Project Controls Associate - College Graduate Burlington, TX

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is a provider of 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.

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.

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.

• Execute the creation and updating of project schedules, ensuring all activities have appropriate predecessors and successors.
• Perform deconstruction of project scope into discrete activities complying with maximum allowed durations.
• Implement procurement, submittals, reviews, and material delivery timelines into the project schedule.
• Analyze the accuracy of quantity take‑offs and ensure all items are accounted for in the schedule.
• Load the project schedule with resources, forecasting material, equipment, and labor needs.
• Track project costs, schedule, and earned value to provide accurate project status updates.
• Input and update pending and approved change orders in the schedule.
• Design frag nets to demonstrate the impact of submittals on change orders.
• Lead coordination of site surveys and support the establishment of work areas as needed.
• Identify constructability constraints and impacts, ensuring they are reflected in the schedule.
• Produce baseline vs. actual schedule reports and monthly schedule narratives.
• Maintain accurate and complete CPM network narratives, providing insights into project status and potential mitigation strategies.

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

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

• 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.
• Finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers, such as using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words.
• Communicate information and ideas in spoken form 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.