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Project Controls Specialist

Trans Ash
Carrollton, GA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/26/2026

Founded in 1960, Trans Ash is a rapidly growing, privately held Cincinnati-based civil land construction & environmental company. The Project Controls Specialist will support major projects at Plant Wansley in Carrollton, Georgia.

$90,000- $120,000 / Year

Quarterly Bonus Program

Benefits:

Trans Ash offers long-term construction project stability.

Trans Ash offers an excellent team culture and professional growth opportunities.

Our benefits package includes the following:

  • Comprehensive Health Insurance Options
  • Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Days
  • 401K Savings Plan with Company Match
  • Dental & Vision Insurance Options
  • Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Company Paid Life and Basic Accident Insurance
  • Boot allowance - Company paid – up to $200 yearly allowance
  • Prescription Safety Glasses – Company paid – up to $250 every other year
  • Identity Theft Protection option

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for overseeing the performance of two major heavy civil construction projects in the Atlanta region, and requires active communication between senior management, accounting, estimating, and field operations. Duties include managing construction schedules and the associated financial planning and reporting.

Essential Functions:

  • Utilize heavy civil construction expertise to provide guidance and support on major projects.
  • Responsible for analyzing and reporting both cost and schedule data.
  • Oversee project schedules and cost estimates.
  • Tracks and trends cash flow reports.
  • Manages change control documentation (scope, cost, or schedule).
  • Responsible for maintaining effective relationships with customers, supporting the resolution of issues, and completing assignments (proposals, project tasks, reports, etc.).
  • Generate weekly, monthly, and quarterly project controls reports.
  • Manage resource (Heavy Equipment) allocation and planning per the Primavera schedule to forecast capital expenditure.
  • Maintaining project baselines in conjunction with change management.
  • Tracks and reports project variance, earned value and critical path analyses.
  • Work with the Estimating team and Accounting team to manage Bid conformance and budget management.

Job Qualifications:

Education:

  • Relevant associate or bachelor's degree (finance, engineering, project management, etc.)

Knowledge:

  • Experience in Civil or Environmental Construction Projects
  • Experience using software such as Business Objects, MS Office Suite

Other Desired Qualifications:

  • Highly engaged self-starter identifying problems, offering possible solutions, and taking appropriate action for resolution
  • Experience in the use of Oracle's Primavera P6 scheduling tool
  • Effective oral and written communication skills
  • Certified Associate of Project Management or Project Management Professional Certification
  • Must have the ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment

Other Information:

  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  • Some physical activity outdoors is required for this position
  • Must be able to lift up to 35 pounds at times
  • Must be able to safely traverse on uneven and rocky soil.
  • May require light travel

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Trans Ash is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. In keeping with this commitment, we strive to ensure that our application process is accessible to everyone.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who has an accommodation request, please:

  • Call us at or email

  • If requested to leave a message, include the Job Posting Title for the position in which you are applying

Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

Trans Ash, Inc. will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint to charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR c)

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