Project Controls Specialist

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Job Title: Project Controls Specialist

Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type

• Duration: 3 years
• Pay rate: $60-$85/hr 
• Benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), 10 days of Paid Time off, and 11 paid holidays
• Job Location: Lexington, MA (1 day on-site)
• Schedule: M-F, standard business hours
• Job#: 19044

Facilities Project Controls Professional

A large research-focused organization is seeking a project controls professional to support facilities operations, construction planning, project reporting, risk assessment, scheduling, resource planning, and process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop, monitor, and update integrated project plans and schedules.
• Combine multiple schedules into a master project schedule.
• Maintain project financial forecasts and cash-flow projections.
• Track schedule deviations, variances, and corrective actions.
• Prepare schedule reports, trend charts, and project analysis.
• Track scope changes and analyze performance trends.
• Lead process improvement initiatives across project delivery workflows.
• Identify key metrics, data sources, and reporting strategies.
• Support change management, communication plans, and best-practice sharing.
• Help implement project management software and related business processes.
• Transition manual workflows into automated project management tools.

Required Skills

• 5–10 years of project controls, portfolio scheduling, or construction management software experience.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of design, architecture, engineering, and construction principles.
• Strong organizational, analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Experience writing functional guidelines or specifications.
• Proficiency with project management software, preferably Procore.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Project, Excel, and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with change initiatives, process improvement, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong facilitation, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, or a related field.
• PMP certification preferred, or willingness to obtain within one year of hire.

Additional Notes

• Interim clearance acceptable to start.
• Hybrid/onsite expectation: one day per week onsite, specific weekday required.
• Interview process includes an initial virtual interview followed by an in-person second round.

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