Project Controls Specialist

Location: Columbus, OH • Contract: 12 months • Start: June 18, 2026 • Pay Rate: $53.00–$75.00/hour (USD) • Travel every other month to Akron, OH

About the role

The Project Controls Specialist will lead project controls processes with the internal project management team to execute project deliverables within budget and schedule.

Responsibilities

• Ensure project set-up in the Enterprise Planning & Controls software
• Analyze data, review logs, and run reports in the Enterprise Planning & Controls software or other tools
• Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Develop, implement, and maintain effective scheduling reports, cost reports, cash flows, and forecasts for multiple projects
• Follow project execution plans
• Responsible for engineering, procurement, and construction planning, scheduling, logistics, and cost control
• Serve as a point of contact for technical questions from the project team
• Approve Purchase Orders and/or Subcontracts for proper coding
• Input and document changes to cost reports or forecasts
• Interface with the Project Management Team and Accounting Department to review project costs and contingency costs and support external audits
• Review upstream (prime contract) and downstream (purchase order & subcontract) change orders
• Develop and present cash flow reports
• Develop various levels of schedules
• Apply and review the entry of logic ties within the schedules
• Monitor resource loading of a schedule
• Support Interactive Project Planning Meetings (IPPM)
• Create various schedule reports and determine appropriate reporting format
• Develop, review, and analyze pre-programmed project scheduling reports and back-up documentation for accuracy
• Consult with the project team on schedule progress
• Analyze and evaluate schedule management involving the critical path method of scheduling techniques, estimating, project cost management, and forecasting
• Perform schedule what-if scenarios
• Develop and maintain an earned value management system
• Input and validate progress measurement
• Develop and maintain progress curves
• Perform material takeoffs
• Perform quality checks and inspections on project controls deliverables
• Perform field audits to validate accuracy of reporting and processes
• Assist with Project Forensic Analysis
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Comply with all policies and standards

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related field and 3 years of direct project controls experience (applicable experience may substitute for the degree)
• OSHA 10-hour safety certification (ability to obtain)
• 3 years of direct project controls experience (scheduling experience is of particular priority)
• Experience in both cost control and scheduling preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 (preferred)
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.; sponsorship is not available at this time

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

Infrastructure engineering firm designing and building essential city infrastructure since 1898.