Project Controls Specialist

K&A Power Group – is a privately held engineering firm delivering world‑class technical expertise and engineering excellence to power utility and industrial clients across the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. We provide comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program and project management, construction management, and EPC services, specializing in substation, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy resources.

We pride ourselves on attracting and developing top talent, building a culture of excellence, and fostering meaningful, long‑term relationships with our employees, clients and communities wherever they are in the world.

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Project Controls Specialist to join our team at K&A Power Group in Hartford, Connecticut. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting and challenging projects that have a real impact in the energy and utility sectors. You’ll be part of a dynamic, people‑focused team where your expertise, ideas, and contributions will be valued and celebrated.

• Develop and maintain project schedule and budget, and produce related reports.
• Generate periodic project controls reports (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly) by gathering, verifying, validating, and analyzing data, and distribute and archive reports as appropriate.
• Perform change control: track and manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and cost baseline; identify, assess, gain approval for, and distribute change requests, change notices and/or change orders in compliance with internal governance standards and contract terms.
• Assist in scheduling and carrying out benchmarking and self‑assessment initiatives relevant to project controls and typical projects managed by the controls group; identify and communicate improvement opportunities and best practices.
• Develop and maintain WBS, project schedules, and cost estimates; track cash flow reports, change control documentation, and other controls reports; perform variance, earned value, and critical path analyses appropriate to the project.
• Create and maintain project cost estimates with Estimators, ensuring inclusion of raw materials, resource rates, manufactured materials, equipment, and current industry data.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Finance, Business or equivalent.
• Five (5)+ years of experience in a Project Controls environment.
• Proficiency with scheduling tools (Oracle Primavera P6 preferred).
• Highly engaged self‑starter with problem‑solving initiative.
• Experience with Business Objects, MS Office Suite, Visio, Power Plan, Maximo, and Microsoft Project.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in project management and controls concepts, scheduling software, financial tools, and spreadsheets.
• Risk program control experience.
• Experience integrating multiple project schedules.
• Proficiency in analyzing, trending, and forecasting schedule information.
• Experience with earned value techniques.
• Database and reporting experience.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule (Tuesday‑Thursday).

$115,000—$125,000 per year.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care Spending Account
• 401(k) (Traditional and Roth with company match)
• Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA)
• Paid Parental Leave after 12 months of employment
• Paid Holidays and Flexible PTO
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Long‑Term Disability, Short‑Term Disability, and Life Insurance
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Parking and Transit Reimbursement
• Pet Insurance

The salary range for this role reflects a wide range of factors considered in compensation decisions, including technical ability, experience, training, licenses, certifications, and related skill sets. The disclosed range is an estimate and has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential at the location of the position.