Project Controls Associate

Overview

Mas Tec Utility Services delivers critical infrastructure construction and engineering services for power delivery, gas, and water customers, specializing in overhead and underground electric distribution, gas distribution construction, and turnkey solutions for a variety of water, sewer, and civil infrastructure projects. Backed by decades of experience, our industry skills, and deep commitment to core values, we provide safe, innovative, and environmentally responsible services that deliver extraordinary value to clients.

The Project Controls Associate assists project management teams by developing, monitoring, and updating estimates and/or an integrated project plan and schedule so that projects may be executed in the most efficient manner possible. The incumbent applies methods, techniques, standards, processes, procedures, guidelines, and templates to efficiently manage, develop, and control project estimates/schedules.

• Supports project team and estimating/scheduling personnel efforts toward the development of the project plan and translation of the plan into the project estimate/schedule.
• Develops and provides analysis of project estimates or schedules, including CPM software implementation, time impact and delay analysis, and review of periodic schedule updates.
• Ensures the credibility of the information contained in the estimate/schedule.
• Assists with the preparation of project time and/or cost claims.
• Develops and records project historical estimate/schedule information and lessons learned.
• Applies methodologies, techniques, and tools, software, standards, and guidelines for estimating and/or planning/scheduling; knowledgeable in application of estimating/scheduling software.
• Ensures that required project estimating and/or planning/scheduling controls are appropriately implemented and maintained.
• Participates in continuous improvement of the estimating/scheduling organization through benchmarking and maintaining affiliations with industry estimating/scheduling organizations and local/national chapters.
• Develops master and detail schedules inclusive of major milestones, detailed WBS, assignment of costs, labor and equipment to activities, resource leveling, etc.
• Monitors and updates schedule progress toward achieving the desired project completion date and informs management team of changes to schedule outcome.
• Prepares and provides schedule progress reports, trending charts, and schedule analysis and re-ports forecasts for all significant project activities; analyzes the effects to the critical path activities; identifies changes to the project that affect the schedule and develops recovery schedules and alternate courses of action.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business, or a related field and 3+ years of job‑relevant experience.
• Scheduler: 2+ years of experience working with Primavera, preferably P6.
• Construction and/or project scheduling experience.
• Knowledge of Primavera or related scheduling application.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to develop and coordinate cross‑functional work groups.
• Working knowledge of financial and economic analysis, project and risk management.

This role operates in a professional office environment. The position is primarily sedentary with some filing or lifting required; must be able to bend, lift, and carry up to 20 pounds.

Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance, a 401k plan and Employee Stock Purchase plan.

The Company’s policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and EEOC regulations. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.