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# Junior Project Controls (00523) at PMA Consultants Careers

- **Company:** PMA Consultants Careers
- **Location:** Boston, MA
- **Compensation:** $71k–$83k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-01-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/pmaconsultants/cbed5295-ea83-461f-a2c2-fc65bf258882

## Job description

The Junior Project Controls professional is responsible for supporting cost and schedule management functions across capital and operational projects. Works under close supervision to collect, analyze, and report cost, schedule, and progress data. Provides support in maintaining project forecasts, identifying trends, and assisting with reporting deliverables to project managers and clients.

Organizational Responsibilities

- Cost Management
- Assists with implementing and maintaining cost control systems and procedures.
- Supports cost tracking efforts including budget, actuals, commitments, and forecasts.
- Prepares basic cost reports under guidance, identifying variances and trends.
- Gathers and integrates cost-related data from multiple stakeholders.
- Assists with reviewing contractor invoices and tracking change order impacts.
- Schedule Support
- Supports progress updates and schedule analysis using established tools and methods.
- Performs entry-level critical path reviews and “what-if” scenarios with guidance.
- Assists with monitoring schedule performance and identifying early indicators of delay.
- Coordinates with schedulers to align progress data with financial updates.
- Reporting & Documentation
- Prepares data for monthly cost and schedule reports.
- Assists with tracking and maintaining logs of RFIs, submittals, and other project documentation.
- Ensures data integrity in project controls systems and tools.
- Contributes to the development of visual and narrative report content for internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaboration & Communication
- Interfaces with project managers, engineers, contractors, and clients to gather cost and schedule inputs.
- Supports internal coordination between cost and scheduling teams.
- Communicates status updates clearly and timely to supervisors and team members.
- Other duties as assigned.

Position Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in engineering, construction management, or finance.
- 0+ years of experience supporting cost, schedule, or project management efforts in a construction, engineering, or consulting environment preferred.
- Familiarity with project controls software such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Excel, and financial tracking tools preferred.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Desire to grow within the project controls discipline and develop long-term capabilities across cost, schedule, and risk functions.

## About PMA Consultants Careers

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: PMA Consultants is a construction consulting firm providing program and project management services, known for its pure project management focus and innovation in scheduling algorithms since 1971.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped, family-run)
- **Headquarters**: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- **Founded**: 1971
- **Founders**: Dr. Gui Ponce de Leon

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Construction consulting – program and project management for construction.
- **Target customers**: Owners and developers of large construction projects (enterprise, public sector, infrastructure, commercial, industrial). B2B.
- **Mission**: To transform how projects are managed toward improving project outcomes, ourselves, and the profession.

## Products & Services
- **Program & Project Management**: Full lifecycle management of construction programs, including cost, schedule, risk, and quality control.
- **On-site Construction Management**: Direct field oversight and coordination.
- **Consulting Services**: Advisory for planning, scheduling, dispute resolution, and sustainability.
- **Software Applications**: Proprietary scheduling software including the Graphical Path Method™ (GPM®) and other tools for cost/schedule predictability.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Over 250 employees, 20 offices across the United States.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors (founder-led, family-run). Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). Great Place to Work® Certified.
- **Growth Signals**: New CEO transition in March 2024 (Dax Ponce de Leon), continuous hiring across multiple states, expansion of remote/hybrid roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep expertise**: Over 50 years of pure project management focus in construction, with a proprietary scheduling algorithm (GPM).
- **Family-run culture**: Multigenerational leadership with emphasis on long-term relationships, employee welfare, and sustainable growth.
- **Certified MBE**: Diverse ownership status opens doors to public and private contracts.
- **Great Place to Work® Certified**: Demonstrated employee satisfaction.

## Strategic Focus
- Continuing to grow the team while maintaining a supportive, learning-oriented culture.
- Expanding use of proprietary software and sustainability consulting (LEED, ENV SP).
- Offering flexible work options (office, hybrid, client site, remote) to attract top talent.
- Investing in professional development and credentials for staff.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Employee well-being is a daily priority." Multigenerational, family-run firm emphasizing mutual respect, long-term careers, and continuous learning.
- **Work options**: Hybrid, remote, office, or client-site roles available depending on position.
- **Benefits & development**: Competitive pay, wellness programs, career development support, professional credentialing.
- **Recognition**: Voted a "Best Place to Work" and Great Place to Work® certified.
- **Values**: Equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging; commitment to safety; transparent interview process.

## Sources
1. [PMA Consultants – About](https://pmaconsultants.com/about/)
2. [PMA Consultants – Careers](https://pmaconsultants.com/careers/)
3. [PMA Consultants – Current Openings](https://pmaconsultants.com/current-openings/)
4. [Lever Careers Page](https://jobs.lever.co/pmaconsultants)

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