Project Controls (00589)

Project Controls

PMA Consultants is seeking an experienced Project Controls professional to support complex engineering and construction projects. Key responsibilities include:

• Create and manage project budgets, analyze bids, develop cost forecasts, monitor financial performance, and maintain project controls systems.
• Advise project teams and planning departments on critical project milestones, participate in project risk assessments, ensure schedules accurately reflect project risks and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations that improve project performance.
• Mentor junior project controls professionals while collaborating with clients, project teams, and senior leadership to ensure successful project delivery.

Organizational Responsibilities

Lead and support project cost management and project controls activities on complex engineering and construction projects. Duties include:

• Develop detailed cost estimates, baseline budgets, and cost forecasting models.
• Create, maintain, and analyze project schedules using Oracle Primavera P6.
• Update and maintain project budgets, schedules, cash flow forecasts, and financial reports.
• Perform cost forecasting, budget management, controls, reporting, and change management for a portfolio of projects.
• Analyze project performance, cost variances, and schedule impacts while identifying root causes and corrective actions.
• Prepare and review contractor change orders involving cost and schedule impacts.
• Maintain project controls databases and perform audits to ensure data accuracy.
• Advise planning teams on project approval dates and milestone compliance.
• Participate in project risk assessments and ensure schedules appropriately reflect project risks and opportunities.
• Assist senior leadership with project controls analysis, reporting, and special initiatives.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

Prepare and lead project cost and schedule review meetings with internal and external stakeholders. Duties include:

• Develop dashboards, executive reports, and financial analyses that support project decision-making.
• Present project status, forecasts, and financial impacts to technical and executive audiences.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, contractors, clients, and other departments to gather schedule and cost information.

Leadership

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior project controls staff. Duties include:

• Promote project controls best practices across the organization.
• Identify opportunities to improve project controls processes, reporting, and forecasting methodologies.
• Represent PMA professionally in all client and internal interactions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• 10-15 years of experience in project controls, cost engineering, scheduling, and construction project management.
• Extensive hands-on experience preparing and analyzing construction schedules.
• Expert-level experience with Oracle Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced knowledge of: Schedule management, Cost control, Budget development, Cost forecasting, Financial analysis, Earned Value concepts.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and reviewing contractor change orders involving both cost and schedule impacts.
• Experience managing project budgets, cash flow forecasts, and Estimate at Completion (EAC) reporting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and project controls reporting tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to lead meetings and communicate effectively with clients and executive leadership.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating in a fast-paced project environment.

About PMA

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. We are committed to a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion and offer a combination of workplace options that include a PMA office location; work-from-home; or a client site.