Project Controls Associate

Job Title:

Project Controls Associate

On-Site Mobile, AL

Full-Time

Management Solutions,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.

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, ora related field.
• Prior experience with DoD, DOE, USACE, or other federal contracts.
• Familiarity with project controls tools,…