Senior Project Controls Specialist

Position: Senior Project Controls Specialist

Location: Nashville, TN

Remote Status: On-Site

COMPANY OVERVIEW

2MNEXT provides engineering, construction management, and infrastructure consulting services throughout the Southeast United States. We serve a wide range of public, private, and governmental clients and work collaboratively with owners, engineers, contractors, manufacturers, utilities, and other project stakeholders.

We take great pride in providing responsive, high-quality professional services and building long-term relationships with our clients and partners.

WORKING AT 2MNEXT

2MNEXT is a great place to work We are committed to maintaining a positive, collaborative, and engaging work environment for our team. We invest in our employees through performance-based bonuses, professional development opportunities, paid training and certifications, employee events, and opportunities for career growth.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Senior Project Controls Specialist

Reports To: Program Manager / Project Controls Manager

Location: Nashville, TN

Work Setting (Remote/Hybrid/On-site): On-site

POSITION SUMMARY

2MNEXT is seeking an experienced Senior Project Controls Specialist to support a major transportation infrastructure program in Nashville, Tennessee. This position will provide project controls expertise across multiple disciplines, including cost estimating, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, change management, reporting, document controls, and project management systems.

The Senior Project Controls Specialist will work closely with program leadership, project managers, clients, contractors, and other project stakeholders to monitor project performance, identify risks and trends, support informed decision-making, and help ensure successful delivery of complex capital projects.

This position requires a strong understanding of project controls throughout the full project lifecycle and the ability to independently analyze project information, develop recommendations, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Controls & Program Support

• Support project controls activities across planning, design, procurement, construction, and project closeout.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and other project controls documentation.
• Assist in the development and implementation of project and program management plans, procedures, processes, and controls.
• Monitor project performance against established budgets, schedules, and milestones and identify potential variances, risks, or emerging trends.
• Coordinate with project managers, contractors, consultants, and client representatives to obtain and validate project controls information.
• Provide project controls analysis and recommendations to program and project leadership.
• Prepare and review material, labor, equipment, and other project cost estimates for conceptual designs, design development, bid documents, and change orders.
• Develop conceptual and preliminary estimates to support project planning and budgeting.
• Assist in developing Independent Cost Estimates (ICE) to support change management and active project negotiations.
• Develop cost forecasts, analyze actual and accrued costs, and identify cost trends and potential budget impacts.
• Evaluate and maintain historical cost data to support estimating standards, benchmarking, and future project planning.
• Support pricing reviews, vendor quotations, change order evaluations, and negotiations as needed.

Scheduling & Performance Monitoring

• Develop, maintain, review, and analyse project schedules in coordination with project teams.
• Use cost estimates, labour-hour assumptions, resource requirements, and project sequencing to support development of realistic project schedules.
• Review contractor and project team schedule updates and assess progress against established baselines.
• Identify schedule variances, delays, and potential impacts and provide recommendations to project or program leadership.