials, and report documentation
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting quality, efficiency, and business value
- Recommend more effective ways to structure, visualize, and interpret data
- Support innovative uses of modern analytics, automation, and AI-enabled workflows where appropriate
- Contribute to Luster's evolving internal and client-facing analytics capabilities
Benefits
- Unlimited flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
- 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
- Formal career planning and development program
- $2,500 annually toward professional development
- Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
- Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
- Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
- Free personal financial planning services
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discounts
- Employee referral bonus
