Junior Project Controls Specialist — Hybrid Growth Path

CDM Smith; Waterbury (CT); 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 in a hybrid role in Waterbury, CT. The position supports planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and project performance across projects of basic complexity and collaborates with project managers and teams to monitor schedule and cost baselines.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and knowledge of project management, budgeting, and financial analysis, plus familiarity with Primavera and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 0 years experience noted.
• Travel may be required depending on workload and project demands.

Responsibilities

• Supports compliance with internal procedures and gathers project progress.
• Develops time‑phased project cost and resource forecasts; validates project costs.
• Generates and analyzes earned value reports and discusses observations with management.
• Performs routine financial analyses and documents cost/schedule baselines.

Skills

US Citizenship

PM methodology

Teamwork

Written and verbal communication

Primavera

EcoSys

MS Word & Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Primavera P6

EcoSys

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking an Entry Project Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls Team in a hybrid role in Waterbury, CT. The position supports planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and project performance across projects of basic complexity and collaborates with project managers and teams to monitor schedule and cost baselines.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and knowledge of project management, budgeting, and financial analysis, plus familiarity with Primavera and