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Program Controls Analyst

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Hybrid
Austin, TX, USA
Senior level
Hybrid
Austin, TX, USA
Senior level
Support program managers by coordinating tasks, resources, and stakeholders; monitor progress against goals and timelines; collate and analyze project data; manage basic data management tasks; draft project review reports and presentations; ensure client satisfaction and contribute to continuous improvement.
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Freese and Nichols is seeking a Program Controls Analyst to join our Program Management team. This position can sit in our Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, or Dallas, Texas office. The ideal candidate will assist in the planning and execution of programs by coordinating tasks, resources, and stakeholders. Monitor program progress and ensure alignment with project goals and timelines. Provide support to senior program managers.

What You'll Do:

  • Contribute to the delivery of projects, carrying out specified project activities within defined time and quality parameters and ensuring adherence to the prescribed project management methodology.

  • Ensure a positive experience for clients by having courteous interactions with them and doing quality work on projects.

  • Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently.

  • Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work, and support in generating new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.

  • Manage basic aspects of the data management system with guidance from senior colleagues. This includes being responsible for developing or operating basic elements of the data management systems to deliver prescribed outcomes.

  • Draft elements of project review reports and presentations to support delivery of the review process.

Qualifications
  • BS/BA in Business, Engineering, or Construction Management and/or related field experience
  • 5+ years of professional Program/Project Controls experience

  • Proficient in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office Suite

  • Advanced Excel Skills

  • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

  • Strong organizational skills

  • Self-motivated, detail-oriented

Preferred

  • Experience in PowerBI

About Freese and Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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10431 Morado Circle, Building 5; Suite 300, Austin, TX, United States, 78759

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