M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

Project Controls Associate

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeFort Worth, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience with a high school diploma, at least 4 years of experience with an Associate degree, or at least 0 years of experience with a Bachelor's degree.
Ability to learn scheduling software.
Ability to work with computer screens for extended periods and sit for extended periods.
Ability to reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers, such as using a keyboard.
Ability to listen to and understand spoken information and ideas.
Ability to communicate information and ideas verbally so others understand.
Ability to read and understand written information and ideas.
Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce sensible answers.
Ability to identify and understand another person's speech.

Responsibilities

Create and update project schedules, ensuring all activities have appropriate predecessors and successors.
Deconstruct project scope into discrete activities that comply with maximum allowed durations.
Incorporate procurement, submittals, reviews, and material delivery timelines into the project schedule.
Analyze the accuracy of quantity take-offs and ensure all items are accounted for in the schedule.
Resource-load the project schedule and forecast material, equipment, and labor needs.
Track project costs, schedule, and earned value to provide accurate project status updates.
Input and update pending and approved change orders in the schedule.
Design schedule frag nets to demonstrate the impact of submittals on change orders.
Lead coordination of site surveys and support the establishment of work areas as needed.
Identify constructability constraints and impacts and ensure they are reflected in the schedule.
Produce baseline-versus-actual schedule reports and monthly schedule narratives.
Maintain accurate and complete critical path method (CPM) network narratives, providing insights into project status and potential mitigation strategies.

Desired Qualifications

Project Management Online (PM Online), an in-house software.
AS400 computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software.
Primavera P6 software.

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 9,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

The Project Controls, Associate will support the project team by developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules. Play a key role in ensuring project timelines are met, resources are effectively allocated, and project progress is accurately tracked and reported. Responsibilities will encompass various aspects of project scheduling, quality control, and coordination with different stakeholders. Have a keen eye for detail, excellent organizational skills, and ability to learn scheduling software.

Responsibilities

Executes the creation and updating of project schedules, ensuring all activities have appropriate predecessors and successors.
Performs deconstruction of project scope into discrete activities complying with maximum allowed durations.
Implements procurement, submittals, reviews, and material delivery timelines into the project schedule.
Analyzes the accuracy of quantity take-offs and ensures all items are accounted for in the schedule.
Resource loads the project schedule, forecasting material, equipment, and labor needs.
Tracks project costs, schedule, and earned value to provide accurate project status updates.
Inputs and updates pending and approved change orders in the schedule.
Designs schedules frag nets to demonstrate the impact of submittals on change orders. · Leads coordination of site surveys and supports the establishment of work areas as needed. · Identifies constructability constraints and impacts, ensuring they are reflected in the schedule.
Produces baseline vs. actual schedule reports and monthly schedule narratives.
Maintains accurate and complete CPM network narratives, providing insights into project status and potential mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

6+ years of experience with a High School Diploma or
4+ years of experience with an Associate degree or
0+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree

Preferred but not required:

Project Management Software (PM Online) – In-house Software.
AS400 (internal)CMMS software
Primavera P6 software

Abilities:

Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
Sitting for extended periods of time.
Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Identify and understand the speech of another person.

About the Company

M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

M.C. Dean designs, builds, operates, and maintains integrated cyber-physical systems for mission-critical facilities, secure environments, and large enterprises. Its work spans electrical power, security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio-visual, and IT systems, all coordinated through management platforms that support long-term operation and sustainability. The company works end-to-end: it engineers solutions, installs them, and then runs and maintains them to ensure continuous, secure, and resilient performance. What sets it apart is its ability to provide comprehensive, turnkey technology and infrastructure services for critical environments—combining physical systems with digital management to create secure, automated facilities. The goal is to deliver automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems and the platforms needed to manage them over the long term.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Tysons, VA
Founded: 1949

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