Project Controls Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the Project Controls/Earned Value Management System.
• Perform cost estimating, analysis and control activities.
• As delegated to, supervises/provides technical direction for cost engineering and/or planning/scheduling activities.
• Identifies trends for management attention.
• Provides/supervises schedule development, maintenance and monitoring activities.
• Provide/supervise cost engineering analysis, and control activities.
• Prepares and reviews or supervises the preparation and presentation of cost engineering and planning activities.
• Supports project organizational and administrative activities.
• Responsible for cost engineering and cost analysis/control and planning and scheduling activities for projects with significant non-routine requirements or for discipline/projects/proposal cost and planning activities which require a high degree of technical skilled experience.
• Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and providing innovative solutions to cost engineering and schedule guidance to projects.
• Ensures work is completed as scheduled.
• Identification of cost trends for management attention.
• Has broad expertise or unique knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
• Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards based on professional principles and theories.
• Works on unusually significant, unique or complex issues, provides solutions that are highly creative and where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
• Has impact on success of future concepts, products or technologies.
• Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range targets.
• Assignments are often self-initiated. Virtually self-supervisory.
• Uses independent judgment for determining course of action to accomplish objectives.
• Uses wide latitude in the methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Requirements

• Candidates must be able to work onsite in Livermore, CA (travel reimbursement / per diem may be available but not guaranteed).
• Alternatively the candidate can work onsite in Las Vegas, NV.
• If based in Las Vegas, NV, the candidate will need to train onsite in Livermore, CA for a few months before transitioning to work onsite fulltime in Las Vegas.
• Minimum of eight years of related experience is required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in P6 Primavera, Deltek Cobra, and / or risk management software applications (e.g. Acumen Risk, Crystal Ball, etc.).
• Experience in Earned Value Management (EVM).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience or Associate's degree and 8 years of experience.
• 10 years of experience in lieu of degree.
• At this level, post graduate course work may be expected.

Skills

• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Proficiency in using personal computer operating systems, including several basic software applications.
• Proficiency in using multiple discipline-specific software applications currently used.
• Knowledge of financial report systems and controller account codes, and understanding of controller instructions, which impact project controls (including project financial status reports and earned revenue determination data).
• Demonstrates an intermediate level of understanding of project controls general technical skills.

Pay

$150,000 to $175,000 per year