Project Controls Associate - New College Graduate (25 - 26 Season | Ashburn, VA)

M.C. Dean; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k Retirement Plan

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

M.C. Dean is seeking a Project Scheduler to support critical infrastructure projects in the United States. The role emphasizes creating and maintaining detailed project schedules, coordinating with procurement, field teams, and stakeholders to ensure timely execution and budget adherence.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree or higher and experience with Primavera P6 and CPM methods. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are essential for success in this on-site position

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 0+ years of experience.
• Familiarity with project scheduling and CPM.
• Experience with scheduling software and tools.
• Ability to coordinate with stakeholders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project schedules with proper precedence/sequence.
• Decompose scope into discrete activities with durations.
• Incorporate procurement, submittals, and delivery timelines into schedules.
• Track quantities, costs, and earned value for status updates.
• Resource-load schedules and forecast material/equipment/labor needs.

Skills

Scheduling

Project coordination

Budgeting/Cost tracking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

PM Online

AS400 CMMS

Job description

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation's most mission‑critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values-agility, expertise, and trust-we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Responsibilities

Support the project team by developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules. Play a key role in ensuring project timelines are met, resources are effectively allocated, and project progress is accurately tracked and reported. Responsibilities will encompass various aspects of project scheduling, quality control, and coordination with different stakeholders. Have a keen eye for detail, excellent organizational skills, and ability to learn scheduling software.

• Executes the creation and updating of project schedules, ensuring all activities have appropriate predecessors and successors.
• Performs deconstruction of project scope into discrete activities complying with maximum allowed durations.
• Implements procurement, submittals, reviews, and material delivery timelines into the project schedule.
• Analyzes the accuracy of quantity take-offs and ensures all items are accounted for in the schedule.
• Resource loads the project schedule, forecasting material, equipment, and labor needs.
• Tracks project costs, schedule, and earned value to provide accurate project status updates.
• Inputs and updates pending and approved change orders in the schedule.
• Designs schedules frag nets to demonstrate the impact of submittals on change orders. * Leads coordination of site surveys and supports the establishment of work areas as needed. * Identifies constructability constraints and impacts, ensuring they are reflected in the schedule.
• Produces baseline vs. actual schedule reports and monthly schedule narratives.
• Maintains accurate and complete CPM network narratives, providing insights into project status and potential mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

• 0+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree

Preferred but not required:

• Project Management Software (PM Online) - In-house Software.
• AS400 (internal)CMMS software
• Primavera P6 software

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• A competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Military Reserve pay offset
• Paid maternity leave

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Pay Range

USD $75,520.00 - USD $94,400.00 /Yr.