The Project Controls Specialist plays a key role in the successful planning and execution of capital improvement projects by developing and maintaining detailed project schedules and advanced cost controls. This position is responsible for and supports budgeting and forecasting, performing cost and schedule analyses, and preparing reports to guide decision-making. This is a senior-level role requiring a strong grasp of cost and schedule integration, and independent execution of moderately complex tasks and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Organizational Responsibilities
- Responsible for overall project and program cost performance analysis and reporting.
- Develops and implements cost control procedures, documents, and tools to support and enhance project budget management.
- Reviews and apply contract documents to define cost obligations and align deliverables.
- Prepares and maintains summary and detailed cost estimates, incorporating early, late, and planned cost calculations.
- Performs cost analysis to identify trends and deviations, including cost underruns and overruns.
- Incorporates progress data into cost updates and develops corrective recommendations.
- Apply target estimates and pinpoints drivers of project cost variances.
- Supports development of what-if analyses to assess cost impacts.
- Develops and maintains CPM logic based, and quantity-loaded schedules and time/cost phased plans used to manage workflow across the project life cycle, using Primavera P6, company standard project templates, and input from the Project Management Team.
- Update, analyze and maintain integrated project schedules for the entire program.
- Continuously analyze projects throughout the project life cycle by identifying and documenting schedule risks, changes, and mitigation strategies, including drivers of schedule variances and recommend mitigation actions.
- Develop and maintain schedule status reports, metrics, dashboards, and executive summaries used to evaluate and measure schedule, project, and program performance for internal and client audiences.
- Assist in conducting what-if scenarios and time impact analyses (TIA) to support schedule risk evaluation and decision-making.
- Understands scheduling fundamentals, including sequencing, activity duration estimation, baseline management, and earned value.
- Supports multi-project scheduling and reporting with minimal oversight.
- Develop and maintain insightful and well-structured cost and schedule status reports, metrics, dashboards, and executive summaries used to evaluate and measure schedule, project, and program performance for internal and external stakeholders.
- Summarizes cost status, key themes, and performance insights in clear, digestible formats.
- Effectively engages stakeholders to gather required information, even when met with resistance.
- Supports project managers, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure adherence to budgets and timelines.
- Demonstrates a solid understanding of PMA’s products, services, clients, and projects.
- Participates in client engagements and program assignments across industries.
- Identifies and participates in process improvement and contributes to the development and maintenance of scheduling and project controls process guides.
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of cost and scheduling tools.
- Pursues growth in domain knowledge and shares expertise across teams.
- Exhibits initiative, logical analysis, and decision-making in solving problems and making recommendations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related quantitative or technical field.
- 5+ years of project controls and scheduling experience.
- Proficient in Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel.
- Strong understanding of CPM logic theory, quantity-loading and schedule project development fundamentals.
- Familiarity with project lifecycle phases and construction methodologies.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a larger team effort.
- Experience with schedule analysis, reporting, and stakeholder collaboration.
$107,529 - $126,347 a yearThe salary range for this position is $107,529 to $126,347. A hired employee will be placed within this salary range based on a variety of legitimate business reasons, including but not limited to the individual’s scope of relevant experience and geographic location.
Location and Commitments
· Overtime work may be required occasionally to ensure certain deliverables are completed on time.· Weekend work is rare but occasionally may be necessary.
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions
An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please note that physical requirements may vary based on client needs. · Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. · The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office environment including the use of stairs. · Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen. · Must communicate frequently with other departments and employees both verbally and in writing. · May need to lift and carry up to 15 pounds and/or position the body to reach items on the floor/below knee level or overhead.
Additional Requirements
Physical: Standing or sitting for long periods; must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times and spend extended hours in front of a computer screen.Cognitive: Problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills; computer and software skills; and ability to read and interpret text online or in printed form.
About PMA
At PMA, employee well-being is a daily priority. We offer a combination of workplace options that include a PMA office location; work-from-home; or a client site. Wherever we work, we openly share knowledge as we believe that collaboration with peers improves our work product and that pursuing subject matter expertise is a lifelong endeavor. We are committed to a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion. We affirm and respect diverse backgrounds and opinions because we believe they yield the best solutions for our clients.
We promote emotional intelligence and trust by nurturing these values within our new hires. We encourage staff to develop rewarding, long-term careers at PMA, and we implement formal leadership development programs that help you attain your goals. At PMA, shared success is a core value. Every employee who contributes is recognized, celebrated, and rewarded. We look for self-driven candidates eager to assume responsibility and join a community of respect founded on collaboration and accountability, not titles.
If you aim to transform the project management practice toward continuous improvement of project outcomes, the profession, and yourself, PMA looks forward to warmly welcoming you to our team. We offer competitive pay and benefits, wellness programs for you and your family, and career development opportunities to advance your professional goals. As a PMA professional, you will be empowered to make timely and effective decisions and significant daily contributions to complex facets of project delivery.
Join a team that has achieved a world-class reputation in the construction industry and has been voted a “Best Place to Work.” PMA offers competitive wages and comprehensive benefits, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, time off with pay, 401(k) with company match, life, disability, and professional development reimbursement for qualifying employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), disability, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
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