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Program Controls Specialist

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  • ID: 557905
  • Posted: 3/5/2026
  • Location: Bertram, TX
  • Category: Pro - Professional
  • Job Type: Temporary
  • Duration: 3 - 6 Months

Description

Are you a Program Controls Specialist looking to join one of the top companies in the Aviation & Aerospace industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience in program scheduling, program planning, or cost analysis in an engineering/manufacturing environment (aerospace)?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work onsite with our client in Bertram, TX. Interested?

 

Here's what you'd do:

  • The client is seeking a Program Controls Scheduler to help programs stay on time and on budget.
  • The Program Controls Specialist will develop, baseline, manage and monitor both schedule and cost aspects of the program to ensure the program stays on time and within budget.
  • This position is central to synchronizing engineering, manufacturing, and launch activities across multiple programs supporting national security missions.
  • The controls specialist will collaborate with program managers, the execution team, and external partners to ensure all efforts are aligned with contract deliverables, major milestones, establish budgets, and risks & opportunities.
  • The individual will maintain the program schedule, estimate at complete and deliverables through all phases of the program.
  • The ideal candidate is a seasoned planner and scheduler with cost experience who combines a deep understanding of complex aerospace and defense programs with the ability to drive clarity, consistency, and performance tracking across multiple simultaneous efforts.
  • Develop, maintain, and analyze program-level Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) encompassing design, build, integration, test, and launch phases for multiple programs.
  • Develop, maintain, and analyze program estimate at complete, monitor expenditures, and ensure cost align with the IMS.
  • Conduct 'what-if' scenario planning and risk analyses to evaluate impacts of scope changes.
  • Provide executive-level cost and schedule reports to leadership and customers summarizing performance trends, risk drivers, and recovery actions.
  • Analyze program data to report on performance, program status, driving path management, identify risks, issues, & opportunities and recommend corrective actions to leadership.
  • Develop/provide input for a best value approach on cost & scheduling tools, templates, blending agile and waterfall scheduling, and processes that support rapid scaling and cross-program consistency.

 

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $64.00 - $88.00/hr.

Hours: 40 hours/week.

Length: Temp (6 months).

 

Sounds like a good fit?

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive the business outcomes they seek. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

 
Job Requirements
 
Required Skills / Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in program scheduling, program planning, or cost analysis in an engineering/manufacturing environment (aerospace).
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience leading team discussion as it relates to cost, schedule, and risk management.

Preferred Skills / Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated expertise using Microsoft Project and Jira (or similar tools) for schedule development, managing logic dependencies, tracking, and analysis.
  • Advanced knowledge in excel.
  • Strong fundamentals in planning & scheduling, working with teams to create an accurate IMS, cost management, and program management.
  • Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM), risk analysis tools, and cost & schedule reporting.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to brief executives, engineers, and government customers.
  • Familiarity with DCMA 14 Point Schedule Assessment guidelines.
  • Experience developing IMS for hypersonic or launch vehicle systems, from concept through flight execution.
  • Knowledge of integrated test and launch operations, range scheduling, and cross-agency coordination.
  • Strong understanding of DoD acquisition frameworks.
  • Direct experience in aerospace (traditional and non-traditional) environments to help advise on project management best practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to balance technical/cost/schedule constraints to achieve customer satisfaction.
  • Ability to lead internal training and mentoring on cost & scheduling standards, tools, and best practices.
  • AACE or PMI professional certifications.

 

Additional Information:

  • Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person', as defined in ITAR clause 120.15.  A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.
  • Active Secret Clearance.

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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.
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