Project Control Specialist

About the Company

Central Environmental, Inc. (CEI) is an SBA-certified Small Disadvantaged Business. Since its founding in 1984, CEI has expanded into a full-service construction and environmental remediation provider with operations in Anchorage (AK), Colorado Springs (CO), Fairbanks (AK), and Las Vegas (NV), and projects spanning the U.S. and globally. We specialize in general contracting, civil site work, underground utilities installation, environmental and demolition services.

About the Role

Location: Anchorage, AK

The Project Controls Specialist supports cross-functional workflows throughout the project lifecycle, with primary responsibility for payroll, timekeeping, labor compliance, project controls, and related system processes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor payroll, timekeeping, labor-cost, and certified payroll workflows to support accurate and timely processing.
• Review payroll and labor exceptions, coordinate corrections across departments, and track issues through resolution.
• Validate and reconcile data between HeavyJob, payroll platforms, Costpoint, certified payroll systems, and related applications.
• Verify labor classifications, pay types, labor groups, labor locations, project assignments, wage determinations, and project labor categories are aligned across systems.
• Support time entry, payroll corrections, reclassifications, file uploads, certified payroll submissions, and related transactions as needed.
• Maintain system mappings, process controls, validation checks, reconciliations, workflow documentation, and exception logs.
• Monitor automated processes, reports, interfaces, and file transfers, and assist with testing system updates and workflow changes.
• Coordinate key monthly and project-related activities, including AP, AR, equipment billing, project setup, EAC uploads, and recurring reporting.
• Serve as a liaison among Operations, Payroll, Human Resources, Project Accounting, Project Controls, Shared Services, Compliance, and external vendors.
• Identify recurring errors, workflow gaps, and control issues; recommend improvements and escalate unresolved risks.
• Provide administrative and systems support based on business priorities, deadlines, and workload.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5 years of relevant experience.

Skills

• Microsoft 365 Software experience: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams (heavy emphasis on higher-level Excel functionality).
• Strong analytical, data-management, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to coordinate across departments without direct authority.
• Preferred experience with project-management, timekeeping, payroll, ERP, or certified-payroll systems; HeavyJob and Costpoint experience is beneficial.

Work Environment

• Office or remote work environment as needed by the business.
• May have short-term exposure to industrial construction activities and remote construction environments.
• Ability to travel to remote construction locations and traverse construction environments.
• General schedule in office is Monday – Friday, minimum 40 hours per week.
• Unorthodox hours due to project activities; may see significant spikes in activities and hours related to seasonal construction and month-end closing processes.

Other Details

• Must be self-directed, detail-oriented, and deadline-driven.
• Ability to create and document new processes and teach newly created processes.
• As a condition of employment, you will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening and have acceptable background check results.
• If applicable to the contract, you must obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance levels required and must also be able to obtain access to military installations.
• Shareholder Preference: BSNC gives hiring, promotion, training, and retention preference to BSNC shareholders, shareholder descendants, and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job.