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6 of the Most Popular Types of Project Control Officer Jobs in 2026
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The qualifications that you need to become a project control officer vary from employer to employer. In this career, you need strong project management skills and in-depth technical knowledge. Most employers prefer job applicants with a bachelor’s degree in management, business, or finance. Many companies seek project control officers with a master’s in business administration (MBA) or another relevant graduate degree. Some project control officers have a technical degree in a field such as IT or engineering. You can also obtain professional certification. For example, you could become a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute.
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Top Types Of Project Control Officer Jobs
Project Control Manager
Salary range: $85,000 - $143,500
A project controls manager oversees construction and engineering projects to make sure the team makes progress and meets goals. As a project controls manager, your duties include project planning, scheduling planning meetings and progress check-ins, estimating and monitoring project costs, sticking to a budget, and reviewing project quality compared to the desired objective. Your responsibilities include collaborating with project managers, crew leaders, superintendents, and engineering professionals working on the project. You must also develop or update operating policies for team communication and safety and risk mitigation.
Project Coordinator
Salary range: $46,500 - $69,000
As a project coordinator, you are responsible for ensuring that your project is moving forward smoothly and on time. You may work alongside a project manager, who is in charge of the execution of the project overall; in this case, your job is primarily focused on clear communication and ensuring everyone on the team understands their roles and expectations. You try to foresee issues and communicate them to the project manager as part of your regular updates on the project’s progress.
Remote Project Manager
Salary range: $78,500 - $123,000
Remote project managers coordinate tasks to complete a plan of action for their employer. Working on a team, the remote project manager creates plans, delegates responsibilities, supervises employees, and implements the project. As a remote project manager, you may go on-site to oversee the progress of the staff, but most of your planning and administrative work occurs outside of the office. You may work from home or from another location of your choice with Wi-Fi connectivity. Other job duties include creating a timeline and budget; once the project is underway, you monitor each step to ensure the project runs on time and does not overspend.
Project Controls Specialist
Salary range: $75,000 - $106,000
As a project controls specialist, you track employee performance during a project and support all managers involved with this project. In this role, you may report any problems with the project, help ensure the schedule and budget match the objectives of the project, and otherwise ensure operations conform to the plan. This is often an intermediate managerial role that works directly below the primary project manager, but above the employees who are doing most of the actual work on the project. Most project control specialists focus on large, complex projects, and may help with several different projects at the same time.
Remote Project Controls
Salary range: $75,000 - $106,000
Remote Project Controls is a common job search query. Most salaries for Remote Project Controls jobs pay between $75,000 (25th percentile) and $106,000 (75th percentile) annually. There are lots of open positions nationwide for Remote Project Controls job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter.
Project Controls
Salary range: $75,000 - $106,000
Project Controls is a common job search query. Most salaries for Project Controls jobs pay between $75,000 (25th percentile) and $106,000 (75th percentile) annually. Currently, there are not many open positions nationwide for Project Controls job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter. You can take a look at what is available and find similar job searches in this list.