Project Analyst-On-Site McDonough GA

Position Overview

Nexus Circular is seeking a Project Analyst to support the continued development of our Project Management Office (PMO) and execution of major capital projects.

This is an early-career position appropriate for a recent college graduate or candidate with up to several years of relevant experience. The role is designed to provide hands‑on exposure to project management, project controls, engineering, procurement, construction, scheduling, and cost management within an industrial capital‑project environment.

The Project Analyst will work closely with experienced project managers, engineers, construction personnel, finance, procurement, and other functional leaders to help maintain project schedules, track costs and commitments, coordinate activities, develop reporting, and identify issues requiring follow‑up.

In the near term, this role will support the 6B project and other Nexus capital initiatives, helping improve alignment across disciplines and providing the project team and leadership with accurate, timely information for decision‑making.

The Project Analyst provides additional structure and analytical support to the project team while developing the skills required to take on increasing project ownership.

Support the integration of engineering, procurement, and construction activities into project schedules and help identify potential misalignment, dependencies, and delays.

Assist with cost tracking, commitments, accruals, forecasts, and change management to improve overall financial visibility.

Develop clear project reporting, dashboards, analyses, and status updates that allow project leadership to identify risks and make informed decisions.

Help identify gaps, inconsistencies, outstanding actions, and cross‑functional dependencies before they affect field execution.

Support development of repeatable project‑management processes, templates, reporting tools, and standards that can be applied across future Nexus capital projects.

• Support the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules across engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Work with project and discipline leads to collect schedule updates and validate activity status.
• Assist with activity sequencing, milestone tracking, durations, and dependencies.
• Develop an understanding of critical‑path scheduling and help identify activities that may affect project milestones.
• Support development of short‑term look‑ahead schedules and project execution priorities.
• Track actions and follow up with responsible team members to support timely completion.

• Assist in aligning engineering deliverables with procurement requirements and construction execution plans.
• Track key engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup milestones.
• Participate in cross‑functional project meetings and document actions, decisions, and required follow‑up.
• Help identify interfaces and dependencies between engineering, vendors, contractors, and field execution.
• Support coordination of project information across internal and external stakeholders.

• Assist with project cost tracking, forecasting, commitments, invoices, and accruals.
• Support budget management and change‑order tracking.
• Help maintain project cost reports and supporting documentation.
• Work with project managers and finance personnel to validate project cost information.
• Assist with variance analysis between budget, forecast, commitments, and actual costs.
• Develop an understanding of capital‑project financial controls and forecasting practices.

• Support development and implementation of PMO standards, templates, procedures, and reporting tools.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting structures for project and leadership visibility.
• Assist in collecting, validating, and organizing project performance data.
• Support development of standardized project controls and governance…