Federal Construction Project Controls Associate

exp Federal Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Generous PTO

Wellness reimbursement

Tuition reimbursement

Long-Term Disability

Short-Term Disability

Life Insurance

Pre-tax transportation & parking

Learning & Development

Job summary

Exp Federal is seeking a Project Controls Assistant to support the Construction & Mission Support Group in a multi-office setting (Atlanta, GA; Chantilly, VA; or Chicago, IL). You will help maintain budgets, monitor costs, and prepare financial reports for leadership on complex government projects.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 3–5 years of relevant cost-control work, and experience with Kahua or similar PM software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, construction management, project management, or related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update project budgets, cost plans, and financial tracking tools with project managers.
• Monitor commitments, costs, labor charges, expenses, and remaining budget to support cost control.
• Prepare recurring cost reports, budget summaries, forecasts, and variance analyses for leadership.
• Identify budget variances, cost trends, and overruns; communicate findings and support corrective actions.
• Support estimate-to-complete and estimate-at-completion updates by reconciling cost data.
• Review financial information for accuracy and coordinate with Accounting to resolve discrepancies.
• Assist with invoice review, billing support, PO and subcontract tracking, and documentation of commitments.
• Maintain cost-control records and audit-ready files in Kahua and other systems.
• Support project setup, coding structures, budget revisions, change tracking, and financial closeout.
• Prepare financial portions of project progress reports and cost information for deliverables

Skills

Budgeting

Cost tracking

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kahua

Job description

Exp Federal is seeking a Project Controls Assistant to support the Construction & Mission Support Group in a multi-office setting (Atlanta, GA; Chantilly, VA; or Chicago, IL). You will help maintain budgets, monitor costs, and prepare financial reports for leadership on complex government projects.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 3–5 years of relevant cost-control work, and experience with Kahua or similar PM software.