Entry-Level Project Controls Specialist – Hybrid

CDM Smith; Atlanta (GA); 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. Every successful project needs great engineers, project managers and technical experts, and a dedicated controls group to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The ideal candidate will support budgeting, scheduling, forecasting, and reporting, working with project managers to deliver insights and oversight. This role includes Earned Value management and basic financial analysis, with a pathway to growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Equivalency may be considered in lieu of a college degree.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Supports compliance with internal procedures and gathers progress information to update project status.
• Develops time-phased project cost and resource forecasts; validates project costs.
• Monitors progress of project deliverables and performs variances and trend analyses.
• Generates earned value reports and drafts client/internal status reports.

Skills

Budget development

Project planning

Control & assurance

Finance concepts

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Primavera

EcoSys

MS Word

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Primavera

EcoSys

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking an Entry Project Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls Team. Every successful project needs great engineers, project managers and technical experts, and a dedicated controls group to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The ideal candidate will support budgeting, scheduling, forecasting, and reporting, working with project managers to deliver insights and oversight. This role includes Earned Value management and basic financial analysis, with a pathway to growth