Hybrid Project Controls Lead: Budgeting & Scheduling

Arseal; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health benefits

Retirement investment programs

Hybrid home/office options

Paid time off

100% Employee Owned

Job summary

ARSEAL is seeking a Project Controls Specialist in Alpharetta, GA to support project managers with planning, budgeting, scheduling and monitoring engineering design projects. You will provide accurate project data, identify overruns, and help maintain consistent controls from setup to closeout.

Responsibilities include establishing project codes, budgets, tracking costs, forecasting, and reporting. A background in engineering or professional services and strong Excel/ERP experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, construction management, finance, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Typically 3-5 years of experience in project controls, project coordination, project accounting, or a similar role.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with project management or ERP systems; Unanet experience preferred.
• Understanding of labor-hour budgets, project cost reporting, and time-and-materials and fixed-fee contracts.
• Experience in an engineering or professional services firm preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish project codes, WBS, budgets, and contract fee lines in the project management system.
• Translate approved proposals into labor-hour and cost budgets by discipline, phase, and deliverable.
• Track actual hours, costs, and commitments against budgets; flag variances and potential overruns.
• Coordinate regular updates to remaining hours, estimate to complete, and forecast cost at completion.
• Maintain project schedules and monitor deliverable dates, milestones, and overdue activities.
• Consolidate staffing forecasts and help identify workload conflicts or capacity gaps across projects.
• Maintain a change log, track potential additional services, and incorporate approved changes into budgets and schedules.
• Prepare concise reports showing budget performance, schedule status, forecast results, and issues requiring action.
• Coordinate recurring project review meetings and follow up with responsible team members.
• Work with accounting to reconcile project information and support billing reviews and closeout.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Proactive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, construction management, finance, or a related field

Tools

Excel

Unanet

ERP systems

Job description

ARSEAL is seeking a Project Controls Specialist in Alpharetta, GA to support project managers with planning, budgeting, scheduling and monitoring engineering design projects. You will provide accurate project data, identify overruns, and help maintain consistent controls from setup to closeout.

Responsibilities include establishing project codes, budgets, tracking costs, forecasting, and reporting. A background in engineering or professional services and strong Excel/ERP experience are preferred.