Emerging Project Controls Specialist

CDM Smith; Racine (WI); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking an Entry Project Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls Team. This role supports planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and project performance, collaborating with PMs and teams to ensure schedule adherence and cost control.

The ideal candidate has basic project management knowledge, familiarity with Primavera and EcoSys, and strong communication skills. This is a hybrid role based in Wisconsin, with potential travel as needed.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to federal contract requirements.
• Entry-level knowledge of project management methodology including budget development, project planning, control and assurance methodologies, and finance and accounting concepts and practices.
• Good teamwork and collaboration skills and an ability to work well in fast paced environments requiring daily shifting of priorities.
• Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with varying levels of staff, as well as vendors.
• Entry knowledge of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management tools (Primavera).
• Basic knowledge of Project Performance tools (EcoSys).
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills for interacting with team members and clients.
• Ability to deal with many people, and process a variety of requests as necessary.
• Good computer skills including proficiency in MS Word and Excel; organizational skills to balance and prioritize work.

Responsibilities

• Supports compliance with internal procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Gathers progress information from project managers and teams to update schedules and budgets.
• Develops time-phased project cost and resource forecasts; validates costs; updates requirements.
• Monitors progress of project deliverables and conducts performance reporting using Earned Value Management.
• Documents and assesses impact of changes on cost and schedule baselines.

Skills

US Citizenship

PM basics

Teamwork

Communication

Primavera

EcoSys

Presentation

Multitasking

MS Word/Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Primavera

EcoSys

MS Word/Excel

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking an Entry Project Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls Team. This role supports planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and project performance, collaborating with PMs and teams to ensure schedule adherence and cost control.

The ideal candidate has basic project management knowledge, familiarity with Primavera and EcoSys, and strong communication skills. This is a hybrid role based in Wisconsin, with potential travel as needed.