Project Controls Specialist

About the Role

As a Project Controls Specialist - Cost, you will be responsible for planning and scheduling heavy industrial engineering projects, monitoring project costs, and/or estimating projects. This role operates with minimal supervision from our Angleton office.

Responsibilities

• Develop schedules and analysis for contract packages to forecast construction activities and identify coordination issues where safety and schedule may conflict.
• Develop, monitor, and update schedules by obtaining updates through meetings, construction coordination interviews, and field verification.
• Maintain a complete understanding of Earned Value and Project Productivity.
• Monitor and maintain the change notice/change order management system.
• Assist in facilitating weekly change notice hearings and change committee meetings.
• Develop estimates for construction projects, including those associated with change notices.
• Develop and maintain the cost system, including reconciling commitments, change orders, contractor invoices, and producing cost reports.
• Establish a progressive system for projects.
• Assist clients and teammates in developing construction and contract strategies for constructability of projects as it pertains to logistics and safety.
• Assist in quantity analysis for the duration of activities and for estimating purposes.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Construction Science, Building Science, or a related field is highly preferred.
• AACE International or Project Management Institute (PMI) certification is preferred.
• 7 or more years of relevant industrial experience in planning, scheduling, cost control, and estimating.

Skills

• Knowledge and application of company business standards and good practices.
• Extreme attention to detail.
• Comprehensive understanding of the function of all engineering disciplines.
• Understanding of existing and potential customer deliverable expectations and preferences.
• Ability to set priorities.
• Ability to effectively discuss and correspond with engineering disciplines and/or contractors to ascertain and understand pertinent information concerning schedules, scopes of work, estimates, and/or project costs.
• Excellent listening, communication (verbal and written), presentation, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of other disciplines' deliverable development to ensure coordination of efforts.
• Understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for the production of all project controls deliverables.
• Ability to develop a construction cost estimate, a detailed engineering schedule, and a man-hour budget for a small project or an area for a larger project.
• Ability to determine construction material quantities.
• Experience in estimating and scheduling professional service hours and assessing the progress and quality of project controls work.
• Proficient in the use of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project scheduling software, and Timberline Estimating software.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.

Benefits

• Paid holidays and personal paid time off.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) and other benefits.