Senior Project Controls Specialist

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and collaborative Senior Project Controls Specialist to partner with our project management teams. In this individual contributor role, you will play a key part in developing, monitoring, and updating integrated project plans, schedules, and estimates to ensure efficient project execution.

You will provide technical expertise by establishing standards, methods, processes, procedures, and templates for the estimating and scheduling organization. Additionally, you will mentor, train, and guide project estimators and schedulers. While you may lead project teams—assigning work, reviewing progress, and evaluating results—this role has a span of control of zero and is strictly non-supervisory.

Key Accountabilities

• Project Planning & Controls: Support project teams in developing comprehensive project plans, estimates, and schedules while ensuring the credibility and integrity of all data.

• Analysis & Reporting: Lead the development and analysis of project estimates and schedules, including critical path method (CPM) software implementation, time impact and delay analyses, and periodic schedule updates.

• Claims & Historical Data: Assist with the preparation of time and/or cost claims, and oversee the recording of historical project data and lessons learned.

• Methodology & Standardization: Provide expertise to develop and implement best practices, tools, software standards, and guidelines for estimating, planning, and scheduling.

• Continuous Improvement: Champion continuous improvement initiatives through benchmarking and maintaining active affiliations with industry organizations.

Scheduling Focus:

• Develop master and detailed schedules including major milestones, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), cost/labor/equipment resource assignments, and resource leveling.

• Monitor schedule progress, forecast project completion dates, and prepare comprehensive progress reports, trending charts, and schedule analysis reports.

• Identify schedule impacts, analyze critical path changes, and develop recovery schedules and alternate courses of action.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field.

• Experience: 7+ years of job-relevant experience in project controls, estimating, or scheduling.

• Specialized Experience:

  • Schedulers: 4+ years of experience working with Primavera (preferably P6), design/construction/program scheduling, and cost/resource loading.

  • Estimators: 4+ years of experience in construction estimating on large projects, encompassing conceptual through definitive estimates and risk modeling.

• Environment: May occasionally require the physical ability to work in industrial or power plant environments (e.g., climbing stairs, working in warm or confined areas).

Core Competencies

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present technical findings clearly and engage persuasively across all business levels.

• Problem Solving: Strong analytical capabilities to identify key issues from diverse alternatives and recommend optimal solutions.

• Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to develop and coordinate cross-functional work groups within a team or matrix structure.

• Technical Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of financial and economic analysis, risk management, and standard project management software applications.

• Adaptability: A flexible demeanor capable of handling shifting priorities, evolving responsibilities, and open to innovative approaches.

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