Project Controls Specialist Jobs in Tennessee
Project Controls Specialist jobs in Tennessee are consistently active, with demand concentrated in construction, energy, defense contracting, and infrastructure development at every level from entry-level coordinator through senior program controls manager. Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga are the strongest hiring metros, anchored by large employers such as Tennessee Valley Authority, Jacobs Engineering, and AECOM, all of which maintain ongoing project controls functions across the state. Cost and schedule management, earned value analysis, and Primavera P6 expertise are the most in-demand specialties in current Tennessee listings. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: LPF Project Controls Schedule Analyst
Career Level From: Specialist
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Job Specialty: Project Controls-Scheduling
What You'll Do
This position is responsible for executing technical activities of assigned projects to ensure efficient and timely completion of work in accordance with Government and Plant directives. In addition, this role:
- Plans, coordinates, and directs activities to meet demands of the Project Management (PM) mission in accordance with assigned organizational authorities and responsibilities.
- Provides technical aptitude, integration, and leadership for planning, scheduling, monitoring, configuration control, analysis, and reporting on multiple scopes of varying size, complexity, and level of risk.
- Ensures Project Managers are provided with tools to confirm projects are on track, within budget, and within compliance of requirements.
- Participates in planning, development, monitoring, and control of project scope, cost, and schedule integration.
- Utilizes tools and systems necessary to effectively and proactively manage, control, and report on cost and schedule for concurrent projects.
- Manages development of cost, schedule, and risk plans, collection of performance data, tracking data, analysis, development of forecast of estimate to complete, and reporting.
- Ensures identification and tracking of changes/potential changes to project scope, ensuring estimates of cost changes and schedule impact are given visibility with client and PM.
- Manages integration of cost and schedule data and reporting with company’s accounting and management information systems to facilitate meeting company performance and financial goals.
- Interacts with internal and external stakeholders to ensure proper business input is collected, analyzed, and resulting output distributed, as required.
- Takes a leading role in driving organization and company toward established visions and objectives.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
- OR Master's degree: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
- OR twelve (12) or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of control systems, including Earned Value Management and applicable project management processes
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills in reporting to customers and stakeholders; ability to work with personnel at all levels across organization and external stakeholders
- Ability to identify and develop required resources to support project schedules; ability to logically and systematically evaluate project and process problems to determine appropriate solutions; and ability to interface with internal and external customers, including management, users and DOE, NNSA and NPO
Preferred Job Requirements
- 25+ years of scheduling experience preferred
- 15+ years of scheduling experience on DOE 413.3b projects; working knowledge and understanding of DOE policies, procedures, and requirements in areas associated with project controls
- Demonstrated advanced skills in planning and schedule compliance
- Demonstrated advanced skills in cost control, change management, and variance reporting
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; high level of personal motivation, high standards, and the ability to work with the team and support organizations to address/resolve project issues and meet short deadlines
- Demonstrated advanced computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office, Primavera P6, SAP, and WebEVM (CloudEVM)
- Advanced experience in Empower
- Cross functional experience in Project/Control Account Management for DOE projects; experience with managing multiple scopes of work and multiple vendors
Why Y-12?
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: LPF Project Controls Schedule Analyst
Career Level From: Specialist
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Job Specialty: Project Controls-Scheduling
What You'll Do
This position is responsible for executing technical activities of assigned projects to ensure efficient and timely completion of work in accordance with Government and Plant directives. In addition, this role:
- Plans, coordinates, and directs activities to meet demands of the Project Management (PM) mission in accordance with assigned organizational authorities and responsibilities.
- Provides technical aptitude, integration, and leadership for planning, scheduling, monitoring, configuration control, analysis, and reporting on multiple scopes of varying size, complexity, and level of risk.
- Ensures Project Managers are provided with tools to confirm projects are on track, within budget, and within compliance of requirements.
- Participates in planning, development, monitoring, and control of project scope, cost, and schedule integration.
- Utilizes tools and systems necessary to effectively and proactively manage, control, and report on cost and schedule for concurrent projects.
- Manages development of cost, schedule, and risk plans, collection of performance data, tracking data, analysis, development of forecast of estimate to complete, and reporting.
- Ensures identification and tracking of changes/potential changes to project scope, ensuring estimates of cost changes and schedule impact are given visibility with client and PM.
- Manages integration of cost and schedule data and reporting with company’s accounting and management information systems to facilitate meeting company performance and financial goals.
- Interacts with internal and external stakeholders to ensure proper business input is collected, analyzed, and resulting output distributed, as required.
- Takes a leading role in driving organization and company toward established visions and objectives.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
- OR Master's degree: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
- OR twelve (12) or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of control systems, including Earned Value Management and applicable project management processes
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills in reporting to customers and stakeholders; ability to work with personnel at all levels across organization and external stakeholders
- Ability to identify and develop required resources to support project schedules; ability to logically and systematically evaluate project and process problems to determine appropriate solutions; and ability to interface with internal and external customers, including management, users and DOE, NNSA and NPO
Preferred Job Requirements
- 25+ years of scheduling experience preferred
- 15+ years of scheduling experience on DOE 413.3b projects; working knowledge and understanding of DOE policies, procedures, and requirements in areas associated with project controls
- Demonstrated advanced skills in planning and schedule compliance
- Demonstrated advanced skills in cost control, change management, and variance reporting
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; high level of personal motivation, high standards, and the ability to work with the team and support organizations to address/resolve project issues and meet short deadlines
- Demonstrated advanced computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office, Primavera P6, SAP, and WebEVM (CloudEVM)
- Advanced experience in Empower
- Cross functional experience in Project/Control Account Management for DOE projects; experience with managing multiple scopes of work and multiple vendors
Why Y-12?
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
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Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Energy
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Tennessee Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in project controls specialist jobs across Tennessee.
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or a related technical field
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project for scheduling and reporting
- Experience with earned value management and cost performance reporting
- Familiarity with Tennessee Valley Authority or federal government project standards
- PMI Planning and Scheduling Professional or AACE International certification preferred
- Strong communication skills for coordinating with field teams and project managers
Project Controls Specialist Jobs in Tennessee: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a project controls specialist in Tennessee?
Most project controls specialists in Tennessee enter through a bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or a related field, then build experience in scheduling or cost engineering on commercial or infrastructure projects. Tennessee has no state-issued license specific to project controls, but AACE International certifications such as the Certified Cost Technician or Planning and Scheduling Professional are widely recognized by Tennessee employers, particularly in the energy, defense, and heavy construction sectors that dominate hiring here.
How much do project controls specialists make in Tennessee?
Project controls specialists in Tennessee earn a median of about $85,890 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $56,450 for the lowest 10% to over $135,350 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire project controls specialists in Tennessee?
Employers hiring project controls specialists in Tennessee right now include Oracle, HNTB Corporation, and Johnson Controls, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Tennessee's concentration of TVA energy projects, federal defense work around Oak Ridge, and large infrastructure programs in Nashville and Chattanooga means demand from both government contractors and private sector engineering firms stays steady throughout the year.
Which Tennessee cities have the most project controls specialist jobs?
Nashville, Oak Ridge, and Knoxville have the most project controls specialist openings in Tennessee. Nashville drives volume through its rapid infrastructure growth and corporate headquarters presence, Knoxville is anchored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and TVA facilities nearby, and Chattanooga benefits from ongoing industrial and transportation infrastructure investment that keeps a steady stream of construction management roles active.
Are there remote project controls specialist jobs in Tennessee?
Yes, but they're limited. About 44% of project controls specialist openings tied to Tennessee are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting the role's strong on-site component during active construction phases. The parts of the work most suited to remote arrangements are schedule analysis, cost reporting, and document control tasks, which some Tennessee employers allow off-site once a specialist has established rapport with the project team.
How can I get hired as a project controls specialist in Tennessee with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying for project controls coordinator or project engineer assistant roles at large Tennessee contractors such as Jacobs Engineering or AECOM, which regularly bring on recent graduates and train them on scheduling and cost tracking tools. Completing an AACE Student Chapter program or earning an entry-level certification through AACE International strengthens an application considerably. Adjacent roles in construction inspection, document control, or estimating also give candidates transferable skills that Tennessee hiring managers recognize as a genuine foundation.
Where can I find and apply to project controls specialist jobs in Tennessee?
You can find and apply to project controls specialist jobs in Tennessee on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers hiring across the state right now. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your background and location, and apply directly to the listings that fit.
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