Project Controls Associate

Management Solutions; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental and Vision

Company-paid short-term disability and

Life insurance

401k plan with up to a 5% match

Flexible Spending Accounts

PTO

Paid holidays

Job summary

Management Solutions is seeking a Project Controls Associate to support project planning, scheduling, cost control, and reporting across major initiatives. This developmental role emphasizes analytical, organizational, and communication skills with the opportunity to learn scheduling and client project-management systems.

Ideal candidates hold a bachelor’s degree and 2–5 years of relevant experience, with proficiency in Excel and familiarity with Primavera or MS Project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in project controls, scheduling, or related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and data-quality skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration with project teams and stakeholders.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Familiarity with scheduling tools like Primavera or MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and analyze integrated project schedules per requirements.
• Collect, validate, and update project progress data from teams and stakeholders.
• Monitor metrics: schedule dates, percent complete, resources, costs, accruals.
• Document planning objectives, milestones, and project information for scheduling/reporting.
• Track schedule progress and support setup, closeout, status reporting, and milestones.
• Support data-quality checks and reconciliation across scheduling, cost, and reporting systems.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data quality

Quantitative analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Primavera

MS Project

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Title: Project Controls Associate

Location: On-Site Mobile, AL

Employment Type: Full-Time

Who We Are:

ManagementSolutions,LLC (MSLLC) is an award-winning management consulting firm delivering solutions for our partners’ most complex challenges. Since 2002, we have supported federal and commercial clients throughexpertisein project and program strategy, delivery and implementation, engineering and technical advisory services, workforce solutions, and digital solutions. We are distinguished by our reputation for managing mission-critical projects and helping organizations improve performance through innovative, people-centered solutions. MSLLC has been recognized as Small Business of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Department of Energy, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and has been named one of the Top Employers in the Greater Knoxville area.

Why Join Our Team:

At Management Solutions, we believe our people are the foundation of our success. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and caring culture where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow. We seek professionals who think critically, solve complex problems, and are dedicated to building and sustaining a high-performing, people-centered organization.

Job Summary:

Management Solutions is seeking a Project Controls Associate to support project planning, scheduling, cost control, project data coordination, and reporting across major initiatives. This is a developmental project controls role for a candidate with strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills and the ability to learn scheduling and client project-management systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with developing, maintaining, updating, and analyzing integrated project schedules in accordance with project requirements.
• Collect, validate, and update project progress data from project teams and stakeholders.
• Assist with monitoring project metrics including schedule dates, physical percent complete, resource needs, subcontractor deliverables, costs, and accruals.
• Assist with documenting planning objectives, scope, milestones, and other project information for inclusion in scheduling and reporting processes.
• Track schedule progress and support project setup, closeout, status reporting, and milestone tracking.
• Support data-quality checks and reconciliation of project information across scheduling, cost, financial, and reporting systems, as applicable.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience. Relevant backgrounds may include project controls, scheduling, construction, engineering, project/program coordination, estimating, cost control, operations, data analysis, or related project-delivery functions.
• 2–5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and data-quality skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with project managers, analysts, contractors, client representatives, and other stakeholders.
• Organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Familiarity with a scheduling tool such as Primavera or MS Project.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications, including the ability to organize, analyze, and present project data.
• Ability to successfully complete any required background investigation and pre-employment screening consistent with federal contract requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, ora relatedfield.
• Prior experience with DoD, DOE, USACE, or other federal contracts.
• Familiarity with project controls tools, scheduling, cost control, reporting, or methodologies in a federal contracting or similar project-delivery environment.

Candidates with transferable experience in construction, engineering, project coordination, project management, estimating, cost control, operations, data analysis, planning, or similar project-delivery environments are encouraged to apply.

Work Authorization

U.S. Citizenshiprequireddue to federal contract requirements.

Working Conditions

This position is primarily performed in an office environment. Employees willbe requiredto use a computer and other office equipment for extended periods.

What We Offer

• Medical, Rx, Dental and Vision Insurance, company paid short-term disability and life insurance, 401k plan with up to a 5% match with immediate vesting, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, paid holidays, and more!

Equal Employment Opportunity

Management Solutions is an equalopportunityemployer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.

Disclaimer

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not a complete list of skills, efforts, duties,responsibilitiesor working conditions associated with it.